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 122 – Crazy Day

It didn’t start out that way. In fact, I was actually able to get away at lunch which allowed me to take this lovely photo.

Peaceful and lovely.

BUT.

Then I found out that a corporate visitor would be arriving late in the afternoon rather than tomorrow morning AND wanted me to schedule meetings for him.

Say what?

I’m the executive assistant so I needed to be there, but I was also supposed to leave for class at the same time Big Guy was scheduled to show up. Something had to give.

Quick email to Jeff letting him know that I would not be able to make class which bummed me out because I was hoping to get some feedback on my prints. Gracious man that he is, Jeff offered to take a look at my prints tomorrow. So at 9am I’ll slip away to his studio which is literally right around the corner from where I work (after arriving at work early to make sure Big Guy is all settled in).

I left work around 5:15 and took a different route home trying to miss all the spring/summer road construction.

I missed the construction, but not the head-on collision traffic jam on the alternate route.

You have GOT to be kidding me.

I arrived home after 7pm.

Day 114 – Heading Home

I shot these photos through my car window on the way home.

This photo looked best in black and white.

The overcast sky made an effective backdrop to John Ascuaga’s Nugget.

Day 90 – In a hurry

More fun with action blur. I like the juxtaposition of the 18-wheeler and the pedestrian.

Day 30 – Auto Controls

After a less than successful day with my camera, I jumped in my car to head home. I pulled my camera out of the bag and started shooting the various dials and controls in my car. I shot this at 1600 ISO, normally far too high for my taste, but in this case the grainy-ness seems to fit the subject.