A Photo Story

Happy New Years Day and Happy Friday. The simplicity of this house attracted me in the midst of highly colorful houses filled with yard ornaments.  I took the photo at a slight angle to make it more interesting.  Camera specs: Nikon D300 with 18-200mm lens at 18mm, 1.3 seconds at f/7.1, ISO 400.

Happy New Years Eve! At night when long shutter speeds are necessary to correctly expose a photograph, I look for interesting motion.  Here are two Spanish dancers.  The twirling of her skirt caught my eye and I knew I had to capture it on film.  Camera specs: Nikon D300 with 18-200mm lens at 18mm, 1/5 [...]

One of the assigned challenges on this photowalk was to find holiday cheer in an abstract form.  I liked finding smiles and when this one popped out at me I just had to take a picture.  This smile is adorable and completely happenstance with the bush in front of the window just so.  Camera specs: [...]

Part of my experimentation with the holiday lights was to zoom in very close to several lights.  When I first looked at this photo, it almost looked like fireworks going off.  Detail photos can end up being very interesting.  Camera specs: Nikon D300 with 18-200mm lens at 200mm, 1/30 seconds at f/5.6, ISO 800.

This is a wonderful example of using motion in photography.  I saw this guy on the side of the road twirling lights.  I slowed my shutter way down to capture the movement of the light.  Camera specs: Nikon D300 with 18-200mm at 1.6 seconds at f/8.0, ISO 800.

Hope everyone is having a merry holiday today! This snowman caught my attention because it changed colors every couple of seconds.  I took many photos of him and decided that this green photo was the best one to post.  I did really like the blues and purples, but they were just too dark in the [...]

Here was another southwestern-styled light display.  I experimented with this display and tried blurring the lights as well as taking them in focus.  In the end, the focused display was the better photo.  I encourage others to experiment with photography as well just to see what would happen if…  Camera specs: Nikon D300 with 18-200mm [...]

These carolers were nicely framed with lights.  I decided to meter and expose the photo for the bright lights behind the carolers.  I felt that they detail in their clothes was not important to the photo and it was more important to not blow out the highlights of the lights.  As a benefit, their faces [...]

One of the assigned photo challenges while on this photowalk of Christmas Lights was to find holiday cheer in an abstract form.  So, here is a smile I found by zooming in to the bottom of a wreath with bells in the center.  I like the way the lights reflect in the bells.  Camera specs:  [...]

This photo tells a story by showing the movement of the people walking by as well as those stopped in front of the house to look at the lights.  Camera specs:  Nikon D300 with 18-200mm lens at 18mm, 1.3 seconds at f/6.3, ISO 400.