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Umm, yeah. I thought he was pretty cool, so...
Monday, July 8, 2013
Friday, July 5, 2013
June 29 2013
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Me... sewing?
I bet you can't guess what this is :)
And, me being really excited about this and making Marcella take pictures :)
almost wore it to the library.
(i left it in the car.)
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Jun 28 2013
Okay.
Today we're going to try something a little different.
I'm going to describe the scene to you, and you're going to capture the image in your mind.
Remember to keep in mind a good composition and exposure and everything else the pros do when you capture this scene...
Maybe it might just help you to jot down your awesome snapshot. (If you do, I'd love to see it! :) )
Perfect! You've captured the moment. I knew I could count on you...
Today we're going to try something a little different.
I'm going to describe the scene to you, and you're going to capture the image in your mind.
Remember to keep in mind a good composition and exposure and everything else the pros do when you capture this scene...
Maybe it might just help you to jot down your awesome snapshot. (If you do, I'd love to see it! :) )
You're laying in tall wheat grass, the soft, waving kind that beckons you to come rest, just for a minute. You observe the countryside rolled out in front of you:
Cows moan softly off in a distant barn.
Maybe that barn isn't so distant... You can make out the faded red barn on the horizon, washed out from the smiling summer sun resting on its sloping roof. The cows are grazing off to the side, watching over the young calves learning to walk. A farmer sits on a wooden crate near the gaping mouth of the old barn, relaxing into the red slats. He is as tan as any farmer should be, with wrinkles from ages of laughter, his face soft with kindness, his eyes catching the late afternoon rays. His hands rest behind his worn straw hat.
You follow his eyes... he is watching the road that graciously curves past there settlement. Waiting for what?
The wind stirs the golden grass once more, and you are drawn back to the wheat whipping its tails, the dainty daisies dancing to the prairie's song.
Perfect! You've captured the moment. I knew I could count on you...
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
June 27 2013
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Well, the sight from our hotel room is actually pretty nice. This is just a small-camera-through-screened-window snapshot of it.
Hey. I don't got a lot of free time. We're at basketball camp.
June 26 2013
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Flowers were finally installed on the deck... not by me, of course. They are very pretty flowers, though.
Maybe I will keep a simple garden next year though. Keep me occupied over the summer, and give me some food (fruit?...!) to indulge in besides... well whatever's amazingly in the kitchen. Anyway. Left for basketball camp today, Prairie du Chien Perimeter Camp with Forrest Larson. Only two full days, but many sessions stuffed in there.
Saturday, June 29, 2013
June 25 2013
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A dog... my dog.
Oh, look. Another picture from today.
A shirt design by Marcella that I have yet to design on the computer...
interesting reflection, not so great exposure.
June 22 2013
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Just practicing some candid photography at the farmer's market.I didn't take quite as many pictures as I should have, and I need some more practice aiming without the viewfinder.
Unfortunately, my favorite subject turned out blurry...
Some flowers from our yard.
June 21 2013
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An almostsupermoon!
I was pleasantly surprised by the results, though the next day I read an article about photographing the supermoon well, and it had and example picture- pre-edit- saying "not a big winner, uh?"
Well, it's a winner in my picture book.
June 19 2013
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Mushrooms
by Mary Oliver
Rain, and then
the cool pursed
lips of the wind
draw them
out of the ground -
red and yellow skulls
pummeling upward
through leaves,
through grasses,
through sand; astonishing
in their suddenness,
their quietude,
their wetness, they appear
on fall mornings, some
balancing in the earth
on one hoof
packed with poison,
others billowing
chunkily, and delicious -
those who know
walk out to gather, choosing
the benign from flocks
of glitterers, sorcerers,
russulas,
panther caps,
shark-white death angels
in their town veils
looking innocent as sugar
but full of paralysis:
to eat
is to stagger down
fast as mushrooms themselves
when they are done being perfect
and overnight
slide back under the shining
fields of rain.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Thursday, June 20, 2013
June 17 2013
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Sometimes you just need pictures of people.
But, just to satisfy the trend...
Today we biked the seven miles to Anna's house, then to Antler's Park. A beautiful day for the beach!
(we didn't end up swimming, or staying long. nonetheless...)
June 16 2013
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We Biked!
The Stone Arch Bridge festival was today... On Father's Day.
At Minnehaha
(Notice the segway-ers on the path...)
A flutist at the festival
I have set my rainbow in the clouds,
and it will be the sign of the covenant
between me and the earth.
--Genesis 9:13
June 15 2013
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A flower... zinnia? dahlia? i don't know my flowers well... at Gertens, which is way too big for anyone's good, by the way. Glad we had frozen food in the trunk... :)
June 14 2013
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Still manning our garage sale.
Luckily the weather's stayed good so far.
There were some cute lil' kids come through, today! One inspired this picture, though she would have been a striking addition to this shot.
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