It’s been a week since I bought the flowers that I used for my foray into negative space, and I noticed today that they’ve held up quite well. I decided that these hardy stems deserved to be given star treatment for being so cheerful day after day in the middle of winter, so I made [...]
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Portraits of the Bouquet family
Posted by Barbara on February 7, 2012
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All about dewdrops
It’s a shot I’ve shared here before, and it will probably always be one of my favorites. It was taken at Jackson Hole, and if you look carefully, you can see the Tetons in the distance. On occasion since then, I’ve tried to re-capture the dewdrop magic, but with little success. Last week I came [...]
Posted by Barbara on September 18, 2011
http://photoaspire.wordpress.com/2011/09/18/all-about-dewdrops/
Rainy day photography
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 [...]
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
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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/
Driven to Abstraction
Last week, while I was thinking about what I could photograph for this month’s meetup group challenge “from the ground up”, a friend suggested that I take a picture from the ground looking up through some funky-looking flowers in one of the gardens at work… which I did. I had been told a few years [...]
Posted by Barbara on June 26, 2011
http://photoaspire.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/driven-to-abstraction/
Versatility
When I ordered the 60mm macro lens in January, I was thinking small… as in, taking close-up pictures of small things. It turns out that the lens is a lot more versatile than I would have given it credit for. Twice in the past month, I’ve taken it directly from close-ups to far-aways, and have [...]
Posted by Barbara on June 18, 2011
http://photoaspire.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/versatility-and-timing/
Communities and themes
When I started really focusing on photography last year, I primarily thought of it as an individual occupation. I spent hours by myself reading, shooting, reading, trying things out, reading. I was aware that people put their photos online for sharing, but I didn’t really think of putting my own stuff “out there” for reasons [...]
Posted by Barbara on April 24, 2011
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The Crocus Chronicles
There’s a lovely garden between my place of work and the parking lot. At least, it’s lovely between April and September. Usually, this time of year, I walk around it on my way into the office, mostly to avoid getting my feet wet and muddy. Last week on Tuesday, though, I decided to walk through [...]
Posted by Barbara on March 29, 2011
http://photoaspire.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/the-crocus-chronicles/
Patterns and Randomness
The only good thing about waking up to an outside temperature of -10F this morning (besides being inside, of course) was that the garage windows were extra-frosty, giving me an opportunity to try re-photographing frost… but with the macro extension tubes this time. The resulting photos were OK. I liked the ones from a few [...]
Posted by Barbara on February 11, 2011
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