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.
The Last Tulips of the Season
The spring tulips were jus past their peak, but there was still lots of color everywhere you turned.
A Walk through Desonier State Nature Preserve
Ok, so it is bad if you see the fungi before the tree dies, but once it is on the ground they are a beautiful reminder that life goes on.
Flowers After a Rain
Early on an April morning after it had rained the night before, I headed out, camera in hand to walk and snap photos with my iPhone. I was not disappointed!
This Bird Stole My Heart
Good Company My neighbor has this sweet, lovely and very well trained parakeet. I will often see her wandering through the neighborhood with the bird perched on her shoulder. Sometimes she chats and other times they just walk together in comfortable silence. She...
Spring Flowers
This one white flower is putting in an appearance a little early as if to encourage the rest of the garden to catch up.
Spring Comes to Indiana
The Daffodils are Here
A Hike Through Hitz-Rhodehamel Woods
Too early for flowers, there were lots of other beautiful sites along the way.
Birds at Eagle Creek
Snapped this on a recent walk through Eagle Creek park. Looks like the birds enjoyed the mild weather too.
Snow Day
We haven’t had snow all season. As a matter of fact it has been unseasonably warm until now. Eight inches fell yesterday transforming my deck into a winter wonderland.
Luxembourg Garden
This was taken on our first night in Paris. This is the fountain at the Luxembourg Garden. It is a lovely and serene park.
Harrison Ball
You can take the boy out of Texas, but you can't take Texas out of the boy. A lifelong Dallas Cowboy fan, he would stubbornly wear shorts and flip flops long into the late fall, hoping the snow would never come. Active in the Boy Scouts and ROTC in high school, it...
Lighthouses of New England
The coast of New England is dotted with lighthouses and each one is different
Seagulls Along the Coast
Seagulls are the pigeons of New England. They are everywhere.
Flowers along the Cliff
Flowers along the cliff The three mile cliff walk wraps around the coast of Newport. Here the very wealthy built their summer "cottages", buildings we think of as mansions to look out on the ocean. The rocky cliffs offer a different view of the ocean below/...
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.