Photo Hike.

Dad and I went on a photo hike a couple weeks ago.

It was supposed to be landscape photography, but I don’t do so well in that department.  (Plus, the lighting was bad.)
So I started taking pictures like this:

And this:

And this.

I just love barbed-wire fences.  I don’t know why.  They make me feel happy and grungy [...]

I love to edit pictures

I believe that the editing is half of what makes a good picture. Granted, the picture has to be decent before it becomes something wonderful, but at the same time, processing often gives a picture much more of a “feel” than the SOOC. Take, for example, this picture that I took of Will [...]

Before and After

On our trip to D.C. this spring, I took a picture of a spy.  Yes, I did.  He was standing waiting for a bus, I suppose, so he could hand off his briefcase full of spy-like information.  Here’s my original edit job:

I liked it a lot, but I was bothered by the flash reflection in [...]

Taking Pictures (My first photo shoot)

While we were at Hume for Christmas, I asked the Hoods to be my guinea pigs in portraiture.

We had a lot of fun.

Aren’t they a good-looking family?

Guess What I Did Tonight

“The American Dream” by Shannon of Sherwood
I took this photo of my brother on September 11. He was carrying the flag to honor our country and those who died on September 11, 2001. The flag over his shoulder, and the determined look in his eyes, represent to me the American dream. I [...]

5 People You Meet in Disneyland

We went to Disneyland early today for the CHOC Walk in the Park. It’s a 5k through Disneyland and California Adventure to raise money for Children’s Hospital of Orange County.  It was a very overcast day in downtown Anaheim and my pictures aren’t that great; I have as yet to learn the secrets of [...]

I had a brush with fame

*NOTE*
Parts of the following narrative was taken directly from my Flickr page.  I don’t have enough time to retype a story.
We were working the meals at the convention last weekend. First meal was executive luncheon – read about that on The Cliffs – and the other one was the debate banquet. [...]

I like Ice Cream

For Wordless Sunday – also part of my 365 project.

I’m starting a 365

Three hundred sixty-five photos, that is. Yes – a photo taken and posted every day for a year. It will be difficult! It will test my endurance! It will strain my imagination! It will require me to figure out what all the little buttons on the camera do! It [...]

If I’m actually going to take the time to blog. . .

I might as well make it pretty.
Northern Ireland. SOOC.