When I was in high school I really wanted to live in Manhattan.  I thought it would be great to have some sort of business related job in the big city, getting to see all of the lights of Times Square, and never running out of things to do in the "city that never sleeps".  My how things have changed.  I have no interest in that lifestyle these days.

 

I have a great home in a wonderful neighborhood.  I'm fortunate enough to have a nice sized lot with woods out back.  In fact, some of my wife's family tell us that we live in the sticks.  I'm not exactly in the country, but it's far from being Manhattan...and I love it that way.

 

Over the past week I've been outside doing yardwork and noticed some wildflowers growing in the brush, underneath some trees.  Well, one of the pictures is definitely a wildflower.  The first photo is of a Pink Lady Slipper.  We have several of these growing on our property.  I'm not so sure of the name of the flowers in the second photo.  For all I know, they might be part of a flowering weed.  Even so, they sure do look nice.

 

 

 

While you might be able to find some wildflowers somewhere in Manhattan, I'm fortunate enough to have these as my backyard beauties.

 

Until next time.

 

Glen

 

5/23/10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have a bad habit of keeping photos that deserve to be deleted from my hard drive.  I'm not so bad that I keep everything, but I do tend to keep some photos that are marginal.  An example is a picture that I took of a cardinal in a bush in my back yard.  The photo was a little blurry but I thought maybe I could fix it with a photo program.  I tried a few but had no luck.  For some reason I still kept that picture.  I'm glad that I did because I was told about a program that turns your pictures into digital paintings.  When I decided to revisit the cardinal picture, I was very happy with the resulting picture shown here.

 

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I was watching television the other night when I saw a commercial set in a doctor's office.  I couldn't tell you what the commercial was for, but I did notice a foliage poster hanging on the wall of the office.  The poster had a white border with words above and below the picture.  It made me think that I should try this and see how it looks on some of my prints.  Here is a shot of some of the wonderful fall foliage you can see in the White Mountains of New Hampshire made to look like a poster.

 

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As nature/landscape photographers, we've seen a lot of photographs from magazines, posters, postcards, etc...and thought, "I'd love to take that photo and add it to my collection."  Some examples might include places like Schwabacher Landing, Moulton Barn, and Maroon Bells.  The problem is you end up with the same photograph that you can find a million times over on the internet.  Don't get me wrong, I'd love to visit any of these places and take the same photos, but I'd try to add a new twist to the photo I take to make it my own.  I want to have my own photographic style.

I check out what other outdoor photographers are doing on some photo websites and see if there is something I might be able to emulate, rather than just blatantly copy.

 

There is a photographer from Canada that takes some amazing night photos and one of his photos in particular really caught my eye.  The photo was a time lapse shot with cloud movement.  I wanted to try this for myself and the result is the photo shown here.  While I enjoy taking photos like this, I didn't want it to define my style, so what I did was try to figure out how I could incorporate this into other shots that I take.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I decided that I wanted to try and have some time lapse cloud shots during the middle of the day.  I had to do a little research on the equipment I'd need, plus there was trial and error.  In the end, I was able to get what I was looking for.  This photo was an approximate 25 second exposure during a sunny afternoon.  While it isn't the best photo, it does have the cloud movement I was looking for.  I've got other ideas in mind for this technique and locations where I think it will work so that I can try to improve the outcome.  Ultimately I was able to take a style that someone else was using and try something a little bit different in an attempt to make it my own.

 

Until next time.

 

Glen

 

May 11, 2020

I would love to be able to explore Cape Cod from one end to the other...and eat seafood the entire way.  There is one thing that keeps me from exploring.  I can't stand traffic.  To visit the Cape is to endure rediculous amounts of traffic.  I did visit the cape in 2009 for a long weekend and decided that I needed to see a few things while there.  One of the places that I visited was Chatham.  I wanted to see this area because of the seal population, and the fact that Great White Sharks were seen there earlier in the year.  I wasn't fortunate enough to see any sharks, but I did see a lot of seals, a great sunrise, and this lighthouse.  What I really like about this photo is the light from the sun reflecting in the windows.

 

While I did end up dealing with traffic, I enjoyed my visit to the cape.  I especially enjoyed the 1-pound lobster roll at The Raw Bar.  If you like lobster, and you're on the Cape, make sure to visit one of their locations.

 

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