Day 151 – Last shots

Nothing I shot today was worth posting and I missed working with my lights, so when I got home tonight I set up one soft box and had some fun. There wasn’t a lot to choose from, but I found an onion and a partial head of garlic.

With the soft box alone – just to camera right.

I used my reflector to get rid of some of the back shadow. This next shot is the same set up but I used a gold reflector to put some fill light behind and along the top of the onion and garlic. I especially like the warmth it gives the onion.

This next one is with a white reflector to provide back-fill. Not as warm as the photo above.

Then I brought in a plate . . . light in same spot (camera right) with fill provided by white reflector.

I finally got tired of produce and shot this fan my wonderful mother-in-law got for me on one of her many trips abroad.

I’ve mentioned this documentary before. If you have the time, I highly recommend watching it. Jeff Ross was my photography instructor last semester. Great guy and great teacher.

Day 150 – Pollinators

I went out shooting this afternoon and focused in on these flowering shrubs. I was surprised at the different kinds of pollinators doing their thing. Moths too!

Weekly Photo Challenge – Summer

It used to be that summer to me meant beaches and barbecues. But since I’ve moved to northern Nevada, it never really feels like summer until I can put on my shorts and hiking boots, pack the dogs in the car, and head up to the trees.

Hiking through the woods at Spooner Lake. Good for the eyes, good for the psyche.

Day 148 – Birthday Present!

Yes, I’m spoiled rotten. I know it.

Sweetie gave me a Canon EOS 7D EF-28-135 IS USM kit for my birthday. I’ve had my eye on one for a while and I’m really, really happy with it. It’s much heftier that my Rebel T1i, and has a wider range of capabilities. ISO starts at 100 and increases at 1/3 stop intervals up to 6400. Very, very little noise at the highest ISO (one of the comments I read over and over and over again about this model). Also, 100% field of view means the photo I compose in my viewfinder will be the photo the camera will produce. No unknown stuff around the edges. I took it out for a whirl today. Here are just a few of my shots. Very little processing done to these, just a bit of sharpening of the RAW files.

Close-up of a buckle on my leather jacket.

Rose in the backyard.

Nina on a walk-about in the backyard.

Jezebel by the light of the living room window.

This was my only flash photo…Maya by the front door. Exposed for outdoors with flash used to equalize the indoor lighting.

Day 146 – Morning coffee with a new friend

My sister-in-law and nephew arrived yesterday afternoon. Everyone except me trooped over to the hospital to visit Dad and then run some errands. I stayed at the house with Ta-Shi and brother’s family pup, Lo, who is as cute as a bug, but much more inquisitive and puppyish than Ta-Shi. She greeted me this morning and joined me on the side patio for my morning coffee.

Day 145 – A bit of a cheat

I took this photo yesterday evening. While I may get some photographs today, I can’t guarantee it and don’t have the mental energy to search out a photo. I suspect it’s going to be an intense day. Conversations need to be had with doctors and decisions on which direction to go will be in the works. Dad is stable, but needs another surgery. The question is, when and how drastic, as he is dealing with vascular issues that have resulted in a foot with necrotic tissue. This needs to be resolved, really, before we can move forward with Dad’s other issues, which are myriad.

So, a sweet picture. This is Tashi, my parents nine-year-old pup.