• Candid Portraits,  People/Portraits

    What is Candid Portraiture?

    February 21, 2009

     

    Morning Coffee
    Morning Coffee

    I noticed this man as he sat in a coffee shop and watched as he wandered in his thoughts. I reluctantly interrupted to ask permission to take his photo.  After asking me why I told him I had a project going where I try to take at least one photo a day. My answer was sufficient as he agreed to let me take his image, wanting to know what to do.  I suggested he just relax and be himself. I think he did that very well and think I captured him in his thoughts. Not sure where he was in those thoughts but that is not the essence of the image. He let the camera create the image. Now is this a candid portrait?

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  • landscape

    Looking Skyward

    February 20, 2009

     

    Reaching Skyward
    Reaching Skyward

     Photographers are always looking for a different view. We never know what we will find if we look this way instead of that way. This one is a bit different though as I was not out looking for something different. I was actually sitting at poolside in a lounge chair when the clouds moved in and created this work of art. Never hurts to look skyward.

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  • landscape

    Pruning in Our Lives

    February 19, 2009

     

    Fresh Rain for the New Season
    Fresh Rain for the New Season

    Like a tree during the seasons of fall and winter, we need to be pruned of a lot of dead branches before we will be ready to bare good fruit.  The winter season has its own way of pruning itself, leaves and fruits dry up and fall to the ground. With the sun and rains of the spring and summer seasons comes the flow of new life to the seemingly dead branches and we begin to see new buds, blossoms, leaves and fruits. So it is in our lives, pruning is a necessity of our lives.

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  • Avian,  Metro Parks

    Feeding Time

    February 18, 2009

     

    Feeding Time
    Feeding Time

    I was surprised at the changes I saw in Blendon Woods after returning from 5 days of traveling. Most of the ice was gone on the lake and very few geese and ducks were around.  I watched as the ducks were feeding on the bottom. It’s comical to see them stick their tail feathers up in the air and paddle their feed to keep their head down. Yes, spring is getting closer.

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  • Candid Portraits,  Metro Parks

    The Innis Sisters

    February 12, 2009

     

     

    The Innis Sisters
    The Innis Sisters

    I took Jamie to InnisWood Gardens. They have a sculpture recognizing the efforts of the Innis sisters. The sisters  wanted to preserve and enhance their  gardens and woodlands for the enjoyment of all people resulted in their generous donation of their home and property to the Metro Parks in 1972. This sculpture shows the one sister reading to the other who os holding a basket of flowers. Jamie ran over and stood behind them while I took the photo. 

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