Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Edge of Blue

Edge of Blue

You've seen mention here of PhotoChallenge.org - a site that runs various photo challenges to help inspire us all to take more pictures. This year they are doing a challenge to shoot a specified theme every day of the year. Now I don't know who is crazy enough to take a good picture everyday for an entire year, but I managed to at least take one this day in which the theme was "Half".

Monday, September 28, 2009

Close Encounter

Close Encounter

The annual fireman's carnival is a very big event in our very small town. For the kids it is a chance to ride some rides that are scary for the wrong reasons. For me it is chance eat a delicious pit beef sandwich and take some long exposure shots. Sure, I get strange looks for carrying around my tripod, but I also get strange looks when I don't so it is not a big deal.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Northern Crosses

Northern Crosses

Think about how many times
I have fallen
Spirits are using me
larger voices callin'.
What heaven brought you and me
Cannot be forgotten.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Straight To Your Heart

Straight To Your Heart

Nothing like a little trespassing to get you where you need to be to take the shot. This is the tunnel at Harper's Ferry. For law abiding citizens there is a fence that ruins the shot - you can see it on the right. Shelley has a similar shot (and by similar, I mean better).

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Hold Out Your Hand

Hold Out Your Hand

This was one of those spur of the moment shots. While sitting at my desk, for some reason I can no longer recall, I held my hand up and liked how the light from the window was hitting it. My camera was handy (intended) so I picked it up and took this shot. Just a bit of post processing, and there you go.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

You Don't Stop

Ready To Go

One more from Mebane in May. If you've never heard of Mebane, you might think it is just some one stoplight town. I can tell you with some certainty that is at least that, and possibly more.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

My Photography Bucket List

After reading my brother's photography bucket list, I decided to do one of own. So here is a list of shots I hope to take before I die.

Two old guys playing chess or checkers in a park
Person walking five or more dogs at once
A bear in the wild
A German bar-maid carrying five or more liters of beer
A picture in 25 different countries (8 complete so far)
Lightning
A $2 portrait
A water drop
An excellent panning shot
The Northern Lights
The view from a hot air balloon
A wild bald eagle in flight


Here are some shots that would be on the list except that I've already taken them:
A wailing musician
A rainbow