Day 2 of the Photo a Day Challenge, and I’m still here! Amazing. And, although I took about a hundred photographs of my favorite subject, my daughter, today in the late afternoon light, I resisted posting one as my daily shot in lieu of the flowers. I figured I would have plenty of time [...]

Well, the gloves are coming off and it’s bare-knuckles all around. The DP Blogs 30-days-of-photos challenge is on! Check out Stephanie’s blog here, or Amy’s here, but it’s obvious, they’re in it for keeps.

The last time we did this we had some great participation from the world over. We have some returning contributors (Happythings, you [...]

I visited my friend, Wendy today at Historic Lighting, my favorite store in the universe. Since I started the 30 Day Challenge yesterday, I’ve been carrying my camera around with me everywhere, and what better place to take pictures than a lighting store?? I wish my point-and-shoot was working, because it would [...]

I took this shot during the ice storm last week. I liked the original picture, but it looked flat and kind of boring (see below). So I used Photoshop to bring in a contrast of color temperatures to the image. I think it makes the icy tree look even colder by having [...]

The Photo A Day Challenge is back, and I’m in. I really can’t believe I’m committing to this. Was it really only a year ago that all the kids were doing this? Time totally flies. Just when you think it’s safe to put down your camera and take a rest (or a straight-out sabbatical, [...]

Here is my first picture for the 30 Day Photo Challenge. I shot it with my Nikon D70s and overexposed the image 2.3 stops to get the blown-out background. I used the aperture-priority setting and a 70mm lens.
These are plastic flowers I have in a wooden vase in front of the window. [...]