My Uncle Ben told me the secret to being a good photographer was to take lots and lots of pictures, then only share the best ones. So every day I try to share one great photo. That isn’t as easy as it sounds.
When I travel, I take so many I love, and I want to share them all. This project has taught me to edit and find the one image which really captures the essence of what I am seeing and feeling rather than 20 which become tedious to the viewer.
When I am home, I get caught up in the daily grind. It is sometimes hard to stop and take a few pictures. Knowing I need a picture for the blog forces me to look at the world a little differently. I always stop and think, would that be a good picture?
Taking lessons with Paul D’Andrea, I learned to apply basic techniques, to make great effects happen deliberately. He taught me to bring my point of view into each photos. So this is my point of view.
Providence By the River
Providence is a city by the river.
Everything In Providence is Uphill
Providence is filled with hills and buildings with lots of steps
Magnificent Midtown
The bus and train are quick, but neither gives the view of the city you get from the ferry. As you zip across the river the city gets closer and closer.
Shakespeare Has a Garden in NY
On this trip we found Shakespeare/s Garden, tucked on the lower level of the park, it is filled with the flowers common in his plays.
Flowers at Eagle Crest
Open Fields Eagle Crest is a park, behind a park. Nestled just north of the larger, more popular Eagle's Creek this lovely park has multiple walking trail including a loop through a prairie area with lots of wild flowers. It was a beautiful sunny day, and the blue...
Grapes Glorious Grapes
Took a ride to southern Indiana to the Huber Winery and Farm. Spent a lovely day picking peaches and grapes. And eating more than a few along the way.
August Flower
As we move through the summer, the bright little spring flowers disappear. In their place we find the huge summer flowers.
Dancing Robes
These beautiful robes are part of a wonderful collection at the Eiteljorg Museum celebrating women artists in contemporary art
A Walk in the Park
Located just six miles north of downtown Indy, Holiday Park is 9.4 acers of incredible green spaces, hiking paths and views of the white river.
Flowers Along the Way
There is always some thing new and wonderful to see along the way, and I love that Dubenspeck Park sits right on the edge of my neighborhood, North Willow Farms
Little Flowers
These little flowers are everywhere this year. They pop up alongside the road, on the path by my house and even in the wild flower garden we are cultivating at Roundpeg.
Summer Movie Night
The blowup screen at the Summer movie night
Neighborhood Flowers
I never get tired of admiring Mother Nature’s work, and trying to capture the images
Waterfall
The waterfall reminded me of some of the gardens we saw in Japan a decade ago
Iris, Iris, and More Iris
There are hundreds of varieties of Iris and I love them all.
The Eye of Texas
I am not sure how exactly to describe this. It is a giant eye. I know everything in Texas is big, but this is really big! It is several stories tall and sits on a grassy lot in the middle of downtown Dallas. To give you some perspective on just how big the eye is,...
Painted Flowers
Wandering the streets of Memphis we saw so many lovely little spring flowers. Close up these looked like they were painted
Super Moon
As the sun set and the moon rose, we were treated to something called the “Pink Moon”.