Our neighborhood library closed a few weeks ago. It made me sad. No worries, the brand new one that was built to replace it is huge, light-filled, and amazing. But, the library that closed was the library of my children’s childhood, so our last visit there before it closed was a bit sad. Even a little…
Have you ever wondered how to get good photos when the light is bad? These days, DSLRs are so good in low light, that many people decide they will never use flash, or that flash is always a negative thing. The truth is though, learning how to use bounce flash has improved my indoor photography…
Sometimes I forget that not everyone is obsessed with photography. So when someone says, “Is that picture “photoshopped?” it throws me a little, because I recently realized that to some people (especially non-photographers), the term “photo editing” has a negative connotation, as if “photoshopping” always means altering a photo in a “fake” or unrealistic way….
Maybe some of you are where I was when I got that first DSLR in 2007, afraid to take it off automatic, for fear you will break something if too many dials are turned or the wrong buttons pushed. (Can anyone relate to that, or was I simply paranoid?) The feelings of the brand new…
When my kids were little, I’d faithfully take their “Christmas card picture” every year, usually in front of our Christmas tree. I was a stickler for details when it came to the clothes for those photos – new outfits, candy cane tights for my daughter, and with her dresses, the “bow shoes” of course. I’m not sure…
My daughter and I were taking another little photo walk at a park a few weeks ago. “Let’s take some pictures of the geese,” I said. I kept getting a little closer to the geese, and a little closer, and a little closer. (What can I say, I like to take portraits, even of geese.)…
In my family history, there seems to be a genetic tendency to be obsessed with photography. My dad loved it, and he inspired me. One of my sisters still shoots film, and while her style is much different than mine, her candid shots of family events capture memories that would otherwise be missed. (And, if…
I heard that today is Talk Like a Pirate Day…
Art by Day, Magic by Night—that was the theme of the Lantern Festival, a Chinese cultural event that was held at the Missouri Botanical Garden this summer. Wow, what a fitting description. My husband and I were there last night, and I’m still in awe. It was so beautiful and truly magical. This gorgeous dragon greeted us…
Since my last post, spring happened, and I’m so sorry to have been absent for so long! A little bit of health scare for my husband (he’s o.k.), a trip to Jupiter, Florida, family events, and one tired me later, I am back in the blogging groove. The trees are a lot greener, the sky…
See the chair Lucy is lying on? (Well, you can’t actually see it much, but it’s there.) Every morning now, Lucy is demanding that the chair be placed in front of the French door in the kitchen so that she can lie in the sun. She’s learning that if she yells enough, I will do…