My new digital SLR Nikon D40X is here! And what fun we’ve been having. I have taken so many photos in the past few days, I haven’t even had the time yet to look at them all. I came home Wednesday from work to a HUGE box. And of course, as I started taking [...]

So this is how my camera rendered this carousel ride photo I took on a recent trip to the mall (click to view larger). In the thumbnail on my computer, the image looked fine and ordinary — although I was pretty excited about the fun blur and motion capture that appeared to be going [...]

What is a bokeh, and why would you want to create it in your images? The term comes from the Japanese word that means “blur” or “fuzzy” and refers to the out-of-focus area in a photograph. Some definitions of the term say this blurry area in your photo is created by camera lens. I’m here [...]

For Day 28 of the 30 Day Photo Challenge, I headed outside again. I was having a very blah day after yesterday’s storm, but once outside, the post-gray weather couldn’t help but cheer me up a little. I took to the yard to see what I could find and, looking up at the beautiful [...]

We’re up in the mountains for a weekend away to celebrate Chris’ birthday. Today, we took a quick day trip to a nearby town that has a little boardwalk on the lake. We found the boardwalk and all the carnival rides, but we also found it all boarded up for the winter. I think [...]

For my Day 21 shot for the 30 Day Photo Challenge, I had great plans of taking a beautiful photograph outdoors to welcome Spring. Alas, it was raining most of today here. And although I braved the rain yesterday for my photo, I didn’t feel like doing it again. So that brought me to [...]

Sometimes I get a little compulsive about things that I love. What I’m loving right now is Macro. I’ve been very much in an up-close-and-personal mood with my photographs lately — getting to know hidden details of familiar objects and places by simply stepping a little closer, crouching down on the ground, and photographing [...]

I don’t know about where you live, but in Southern California, spring is in full bloom. It’s beautiful, yes, but the flowers are downright killing me with their pollen and allergins. I didn’t get a chance to post my photo for yesterday (Day 13) because I’ve been practically blinded by the tears streaming down [...]