My little dweeb brother just turned 21. :) We had a huge party last night. ^_^
Jeremy and I joined our friend Uzma at the High this weekend to check out Dream Cars. Fancy curves and colors aren’t bound by much automotive history with these displays. It’s worth a look. The display is available until the 7th of September.
Tiny. Juvenile animals are so entrancing. I touched his tiny little toes and I could barely feel them. I wonder what it was like for him to be touched by an animal whose single finger segment is heftier than his entire body?
Jeremy and I aren’t that great at celebrating things on the day they’re intended to be celebrated. I enjoy the bit of spontaneity that affords us though. A few friends came over and hung out well after July 4th. We shot some fireworks and enjoyed ourselves on a Wednesday!
I had a super busy week at work and then I was allowed a break on Saturday to spend time up in Helen with family. I worked most of Sunday and a good portion of Friday but I am so close to wrapping up my photography work until August!!!! It’s going to be like summer vacation just working around 40 hours a week. LOL!
When I think of rainbows, I think of the promise of something better. Driving home Saturday, wishing I had the time to actually spend the night with my family.. we ran across this rainbow. It was so beautiful I made my brother pull over at the nearest, non-wooded gas station. This silly little phone picture doesn’t do it justice. Just staring at it for a few minutes refreshed my soul and I carried the happiness with me the rest of the day. :)
I’ve been working hard on some photographs these last two weeks! I did have somewhat of a mental breather this weekend where I didn’t do much except see family and friends. :) Here’s a couple of photos from the last few events/sessions!
This song makes me feel all sorts of romantic. I’m working on the New York city photos here and there but my priority is the wedding I shot last weekend. I’m really busy, guys. But not in the SIGH MY LIFE IS SO BUSY way. In a good, wow am I living my dream? kind of way. I’ll update, soon!
It’s been a long time coming, but I finally went ahead and bought some extra flash guns. The cool part is that these are completely radio controlled. I love the dramatic light I can produce now and really look forward to using my new off camera techniques at my upcoming weddings! They’ll get plenty of use as I have three weddings to shoot between two weekends right after we return from New York.
I still have plenty to learn but I am thrilled with all the new light possibilities that have opened up to me. This is the first real photograph I set up with the external flash directly shooting at this old Kodak I have in some shelves. The detail in the shadows is because the flash on the body also fired. I went pixel peeping and there was nary a grain on the photo. Normally I’d be firing and bouncing off a wall to the left or right to get a similar effect but have to shoot at something like ISO 400 to make sure I got the exposure I wanted.
Anyway I’m really excited!
Photograph taken with 2x Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT
Last Sunday, Jeremy and I took a day trip with our friends Val & Sam to Chattanooga. Towards the end of the day, we stopped on the Walnut Street pedestrian bridge and enjoyed the waning sunlight. The Tennessee River is flanked with some pretty white cliffs, and the Delta Queen is stationed for the evening at the shore.
Tennessee isn’t what I think of when I consider a vacation getaway but I’m changing my mind. On this trip, we happened to wind up in the art district and it tingled my visual senses. Awesome art pieces had been installed among a mishmash of building styles. There was also what appeared to be an art museum on the cliff in the photo above. I think a coffee and art tour of the city would be really fun. Next time, I think that’ll be our plan!