Official portrait time! Welcome to Billy

It was time to take Billy’s official formal portrait, so the Grand Baby and I went outside to do just that.  Billy barely fit on the little couch I set up for him, but here are his photos.  Enjoy!   To see a closeup, click on the photo once you find the...

Pastoral Scenes

I’ve been taking an online video class called “Graphic Design for Everyone”–hoping to produce better book cover and newsletter designs.  Anyway, the teacher, who is funny and articulate and entertaining–was talking about the value of...
A Christmas Neighborhood

A Christmas Neighborhood

Last night I went out with my camera to take pictures of the decorated homes in our neighborhood. I did this two years ago, and didn’t want to create another book of the same images, so I applied some filters to make things a little . . . different. I like the...

I live in a photographer’s paradise . . .

. . . and I never realized it until yesterday.  Shooting at the Petwalk was good experience for me–I had to deal with crowds, shifting shadows and bright sunlight, etc.  Learned a few lessons on that outing, including how to crop out the unattractive base of an...