In preparation for a long winter with limited outdoor photographic opportunities, I went shopping on Amazon last weekend. My goodies arrived on Wednesday, and I celebrated their arrival with a quick kitchen-based photo shoot. Satisfied with the chrysanthemum picture on the right, I posted it as my daily photo on Shuttercal… and a couple of [...]
All posts for the month August, 2011
Rainy day photography
Posted by Barbara on August 28, 2011
http://photoaspire.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/rainy-day-photography/
Rainbow of Flowers
About the same time I learned about Scott’s blog and his assignments, I also learned that he and Karma trade off giving assignments every couple of months. Karma’s current assignment, due tomorrow, is to take a photo for each of the prominent rainbow colors, with each photo being something specific to summertime. Well, I blew [...]
Posted by Barbara on August 27, 2011
http://photoaspire.wordpress.com/2011/08/27/rainbow-of-flowers/
Of waterfalls and weeds
I am fortunate to live in a place that is spectacularly beautiful for much of the year. A popular vacation spot in the Finger Lakes region of New York, Ithaca is located in an area that was carved by glaciers millions of years ago. I’ll forgo delving too far into the geological history of the [...]
Posted by Barbara on August 21, 2011
http://photoaspire.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/waterfalls-and-weeds/
DOF for Newbies
Yesterday, while perusing photography blogs, I came across a post that described depth of field. And although it was well written, and explained the topic nicely – and although I already have a basic understanding of depth of field – it was still technical enough to make my eyes roll back in my head. So, [...]
Posted by Barbara on August 14, 2011
http://photoaspire.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/dof-for-newbies/
It’s good to get out again
July was a tough month. Between the heat and some travel, I just didn’t take the time to focus on photography. It turns out that I’m not the only one that had photography ennui – Prantik, who started blogging about the same time I did and for the same reasons I did, blogged about it [...]
Posted by Barbara on August 7, 2011
http://photoaspire.wordpress.com/2011/08/07/its-good-to-get-out-again/
