I had great intentions of photographing the Perseid  Meteor Shower early this morning.  I went out in the early, early morning hours, set up my tripod, and was ready to take photos.  I had two problems . . . the biggest was that I have not done a night sky shoot (other than the moon), …
Day 221 – Lavender
A client brought in some lovely bouquets of lavender today - one of my favorite plants. Â I'm actually more fond of the fragrance of lavender but I do like to watch a lavender bush blowing in the wind. My intention was to just photograph lavender, but the sun shining on my lupine plant was so …
Day 218 – Wildflowers
I went off in search of wildflowers again today. Â It was too hot to be out too long so I went as far as the local shopping center where they have a small field filled with daisies, black-eyed Susan, and indian paintbrush flowers. Â It's the same area where the lupines were blooming a couple of …
Day 216 – Macro Lupines
I have one lupine plant that is blooming right now. Â It had the perfect shades of lavender and purple - my favorite colors. Â I've done lupines previously but this time I thought I would get up very close and use different apertures. Â I was going for a narrow depth of field and throwing the background …
Day 215 – Cone Flower
I seem to be running out of time to take photos these days. Â I'm a huge fan of the Olympics and between work, photos and Olympics, there's not much time to spare. Â So on my lunch hour today I went home to photograph a single cone flower that is growing in our garden. Â I noticed …
