POTD!!!
KC may look vicious at times but what she is really expressing is her complete happiness at the fact that you exist. She often bares her teeth as she runs to greet you – it’s her way of smiling. I often have to warn people beforehand (or YELL it as she runs towards them) as it can look quite menacing.
POTD!!!
The bottom 2 photographs were taken as our plane neared Seattle, Washington. The top photograph was taken somewhere between Seattle, WA and Anchorage, AL. I’m guessing that it was closer to Alaska than Washington.
POTD!!!
I took some time off of skiing to drive around the Sunday River area of Maine. It was very cold and access to a lot of areas was cut off by snow banks. I did find this bridge and managed to slide my car into the parking area nearby. At the time I had no idea what bridge I was shooting just that it was old, wooden, and no longer a used bridge. It sat on a piece of ground above Sunday River just to the right of the road (or left of the road if you are driving the other way)(sarcasm inserted there). I later did a bit of research and found out that this bridge was built in 1872 and closed to traffic in 1958. It is one of 9 remaining covered bridges in Maine and is considered the most popular for artists and photographers (hence its name; Artist’s Covered Bridge).
POTD!!!
   |
   |
Something to be said about a photo weary photographer (insert smile here). I didn’t take a lot of photos around Christmas time and those that I did are too personal to post on the blog.
POTD!!!
POTD!!!
The weather was unexpectedly warm today so KC and I went outside to play. Her idea of playing included: running around the yard, laying in the yard, and digging a large hole in the mud. Frantically digging. In Mud. Mud.
POTD!!!
I got a chance to get home before the sun went down and took full advantage of that by grabbing my camera and going to the nearby park. The light was cold and warm at the same time. Magic hour blue/gold. I wanted to sit and just appreciate what was before me but there was a lot of mud. So I stood and appreciated it instead.
POTD!!!
I was planning on photographing something else for the POTD but fell asleep before I could do so. I had snapped these earlier in the night just to see the different types of patterns I could achieve with the magical light. I also wanted to see how the Lensbaby would distort and bend the light.
POTD!!!
POTD!!!
POTD!!!
POTD!!!
I tried so hard to get KC to pose for me in her Christmas hat. She was having non of that. She would sit there, pouting, until I walked over to her. I can’t have a frowny face dog as a christmas photo – it’s just too depressing. I decided to try and “film” the process to prove how difficult it really was. This time lapse is composed of 97 still photographs. KC has since eaten the hat.
POTD!!!
POTD!!!
POTD!!!
I went to the Driskill Hotel in downtown Austin tonight to attend Trey Ratcliff’s book signing party. His book, A World in HDR, is a great compilation of his HDR tutorial and his fantastic photographs. It was a fun night across the board. I got to have my book personalized by the man himself (even though I don’t understand the inscription – tip: don’t ask an intelligent person with a sense of humor to inscribe a secret message)(I don’t know if it is in another language, pig-latin, Kling-on, or what but I don’t get it)(I don’t mind, it still makes me chuckle)(most parentheses in a run on sentence FTW!). The book is gorgeous and would make a great gift for anyone who is a photographer, likes pretty colors, appreciates art, or is a fan of books.
After Trey talked about his book and showed us some videos we all (as someone put it; nerds with tripods) got the opportunity to run around the Driskill hotel taking photographs. I have one more photo to post. It was taken with my Poloroid camera. The real thing. I just haven’t uploaded the photo yet.