Day 177 – Walk-about color and a little street photography

Surprisingly, I got a decent amount of photography in today. I was reasonably productive in the short amount of time I was able to shoot. Other than grabbing my camera bag when I left for work this morning, I didn’t even think about my camera until nearly 4pm.

I took a late afternoon walk around and outside our grounds.

Instead of my usual left-turn, I took a right and walked past the side of our building that faces the employee parking lot.

I headed down the walk and paused to snap this rusted rebar.

This pine cone looked lovely with the afternoon sun illuminating it.

Across the street, these meters caught my eye. Black and white seemed the right treatment for them.

On the way home I got in a little “street” photography.

More.

A third shot.

On the road home (one hand on the wheel, one hand to press the shutter).

Pulling in to the driveway I was happy to see that our yellow dahlia has started to bloom.

Day 176 – I’d rather post these

I’ve been up to my eyeballs working on the photo gallery for the baby shower I went to yesterday. The gallery is here, if you’d like to take a peek. The father-to-be is our nephew, so this was a family affair and then some.

Therefore, I haven’t had a chance to go out with the camera, and rather than post something less than, I’m going to post some more photos I took yesterday. Hope you don’t mind.

Jezebel. I was playing with aperture priority and set my camera to f/5.6 at 100 ISO. The camera set the shutter speed to 1/15s. I also had the flash on, so Jezzie came out blurry except for her eyes. I kind of like it!

Nina – giving me her “look.”

Grandma and Grandson (My mother-in-law and our nephew) at yesterday’s shower.

Mother and Son at yesterday’s shower.

Roses for Michelle, from Matt.

Day 175 – Green

Apples, that is. Shot in the backyard this morning using a technique I learned in lighting class.

I’m off to a baby shower. Catch you all later.

Day 174 – Red

Day 173 – Lichen

I went out this evening to shoot the sunset, but the lichen-covered lava rock caught my eye instead.

Day 172 – Three Amigos

Reno is an odd town. Within the city you can find patches of rural. Such is the case of the property directly across the street from where I work. I have photographed their property before, but I didn’t realize that these people also owned cattle. Who knew?

Wow!

Holy cow! This many people now follow this blog. I am honored. Thank you!!

An Adventure Like No Other

I’ve been wanting to share this gallery for a couple of days. Last Friday night Sweetie and I headed out to Stead airport for the Reno Air Races Volunteer Appreciation Dinner. We’d not been back since the crash of September 16th and it’s been a rough nine months for those of us who were there. Still, being there, seeing our friends and sharing how we’d all been dealing with the “after,” was really nice. Really. But there was more to this evening than just food and friends.

When we all checked in at this table each volunteer received a raffle ticket.

People lined up for food . . .

And then the first and best prize was announced: A ride in a T-6. And not just any ride, but a fly-over the Reno Rodeo. That night. Right then. And guess who won? My husband! That he won this ride, this night, after all that he’d been through made it all the more sweet.

When they called the winning number I thought everyone at our table was going to lose their mind when we realized it was one of our own. Much screaming ensued. Sweetie had to head right out to the T-6 hangar for preflight prep, so I grabbed my camera and went with him. What follows are just a few of my photos, but I have a full gallery over at SmugMug. Check it out for a more coherent narrative.

First there was the “I promise I won’t sue if we crash” agreement.