• Black and White,  Canon Powershot G12

    Abstract

    September 1, 2011
    Abstract

    It’s been one of those days when laundry is done, the bathroom still needs cleaned, and I don’t feel like doing or going anywhere. However, there is a twitch with my forefinger on my right hand, most likely from not getting enough exercise with a shutter button. So, I ask myself what is there around me that I see all the time but really never see and needs to have a photograph made of it? I glance over towards the bathroom and have an idea. Thirty minutes later and I have come up with an abstract image of something we see and use all the time. Crap, how do we miss seeing so much of what is around us?

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  • Art,  Canon Powershot G12

    Geese

    August 30, 2011

    Sculpture

    The sculpture, Spirit of Nebraska’s Wilderness, consists of 67 bronze and stainless steel works by Kent Ullberg, of Corpus Christi, Texas. The sculpture occupies four corners of the 16th and Dodge intersection as well as works on 15th Street. This wildlife monument includes 3 bulls standing at 8′ and weighing nearly 1,400 pounds, several yearling bulls, and 2 cows with their calves, as well as a large water feature with 8′ Canada Geese in bronze taking flight. As the geese fly across the street they are attached to 18′ bronze trees, a traffic signal, the corner of a building, a light post, 2 other poles, and culminate with several stainless steel geese suspended within the glass atrium of the Bank’s headquarters. Each of these works has been strategically placed to engage visitors, particularly children, as they pass. This image was taken while taking the G12 for a walk around the sculpture.

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  • architecture,  Canon Powershot G12

    Fewer Images

    August 29, 2011

    Shadows

    “Our eye must constantly measure, evaluate. We alter our perspective by a slight bending of the knees; we convey the chance meeting of lines by a simple shifting of our heads a thousandth of an inch…. We compose almost at the same time we press the shutter, and in placing the camera closer or farther from the subject, we shape the details – taming or being tamed by them.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson

    I stood and looked at this scene for a while. I found it appealing with the light and shadows, knew there was an image there but had questions running through my mind. Where did I want to stand or kneel? Did I need to step back or forward? Did I want someone within the frame or not? Strangely, without lifting the camera to my eye, I walked through the portico and turned around. I think walking through was the best thing I could have done. Observing it was not enough, I needed to walk within it and experience the shadows, the light, the marble walls. It was then I raised the camera. It seems I shoot fewer images to get the feel and look I want as I progress through this photographic journey. What about you?

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  • Canon Powershot G12,  Cityscapes/Urban,  Transportation

    Simple Subjects

    August 4, 2011

    Handicap Sign

    “I am not very interested in extraordinary angles. They can be effective on certain occasions, but I do not feel the necessity for them in my own work. Indeed, I feel the simplest approach can often be most effective. A subject placed squarely in the centre of the frame, if attention is not distracted from it by fussy surroundings, has a simple dignity which makes it all the more impressive.” – Bill Brandt

    Photography has helped me to visually see the world around me and with the camera in my hand I want to show you the simple things I see. And, sorry it’s not squarely in the center.

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