WynnWorlds

I’ll admit right off that this wasn’t one of my favorite challenges from 52 Frames so far this year. I just didn’t “get it.” You were supposed to create a cool background for your subject. I’m not much for studio shoots, so I went with the idea of nature providing the best backgrounds. I went out to Sweetwater Wetlands Park here in Gainesville, aiming to see what I could do with the plethora of water lilies that are currently in bloom. The weather cooperated and for two mornings last week, it was actually below 70F at 8AM, so I had…

Two weeks ago, the challenge was Symmetry, which definitely opened up a lot of possibilities as I was walking around town here in Gainesville. I liked this shot I took at Depot Park, but the reflection was a bit muddled by wind. I went back twice later in the week, and there even more wind on the water, so I gave up on this subject for the challenge. On the way to the park, I passed by the GRU plant, our local utility, and the cover photo is the massive water cooler in fierce motion. Weird subject, but I really…

Last week’s 52 Frames challenge was “Roll of Film” or something like that, harkening back to the days when I had a Minolta camera, scraped to buy rolls of Kodachrome film, and then scraped more money together to develop that roll and see what turned out OK. The time between taking the shot and seeing how it came out could be anywhere from a few days to a month or more, depending on the state of my finances and where I sent the roll to be developed. Mail order was cheaper, even though took longer, so most of the time,…