Col. DeWolf Schatzel served proudly in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was the last commander of the Mounted Detachment from 1937-38 in Peking, China. The detachment was disbanded in 1938 before the Japanese invasion of China. He went on to serve for another 20 years, and was among the 4th wave to land at Iwo Jima during World War II. What he saw I never heard him speak of, but being a child and self-centered teen when he was alive, I never thought to ask.
When all else fails, grab a macro lens, shoot the center of a flower and crop it slightly off-center.
It was hot, hot, hot today so Julia and I picked Thomas up from school and went to the lake. First visit of many this summer.
I was exhausted after working hard out in the sun in 90-degree heat for three hours this afternoon and felt like taking a picture about as much as I felt like running a marathon. I went out after dinner at dusk and there were honey bees busy at the rhododendrons - the first honey bees I've seen this year.
I gave Thomas and Julia haircuts tonight, after having spent the day shearing the bushes, too. Thomas actually graced me with a nice face - a rarity that will probably never be repeated.
Thank God for sudafed. And advil. And theraflu. There's nothing like waking up with a head cold that won't quit and a migraine on top of it.
Julia had cupcakes on Friday for her birthday, which is after school gets out. So the teacher calls it a happy un-birthday (from Alice in Wonderland, I believe). But Julia got is mixed up and insists it is her unhappy birthday. She fails to see the humor in that.
I remember where I was, what I was doing and what I was wearing when I first heard about the Columbine shootings. The flower always makes me think about it.
I went outside tonight to photograph raindrops. Last time I played around with lighting. Tonight was natural.
... I've stood outside the paper and stared at the clock gears and thought "there's a picture here somewhere." Last night at work, I actually tried it. And I know there's still a picture there somewhere - I just have to find it.
Today was the mother-son hike. It was a beautiful day and we hiked up to Hublein Tower on Talcott Mountain. The company was great, especially Thomas'.
I thought dewdrops in the morning were appropriate after rain drops at night.
It was a beautiful wet spring night out tonight. I little chilly, but very still and plenty of crickets.
I gave soap bubbles one more try and am satisfied that I can produce them on demand. So, this is the last soap bubble planet, I promise.
I couldn't bear to take another shot in the car, so on my way home I drove by a bridal shop that I've always wanted to photograph. The light insid were out, so it didn't turn into what I expected.
Except that I was having trouble with my camera on m drive home from work - I couldn't figure out why it wouldn't fire. I finally figured out it was because I had it set on shutter priority which won't work with my manual-focus lens. By that time, I didn't care what the picture looked like.
Went to work today figuring I'd shoot something on my drive home. But at about 9 p.m., a vacant building around the block from the paper caught on fire. I grabbed my camera and ran upstairs and shot what I could - not the best vantage point. The building was engulfed and smoke was billowing across the windy sky. Firefighters had it under control quickly.
I swore I wasn't going to photograph a dandelion outside. Only because everywhere you turn, dandelion pictures abound. And that makes me dig in my heels and say, "I'm not going to do what everyone else is doing." But, I went outside yesterday and they were everywhere. And they were friendly and fuzzy and puffy looking.
Found at the newspaper, piled high and forgotten. And I think my number count on the days may be off, but I'm not sure.
I went out several times today to photograph water drops. It would rain and then the sun would come out and I was chasing good light but wasn't really thrilled with anything I shot. I like the drops in this on, but I didn't like them on the green leaf. So I inverted the image in photoshop and came up with this.
This one was fun. I knew what I wanted to do, but how to get the king red? I don't have any gels for my flash so I rubber-banded saran wrap to the flash and smeared the saran wrap with vaseline I had colored with red food dye. I couldn't get the light as red as I wanted, plus the chess piece was natural-wood colored, not white. I tried holding my red filter over the flash, too and that helped a little.
I had a crappy night at work and had no time during the day or night to take a picture. So I grabbed my camera while I was sitting at my desk.
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