Day 218 – In My Room

Long day. I’m ready for bed but it looks like I’ve got one more phone call to take care of before I can sleep. I did a bit of shooting earlier this evening but nothing worth posting. Maybe this one isn’t either, but I’ll let you be the judge. I am in the room that once held bunk beds but is now the guest room in my parents’ home. I sleep here every time I visit.

Because of the rack that hangs over it, the bedroom door does not close easily and I expect Ta-Shi will join me sometime during the night.

I think there is a mosquito in the room.

Day 217 – Railroad Lantern

Sweetie inherited two railroad lanterns from his grandfather. This one is an Adams & Westlake Illinois Central Railroad lantern and is a hundred years old. I tried different lighting and backgrounds.

On another note, I’ll be leaving tomorrow around noon to go to L.A. Dad isn’t doing well, and Mom is at the end of her tether, as you can imagine.

Day 216 – Pensive

Given the news I got tonight about my father, Maya’s pose pretty much expresses how I’m feeling. All I can do right now is wait.

Day 215 – Playing with Pan

I worked on showing motion by panning today. This is the best of what I shot. I’m going to keep working on this. It’s fun!

Day 214 – Antique Books

It started with an 1880 edition of Ben Hur (not a first edition) and over the years I’ve built up a fair collection. Here are just a few.

Day 213 – Working with hyperfocal distance

I’ve just become familiar with the concept of hyperfocal distance, so I’m experimenting. I didn’t have a full grasp on the concept when I shot these today, though, so I need to keep working on it! Plus, I found a nifty iPhone app to help me.

ISO 100, f/22, 1/30s, 28mm

ISO 100, f/25, 1/25s, 44mm

ISO 100, f/22, 1/25s, 28mm

Day 212 – Choices, choices . . .

Monochrome?

Color?

Day 211 – Sunday in the backyard

I’m making an effort to work with my tripod more, so I took it out into the backyard this afternoon. It was wickedly hot so I quickly retreated to the shade of the deck. While there I set up my camera to focus on an area the dogs like to play on: the roof of their dog house. Buddy was too smart to do anything but lay in the shade but, happily, I managed to catch this shot of Nina as she was about to leap off the roof of the dog house.