Pause The Flowers…

I know I've been saying this week I'll be focusing on flower photography. I'm going to pause that today for some more star trail photos but will try to tie the star trail photos with flowers and my earlier posts with tomorrow's post. Yesterday's post was from a photography outing with my daughter Ady Grace. … Continue reading Pause The Flowers…

Wildflowers with AG

This week I’m going to focus my posts on some recent flower photography. Monday's post: The Spider Lily A few days ago my daughter told me she wanted her own section here on the blog where we go do photography together. So we made a plan to go as soon as we could to start. … Continue reading Wildflowers with AG

The Spider Lily

This week I'm going to focus my posts on some recent flower photography. My first post of this series will be on Spider Lily flowers. On my Google of this flower I've found multiple names for it so hopefully I'm calling it right. I've noticed them growing on our church property and kept telling myself … Continue reading The Spider Lily

How I Take Star Trail Photographs

The question come up the other day of how to take a star trail photo. Since this is a topic you may not be interested in I've put the steps I follow into a PDF. The PDF can be accessed free by using the form below. Once you click the View PDF button you will … Continue reading How I Take Star Trail Photographs

Missed The Picture

The other morning before Francine came through the area. I was out early as usual headed back to my house to get my lunch before work. I was in a hurry, I was going to be late for work if I didn't hurry, I was going to miss seeing my wife and kids before they … Continue reading Missed The Picture

Star Trail Attempts

I've mentioned getting back into long exposure photography here recently. I've had multiple setups for star trail photos lately. Below I'll share a few of the setups: The first one is the setup I've already shared out from out at Lake Monticello. Star trail post from Lake Monticello I then went back out to Lake … Continue reading Star Trail Attempts

Zinnias At Sunset

There's a couple main reasons I garden. The first is because the peace and beauty out there is immeasurable. The second reason I garden is because I grew up working in the garden. It "takes me back". (Not to mention I love the taste of fresh vegetables!) The other evening I was working in the … Continue reading Zinnias At Sunset

Star Trail Photography

This is probably my favorite photo of the week. It is the combined photograph I mention in my Milky Way post Monday. On this type of setup I ran my camera with my cable release for about an hour then stitched the photographs together using Photoshop. It is a bunch of photographs but I enjoy … Continue reading Star Trail Photography

Watching The Sunrise (surprise!)

On Friday morning I like to go out to Lake Monticello to walk and take photographs. This past Friday was overcast so I did not even get my camera out but just walked close the truck in case it rained. As I walked I saw some light on the Eastern horizon and thought it might … Continue reading Watching The Sunrise (surprise!)

Long Exposure Photography With Moon Light

A few mornings ago I went for some more long exposure photography with a decent amount of moonlight over me. This was at Lake Monticello. I tried (not crazy about the results) some light painting from the dock too.