At the end of a multi-family portrait session, one family asked for an individual sitting.
Of Course!, i said. =)
This little guy was relatively happy, having just been fed and up from a nap.
Quick and easy, and here you are.
Three very happy folks. One very happy photographer.]
I grabbed my camera and took a couple of close up photos, thinking about doing something different.
For this, I brought out the seldom used tools. I put a neon cast, highlighted the textures in my skin (o the wrinkles!) and then I pinched what was originally a very rounded wide-angle into this wavy view.
How about these apples? Not something I do very often, but I had a wild itch that I decided to scratch doing this tonight.
I promise to resume something resembling normal photographs starting tomorrow. Promise. =)
From my beloved Olympus C2100UZ, one fo the best lenses around. Only 2.1 megapixels, but with that lens and it being stabilized, wow, what photos it could take. It was stolen from me, and I miss it yet today.
This butterfly stood still just long enough for me to get this.
Thank you, kind butterfly.
From 2003. I never throw away a photo, if I can help it. I just never know when I’m going to need it. =)
I had a very busy day and gave up on taking a new self portrait. I went digging through the archives.
This has me out of focus, but I liked the clouds and sky so much I’m using it.
Just me looking out my window at work.
Lost in the clouds.
The State Capitol building as reflected in a State office building.
I’ve seen this one before and tried to capture it, but tonight it became a mission.
Some say that the legislators who toil under the Capitol dome do more blowing of hot air than actual work. While there may be much truth in that, there are good things that come of a representative legislature. I’d rather have an imperfect representative government than one where I have no vote. It’s like sausage, you don’t really want to see how it’s made.
The real work of enforcing and putting into action the laws passed under the dome is done by folks in the buildings like this one, it’s windows looking out on the Capitol. The daily toil of thousands of State employees, is where the rubber meets the road.
I called and left a message with my dear bride, Karen Sue, at her office late in the day: “Are you free for dinner?”
I didn’t hear back from Karen before I left work. I had some errands to perform. I was still hopeful that I would hear from her.
After my last errand, i headed home, thinking that it would be another long night for her at work, and we would miss out on dinner together. As I was nearing my last major intersection, Karen called and asked where to meet!
We chose our favorite for Asian food, Little Saigon on Wabash.
I made it there about 15 minutes earlier than Karen, and enjoyed the time to catch up on news, and Twitter folks.
After our meal was done, and Karen was enjoying the last of her plum wine, I thought of using the mirror on the wall for this photo.
Karen has a puzzled look about her, as she wasn’t sure why I was taking a picture of the mirror. =)
Driving out of Lowe’s parking lot, I spied this building with distinctive downward pointing lights.
I thought it might make an interesting photograph.
I fired off two frames, the first one being a bit crooked, the second a better one.
In Lightroom, I started playing with tint and contrast, and the other adjustment sliders, to get this result.
You can’t see the roof line, but you can tell where it is by the position of the lights. I saw them as stripes of light, bringing interest to an otherwise plain building.