Two for the price of one. I’m still new at this photography thing (15 hours total in the pilot seat, maybe), so pretty much everything I do is experimental. For the two shots above, however, I went clear across the country and shot in conditions I’ve never shot before. First shot? H.E. bought me a light and umbrella set so I can learn old-fashioned light modelling. There was actually another purpose to his buying it; he wanted to get a…
Last time I’d been in Maryland, it had a late fall so that I could see the autumn leaves. This time, it had an early winter so that I could see the cold and snow. I was born on a Pacific island, and I’ve lived in Southern California nearly all of my life, so I’m not accustomed to 20-40 degree weather, but I actually liked it. I was warm enough in my pseudo pashmina, boating jacket (no, I don’t actually…
Okay. No illustration to post, as I didn’t have time and couldn’t decide on a subject anyway. I’ll be away from the computer for about a week, so I won’t be responding to e-mail any time soon. Share this post:
Pshaw. Now I know why I don’t join blogging teams. One of my publishers has a blog, and I was scheduled to post today, except that life had a couple of unplanned events in stock for me, and as usual, I posted late. This meant, of course, that I had to put off working on the Illustration Friday topic, which I wanted to do so I could post it today. Since I didn’t get a chance to work on it…
First one was taken with the telephoto lens after I spent the morning in the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve. While there, I managed to capture an egret a heron, a hawk, and a hummingbird—woohoo! Second one was taken earlier in the morning with the kit lens before I went on the reserve—same flower just outside and in the residential area, but from the side and with better light. Here are the three bird photos I mentioned from within the reserve……