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curtian

Light, shadow, and color.

I have been contemplating doing a series of "restricted" images. Limiting the setting of the photos in order to force me to explore my environment more carefully. Perhaps creating three images in each of the rooms of our house. That would be 11 rooms, including attic and basement (excluding hallways). I'm not sure yet though....

30

snow - snow

I haven't been watching the news much, or the weather for that matter, and did not realize that we were to be getting snow today. A few flakes were coming down, and my daughter asked if it was going to amount to much, as we went to the grocery store....I said no, I don't think so...when we came out there was two + inches all over everything...oops.

I went out to shoot the old dogwood tree in our yard. I was looking for stark trees against the cloud flattened sky. The bent, twisting dogwood was just perfect.

The wisteria in the yard also provides nice texture, and tone, compared to the snow.

I think both shots depict the cold nicely (for those view from more southerly climates..)

29

mandolin

This is one of my newest endeavors. Genevieve bought me a mandolin for Christmas, and now I am learning how to play it. I keep thinking of it as a tiny upside-down guitar. To that end, I thought it would be a good idea to learn how to play Jack Johnson's "upside down" as one of my first songs.

I like the shallow depth of field, blur and ambiguity of the body shape in this shot. I had several others today that looked like the cover of a music book, however, I was trying to find something a bit more abstract.

28

cute little cement plant

An experiment today. Using my homemade tilt and shift lens. This is a view of our local cement plant. The nice strong sideways light of the afternoon helps the effect caused by the lens. I need to try this with a little more altitude. Getting above the subject makes things look even more "toy-like". I noticed an all state insurance commercial that uses this same effect now, shame....

27

flood stage

I teach near the Susquehanna river and heard that it was going to be a foot or two above flood stage today, and decided to go and take a look.

I found a student of mine fishing in the cold- he hadn't caught anything.

I've always like the reflection of trees on water, it is soothing yet dynamic. 

26

toes, woodwork

My daughters toes, and the woodwork on our porch seem to echo each other in shape.

25

doodle

I spent the day at teachers in-service training. It was very difficult to hear the presenter because we were in a gymnasium. The sound system sounded like talking underwater. However, I found I could concentrate better if I eliminated other distractions by doodling.

There is little in the way of composition, or design in this, but it did help me be able to stay in touch with what I was supposed to be listening to.