Penning Photography Daily

I played guitar and sang at New Year’s Eve church service tonight.

As I was leaving, I noticed the stained glass window, and immediately stopped.

Last one for 2008.

Look for more in 2009.

That’s tomorrow as I write this!

Here it is. The last one.

Me

Once again.

My eyes closed in silent meditation on the accomplishment.

Some would say I ‘cheated’ because I didn’t take each one personally. Those taken by others were, for the most part, taken under my direction. Others, I just liked and used as my portrait of the self. A stretch, but heck, I’m in charge of me!

Thank you for putting up with me.

No, I’m not going to do the 365 Self Portraits of 2009. Sorry if that dissapoints you, but it gives me room to concentrate on other aspects of photography.

Here’s to me, and here’s to you, and to all of us a blessed and peace-filled 2009. That’s my hope, wish and prayer.

A twilight tableau: The State Capitol, The Stratton Office Building (SOB!) a star and the moon.

I was passing by and stopped immediately to get this one.

Using my Sigma 10-20mm wide-angle lens on the Pentax K20D, I set the camera and steadied it as best I could.

Karen says she hates the Stratton Office Building. “The ugliest of all the State office buildings!” says she.

Something about the combination speaks to me.

I noticed that the wind gusts of up to 70+ MPH of the weekend had damaged clumps of the strands of holiday lights on the Capitol.

All the lights of different sources, combining to paint a Winter’s evening.

I’m a shadow of me.

Footsteps in the snow, my silhouette agains the snow.

How could I resist the photo opportunity?

Not me.

Sitting at a stoplight at Jefferson & 6th Street, I looked to the left and immediately grabbed the nearest camera.

The inexpensive Canon Powershot A590IS was in my pocket. I took it out of the case, turned it on, framed and got this in one take. I even had a few seconds to spare, turning the camera off and putting it back in it’s case. Not bad for a stoplight photo grab.

The color of twilight perfectly compliments the limestone of the library. Even the “antique look” streetlamp adds to the photo.

After singing at Christmas morning services, my sister Trish came over for our gift exchange.

Trish got me the Annie Liebowitz book: “Annie Liebowitz at Work” I love it! Perfect for this photographer. For both of us she got a gift certifcate for a local Asian restaurant. We got Trish a boxed set of the Masterpiece Theater version of Evelyn Waugh’s “Brideshead Revisited” and some of her favorite genre of fiction to feed the bookworm in her.

As she was heading out to host other family members at her house later in the day, I asked Karen to take this of us.

Brother & Sister.

There’s two years between us, and we’re the last of 8 siblings. We’re close, as you can probably tell.

And a side order of wonder and delight.

This common sight at any drive through establishment takes on new meaning when the context is expanded or unknown.

Imagine seeing one of these set alone without any building nearby.

What would you order?