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Ponder and Reply: This Door.....

For this exercise, this shot taken in Barcelona by my nephew represents our class. Considering your comfort and familiarity with your camera, your manual, course resources, your blog, the shots you have taken, the responses from your families - have you flung the door open, run through and seized the day or are you still on the outside, struggling to open the door and peek through? Please let me know your thoughts........

I have baby cardinals

Just had to share...

Isn't Rain a Beautiful Thing!

If you live in the southern US, you know how we haven't been seeing too much rain lately. Severe draught, water restrictions, ya-da-ya-da-ya-da.

So yesterday we had 2 inches of rain and the humans are happy, the grass is happy, the frogs are happy, and the flowers are happy!

You can't really beat all that happiness - and thankfulness!

The Fox Theatre - Atlanta

From the time I was a little, little girl, I remember going to the Fox. Story has it that when I was about 18 months old, I got away from Mom and Dad and ran laughing and screaming around the orchestra section with Dad in hot pursuit. Now I am a volunteer usher and I love every minute that I can be in this Atlanta treasure.

This shot would have been better if I hadn't been driving - making a right off Ponce onto Peachtree - at the time. I don't recommend getting this shot this way!

Ponder and Reply (1) if You Want to Share

I took this photo in the strength and conditioning room of the Butts-Mehre Building at UGa. Disregarding the crazy angle and the fact that I took a picture of a sign, does it say anything to you about photography?

When you took your camera off the auto setting, how many black shots did you get before you figured out what was wrong?

You tried to read the manual and it read like a Greek technoguide.....then what?

Blog!@#$% Is this woman crazy...I'm too old/young/pick your own adjective to blog!

Furthermore, am I attempting to make photography a spiritual experience and ram something down your throat?

OK - Is that enough raw meat to evoke a response from you? If so, please leave a comment.....

P.S. GOOOOOOOOOOO Dawgs!

Boys and Fishing

There's a song called "God Loves to Talk to Boys When They're Fishing." I think of it when I enjoy these pictures. Something about the black and white makes me able to hear the song better in my head.....

Will a Dragonfly show up here?

Well, one doesn't know these things until one tries - so here's one of my favorite dragonflies. You know you've been on the bridge a long time when the dragonflies start posing for you. I guess with every minute that passed I looked less and less like a predator.

New Photo Class Starts

My Intermediate Digital Photography class has begun at GYSTC and is off to a great start! I have some very promising photographers involved in the class. We are sharing our photos through our blogs.

So what are we doing? We are pondering what we love and taking lots of pictures of those things. We're experimenting and getting creative. We're taking hundreds of pictures and deleting most of them. We are taking chances with manual settings coupled with a bit of knowledge, curiosity, and daring - hoping for that great shot....

Here are a couple of my recent efforts.

By the way, like the new look? Since 99% of my photos are taken outdoors, I changed to a more outdoorsy style. Like my hair, my blog is subject to change without notice!