Friends and Family

Here is the online photo album. Enjoy

One Sunny Day



Brotherly Love



The weather around here has been crazy. Warm, cold, sunny, rainy so if you blink, it just may change. We had a nice warm sunny day yesterday and I got a chance to do some outdoor photography for a friend's cousin and her kids. They had the sweetest little baby goat with them, so these portraits included the two legged and the four legged family members. I had a lot of fun and elisted everyone's help to hold a white reflector to bring some light up into their faces. It brightened them up. Here are a couple of my favorites. I know the boys wanted a couple for their facebook, so guys, here you go. Remember, comments are always appreciated. You can follow this blog and get notifications when new posts are placed. Thanks for looking. Feel free to email me at Daylilydreamsphotography@gmail to schedule your spring outdoor sessions.



You lookin at me?





Who is that other goat on the sidewalk?



People, Pets & Places

I'm Freddy, King of the Hen House and don't you forget it.!

I am branching out in life. Although I have mainly been a wildlife & nature photographer and have sold a fair bit of my work, I really want to challenge myself to rise to a new level. Of course, that is something we should all challenger ourselves to do. I am happy to say that I will get to go back to RCC this summer and continue my studies. Hooray. So, my mantra has always been "Bringing the Outdoors into your home and office" I am going to begin refining those outdoors shots to "People, Pets & Places" Gotta have something a little bit catchy. I love looking at the photography of my fellow classmates. Kat, of ChinaKat Photography posted this amazing picture of her sister on a reflective surface with a huge Japanese style fan. I want to get there some day. Even though I am pretty comfortable with nature, pets, especially barnyard, cats and dogs have been a lot of fun. The chickens and roosters are a real challenge, especially two extremely mean roosters, Sammy and Freddy (aka Freddy Kreuger). If you look at them wrong, they attack you. My shins and hands have been bloodied and bruised by these two little monsters. But alas, there is one other one, Ethan, who is a little sweetheart (yes, a sweet rooster, now there is a contradiction in terms!). He came to my rescue when Sammy got a little too evil and chased him to the other side of the pen.  So, you may be thinking, why go in there, when you are getting abused by these fowl tempered fowl. Well, there are 7 chickens in there who are also sweet and need to be fed and watered. They also lay eggs which are farm fresh and yummy and they have to be gathered. Every once in a while, I take my camera with me and stand quietly in the corner and if I am lucky, I get a few good shots before Sammy and Freddie go on the offensive!  LOL! Here are a couple from March 25, 2011. Ethan is the little red rooster, Sammy is the black and white, and Freddie, who is the rooster version of a gorilla, is the one who is thumping his chest, aka spreading out is wings to look more opposing. Hope you enjoy the shots.

My Hero, Ethan, chasing away the evil Sammy!

Love the Asheboro Sunsets

I will have to say that this part of the state and county have the nicest sunsets. They occur on a pretty regular basis. The sun sets behind a small hill and when there are just thin cloud cover, the light reflects so nicely. My instructors were right. Dawn and Sunset do have beautiful light. The sunrise comes up over another hill and although it, per se, doesn't look spectacular, you can watch the opposite hills light up as the light moves. That in itself can be pretty magical. I have a friend from Colorado who says their sunsets are even better. I sure do want to go there some day and check them out. They have mountains in that part of their state and I am pretty sure it would be glorious. It is on my bucket list.

I found out that Greyhound has an unlimited ticket program that you buy as one week, two weeks or a month and can ride anywhere as many times as you want. I've never been to the Grand Canyon, or Arches National Park. I would love to take a tent, sleeping bag and my camera backpack and tripod and just go for a month and see these places as well as my dear friends in Colorado and California. I would also go back to Mono Lake and Yosemite. It was around 1984 the last time I went.