Posted in Architecture, Close-Up on Jul 1st, 2007
I welcome you to challenge that. But it still is. All the beautiful architecture and landscaping and parks and bike trails and stonework and sculptures, modern and otherwise, and cherry blossoms and water and lights and the list could go on and on.
On Saturday I got the chance to visit the National Cathedral. The exterior, [...]
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Posted in Close-Up, Off-Camera Flash on Jun 14th, 2007
Three word sentences. Wedding pictures later. It rained today. I shot today. I love it. I love what? Off-camera flash.
Okay, so that wasn’t quite a sentence, but I tried.
1/200 f/14, Flash set at 1/16. I set the camera on self-timer on the tripod, grabbed the flash with my new, el-cheapo, ebay, remote trigger [...]
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Posted in Close-Up, Landscape on May 17th, 2007
I am being struck by the abundance and awesomeness of the color green. Probably my favorite color. For your information, all of these were taken within the last week or so.
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Posted in Close-Up on Apr 27th, 2007
I just sat down at the dinner table just as the golden light of evening was starting when I saw a Dogwood tree out the window. The light hitting it was perfect and combined with the darkness of the forest behind I knew I couldn’t pass it up. Without explaination I stood up from the [...]
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Posted in Architecture, Close-Up, Landscape on Apr 5th, 2007
It just occurred to me that I live one hour away from the center of power of the most powerful nation in the world presently. Since the destructive power of nations today is greater than any other time in history, I live next to the most powerful city in the history of life, the universe, [...]
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