Waiting
Memory Monday, Week 89
This week, a few more random images from my collection of family photos. Most of these date to the early 1980s, although I believe the black and white Polaroid shot of my dad (below) is from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Two slightly interesting things about the photo below — Mom’s tee shirt reads, “London, Paris, Rome, Leavenworth.” And […]
Tongues and Tails
My entry for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week.
Steps
My entry for Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge this week: Steps — Indoors or Outdoors.
River Fire burn
Early last July, the River Fire burned 30 acres along the American River at Sacramento Bar in Fair Oaks. The Big Guy is very familiar with the area and after seeing the aftereffects of the burn, he kept urging me to take my camera and go check it out. I wasn’t sure I’d find anything interesting to shoot; but I […]
Circles and Curves
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Circles and Curves.
Trees
My entry for Cee’s Black & White Challenge this week highlights a historic olive orchard on the northwest edge of Folsom, just across the American River from Folsom Prison. These trees were planted more than 100 years ago and, although abandoned for many years, still continue to produce fruit. I’m hoping to do some research and learn more about this […]
People at Work
My entry for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week. Since I still tend to feel shy about photographing people, I didn’t expect to find too many images that fit the category. I did find a few though, going back through my recent archives!
Open topic
My entry for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week. While on holiday in San Francisco I was enjoying the view from my 8th story window but wasn’t satisfied with my night photography — the images were much too blurry, with a lot of distracting “noise.” Then I switched over to the monochrome setting and I was amazed at […]