The morning was warm, and when she had the chance to go for a swim, this dog didn’t hesitate! She headed out toward the middle of the lake, and for awhile it looked like she meant to stay out there all day. It took several minutes of her owner calling her back before she eventually turned back toward the shore. […]
It’s been quite a few years since I’ve used anything other than a digital camera, and so one Saturday morning last May I loaded my Canon Rebel T2 with black and white film and headed for the Sutter Street farmers market to see what I could find. Even though they may not be the best images I’ve ever shot, I […]
I love finding these random art pieces sitting on street corners in Sacramento. Last year I shared a couple of these Capitol Box Art paintings; I spotted another one on my trip downtown last Friday, right around the corner from the California Museum, and managed to shoot all four sides.
Every year at this time, Orangevale hold its local fair; the official title this year is Orangevale Town Fair — A Pow Wow Days Tradition. I admit I’ve never actually visited the site of the fair, but I do love to get out early on Saturday morning and photograph the yearly parade. There’s always so many different groups represented and […]
I’m pretty excited about the recent arrival of two new cameras — I can’t wait to get outdoors and start learning to use them both! My first is the venerable Rebel T2, a 35mm SLR which I bought on eBay. It came with a pair of lenses and two rolls of black and white film. I’ve already bought some color […]
I don’t get to stand by the roadside for every Tour of California, but I definitely try! This year, May has been extremely busy with so many things going on that the Big Guy just didn’t have the energy to watch the race other than on television; so I decided I might as well try to go by myself. But […]
Here are a few more macro shots of my coin collection; with the exception of the US penny, above, they all date from the 1950s or before. I included the penny because I had never seen one depicting Abraham Lincoln sitting on a log, reading a book, until I ran across it the other day — I think it makes […]
Welcome to Macro Monday! My idea is to alternate my future Monday posts between macro photography and re-scanned images of older Memory Monday slides, most of which I’ve shared previously. As I searched for some macro inspiration, I quickly realized that I lack the equipment to produce anything like the really amazing macro images already on the internet. BUT where […]