Night Shot

Here is an attempt at a night shot that I kept the shutter open long enough to get the car's headlights and tail lights to blur. The streak just above the trees with the dashed line was an airplane with its strobes flashing.

Checking Out the Moon

I couldn't help but notice how bright the moon was last night. When I got home from school, I grabbed the tripod and changed lenses to try to shoot the moon. Here is one of the pictures I got.

Yellow Swallowtail

I pulled into my parking place at school on Monday and was treated to a yellow swallowtail butterfly enjoying the flowers on a bush. I grabbed my camera and followed it around snapping shots. It was a pretty butterfly.

Love That Sunset

So I'm still going through all of my old pictures that I have managed to bring together in one folder on my desktop. Today's picture is a lovely sunset photo taken just outside of Asheboro, NC. I do believe I even got one star in it. Anyway here it is.

Rainy Day

I was looking at some of my old pictures and came across this photo of a rain storm with a huge shaft of rain coming toward us. There was lots of lightning but unfortunately I wasn't able to capture that.

What a Pear

I have this tray that has these sparkly little pink fruits. I had it sitting on the table and noticed the neat shadows and highlights that showed up because of the window light. I decided to take a picture.

Eye see you!

So I'm out taking pictures and come back in and am a little bored. I decided to do a self portrait with my DSLR. Not quite as easy as using your cell phone. I wanted to get just my eye, so I looked at the reflection in the lens until my eye was centered, held the button until I heard the autofocus beep and pressed the shutter. It took a couple of tries but here is one that I liked.

Where did that come from?

I walked out the door the other day to discover a whole patch of mushrooms. These weren't those little button mushrooms but big ones at least 5 inches across and 6 inches tall. Here is a picture of one of the smaller ones.

Where's the Spider

Found a cool spider's web but no spider.

Pretty Girl

My friend has the most beautiful German Shepards. Here is one of the sweeties.

Bless Your Heart

Don't remember exactly what was wrong with my friend's dog. I think it was some sort of sting but sadly, she had to wear the cone for a few weeks. It was like putting blinders on a carraige horse, she couldn't see to the sides and kept getting stuck. She is just fine now, so we can chuckle at the picture.

Twin Suns

Usually you try to avoid lens flare because it takes away from the picture but sometimes it gives the whole picture a pretty cool effect. I was shooting the sun through the bushes with a very small aperture around F 22 so I could get the starburst effect. The way the breeze made the bush move, I got the effect of two stars with a huge halo lens flare.

Birthday Burger

The nice thing about loyalty cards and clubs is that you get cool free things for your birthday. I got my free birthday burger from Ruby Tuesday yesterday. Yummy. Washed it down with a tall glass of water with lemon.  Red Robin is next and then Captain D's. I love my free birthday meals!

It's Magical

Childhood is a magical time. A little boy can be a prince and a little girl can be a princess. Here is another one of my children's portraits.

Make Mine Music

Here is another picture from my older people shots. This was shot at his birthday party, while everything was being set up. He tried his hand at the cello.

Boy at the Lake

Going through some of my older photos and came across this one of this little boy at a lake my son and I had visited. More photos of people to come in the next few days.

NC Aviation Museum

Found an old picture that I took while in photography school. We took a field trip to the North Carolina Aviation Museum in Asheboro, NC. I tried to get an interesting angle of the plane for this shot.

Sweet Little Dog

Just looking at some of my old blog posts and found this one of my friend's dog. Donna, hope you enjoy this one. 

All Ears

Found this cute little picture of my dog and my friend's German Shepard who had made themselves comfortable on the pillow. Those ears were just so funny. It seemed like they both had the radar on.

Unconditional Love

It is amazing how are pets give us unconditional love. They are so in the moment, tail wagging, happy to see you, I love you. Look at the eyes of this adorable dog, Kato and see his admiration for his person.