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. [...]