Seeing as I’m in Gainesville (the Florida one) for the next who-knows-how-many weeks, I have been exploring the local scene. Now that bars and restaurants are all closed, the local scene is mostly what I see on my daily walks through the neighborhood. It *is* Florida, so the flowers are all out, the temps are hitting highs in the mid 80s, and my walks are earlier in the day to avoid the heat and humidity. So if you’re still wearing puffy coats, looking at rain out your window, or just feeling like you’re a bit trapped in self-isolation, enjoy some…
52 Frames: Triangle
Ah, the lowly triangle shape! It seems to be everywhere now that the week’s challenge is done but for seven days, all incarnations of the triangle conspired to hide from my camera. Seriously, it was like playing a game of hide and seek last week! I thought for half a minute that the cover photo (up at the top of this post) might work but the flags really aren’t triangles. I still like the image, though. Then I found a church steeple and spent so much time checking out angles and exposures that I was pretty sure an observer would…
52 Frames: Abandoned
Ah, who can’t relate to the feeling of abandonment? But it was harder than I thought to really capture that in an image, as I learned with the latest weekly challenge from 52 Frames. For starters, I was sort of in love with the top photo in this post (you may have to scroll up to see it by now…). Something about the games I grew up with being tossed aside, faded and weathered by time, tugged at my heartstrings. But, unsure it was really the best I could do, I kept walking around the neighborhood. This little house, almost…
Silurian Dry Lake, CA
For some reason, I really felt drawn to the dry lake near the Silurian Hills, about 20 miles off I-15 and the town of Baker. I ended up staying one night with friends and then went back for two more nights on my own, bookending my stay in Death Valley with some way-off-the-grid boondocking.
52 Frames: Extreme Contrast
Last week’s challenge in the 52 Frames community was “Extreme Contrast,” which could kind of mean whatever you wanted (as most of the challenges are, if you think about it!). I went with the traditional view, amping up the contrast between black and white. And what better subject than the amazingly beautiful trees of Gainesville, Florida? I took my Sony A7 on a walk around the neighborhood, my first since arriving home late Friday. The last two years, I left before Spring had really gotten underway, and the difference is amazing: flower bushes in full bloom, smells of wisteria and…




