The topic of last week’s photography challenge is foreshadow
When your little guy’s normal temperature is 97.6 a reading of 100.3 is not good.
I foresee a long night ahead for this Mama and her ten-month old boy.
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Weekly Photo Challenge: The Golden Hour
This weeks photography challenge is the Golden Hour.
The golden hour is defined as the first and last hours of the day. This is because of the quality of light, and its effects on what you are photographing.
I have lots and lots of sunset pictures. When we lived in central Oregon we would see glorious sunsets on a daily basis. The Oregon Coast offers magnificent sunsets.
But I didn’t want to go that route. I wanted a new picture.
On Saturday we went to a friend’s house, they live on a Christmas tree farm, so there are lots and lots of land around them and I made sure to bring my camera. The big boys were paying with our friend’s bow and arrows, so of course Ian wanted to play too.
I love Ian’s expression after shooting the arrow. He was so excited!
They were shot at 7:38pm (sunset was 8:57 pm, so they were a little outside the golden hour, but close enough for me):
1/100 sec
f 5.7
400 ISO
55.0 mm focal length
I did not do anything to the pictures in Photoshop, but I think they could use a little adjustment. The pictures needed a little more light. But that’s how it is with kids, they decide to do something and you have no time to test the light before they are done.
I also had to include one of some plant life.
It was shot at 7:40 pm at 1/85 sec, f 5.7, 200 ISO, 55.0 mm focal length
Happy Shooting
Weekly Photo Challenge: Companionable
Last Friday I saw this weeks photo challenge and was really excited. But in order to participate I had to pull out my hard drive and dig in to my archives for a picture.
I love animals. We had cats growing up, but due to my mom’s pet dander allergy, they lived outside. But I always wanted a dog.
When I was in high school I was kinda obsessed about dogs. Finally my husband (well, he wasn’t my husband then) and I decided to get a dog.
It was the fall of 1997.
I wanted a rottweiler or a lab, but he wanted to look at a pitt-lab mix. His boss had one and it was such a great a dog that Hubby wanted to see about getting one.
I wasn’t sold on the idea.
Until this dog came and sat on my foot, put his head on my knee and looked me in the eye.
I started to tear up and said “This one. We will take this one.”
My Blitz Dog
He was my companion, my friend, my pillow, my heater. He was my dog.
I miss him. Man, do I miss him.
I had always thought I would always want a dog. But after Blitz was gone I realized I would only want this dog.
We have another dog, not to replace him; we got her when he was about seven or so. I love her, I do, it’s just not the same.
I don’t think I will ever love a dog, like I loved him.
Happy Shooting
Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting
This weeks challenge topic is ‘Fleeting‘
I had started to do these photo challenges to try to get back to photographing things other than my children. Don’t get me wrong, I love taking and having their pictures, I just wanted to broaden my spectra.
However, this weeks challenge speaks of childhood.
Childhood is fleeting. Innocence is fleeting. Being able to find pure joy in the splashing of water is fleeting.
To photograph is to hold one’s breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It’s at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.
In a blink of an eye our babies change to toddler; our toddlers turn to teens; and then our teens turn to adults.
Each picture I take is trying to capture that fleeting moment in their lives.
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