Happy Father’s Day (in the USA). The day started off cloudy and rainy which ruined my planned morning photography outing. But in the afternoon the sun came out, and being of bored mind I wandered around my backyard and decided that I would take close-up photos of some lantana flowers. I went and grabbed my… Read More Lantana Flower Close-Up
Sunday evening as I was preparing to cook dinner on the grill outside, an unexpected storm moved in. It went from sunny and calm to winds and heavy rains in an hour. So, I cooked inside on the stove. But after the rains had stopped, I went outside and could see regular lightning all over… Read More Lightning
My daughter graduated from high school! This involved several days of joyous events with relatives and parties. It also presented me with a bit of a photography quandary. I initially set about planning how I was going to photograph this occasion from my seat up in the audience of an arena. I have a 70-200mm… Read More High School Graduation Ceremony
I decided to go out to Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge in the Doeskin Ranch area on a nice evening to hike and check out the wildflowers. I figured that the trails in the high meadows would be very nice just before sunset. As usual there were few people there – only two other cars… Read More Wildflower Hike at Balcones Canyonlands
There are yellow wildflowers everywhere in my town right now. On Friday evening I decided to run down the street and see if I could make some photos. Getting out of the car, I decided that I was going to put the 50mm prime lens on the camera and try to make what I can… Read More Wildflowers and Bokeh Madness
On Sunday afternoon I hiked up to a particular dead tree that I think is somewhat photogenic in the Doeskin Ranch section of the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. This tree is alone, right next to the trail, catches a lot of afternoon sun, and often has lots of wildflowers and long grass at its… Read More A Dead Tree
A few years ago while visiting a rose garden near Brenham Texas with my mother, I bought a Julia Child rose. This is a yellow rose that apparently famous chef Julia Child chose to bear her name. I liked the yellow color and I kind of liked the tie-in with Julia Child, so I bought… Read More Julia Child Rose
