Project 365 – Day 75
These last remnants of winter hang by a thread.
Forest Sunburst
Fuji X-T1, 56mm f/1.2, 1/120 sec @ f/11, ISO3200
… a photographic journal
Sunset on Georgia
Project 365 – Day 74
The peacefulness and beauty of the sunset marks a resting point for the light of each day. The tiresome day is almost past. As light prepares to exit, the warmth of the setting sun peaks through, as if to share a parting kiss.
One of the many blessings of chasing landscape photography over the years has been the incredible pleasure of experiencing many sunrises and sunsets. Each is beautiful in it’s own right. Experiencing sunrises and sunsets remind me of life in general. They are not always easy to come by, but more often than not the effort to find them yields rewarding results. Each almost always comes with a sense quietness, stillness, and clarity of light.
Georgia Pines at Sunset
Fuji X-T1, 56mm f/1.2, 1/350 sec @ f/10, ISO400
Besties
Project 365 – Day 73
These two are inseparable!!
Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting. ~ Unknown
Blowing Bubbles
Fuji X-T1, 56mm f/1.2, 1/850 sec @ f/2.0, ISO400 (Classic Chrome
Kathy and Sydney
Fuji X-T1, 56mm f/1.2, 1/800 sec @ f/2.0, ISO400 (Classic Chrome)
Texture
Project 365 – Day 72
The past becomes a texture, an ambience to our present. ~ Paul Scott
Porch Entry
X-T1, 56mm f/1.2, 1/125 sec @ f/3.2, ISO1000 (texture blend)
The Mundane
Project 365 – Day 71
I am using this project, in part, as a challenge to capture everyday things in a way that is interesting or that sparks a different perspective. As photographers, we are often boxed into a desire to capture “iconic” moments or subjects. We are inspired by, and therefore want to replicate, the work of giants like Ansel Adams. Their compositions and subjects are photographed beautifully. To this day, I love going to national parks to shoot those famous, recognizable venues.
On the other hand, there is something unique and satisfying about finding something photo worthy on my own. There are beautiful architectural creations, textures, people, landscapes, patterns, shapes, colors, and light all around us. Everywhere, everyday. It takes a thoughtful eye to find it, and a skill (or luck) to properly capture it. And when you do, it’s yours. It’s like writing AND singing your own song, not just singing a hit someone else made famous.
Make the mundane uncommon by creating and sharing your point of view.
Doctor’s Office
Fuji X100s, 23mm f/2.0, 1/25 sec @ f/5.6, ISO3200
Megan and Jackson
Project 365 – Day 70
Meet Megan and Jackson. We have been friends of Jackson and his family for 20 years, most of which our children were in school together. He’s an outstanding young christian man with a great future. I don’t know Megan, but she is undoubtedly very special, too.
Each is graduating from college this spring. Jackson recently asked if I would shoot their August wedding, so today we met up for engagement photos. Since it turned into a rainy afternoon, we decided to concentrate on their “save the date” image and do engagement photos another day.
A good wife is hard to find and worth far more than diamonds. Her husband trusts her without reserve, and never has reason to regret it. ~ Proverbs 31:10
Megan and Jackson
Fuji X-T1, 56mm f/1.2, 1/300 sec @ f/2.0, ISO200
Tired Puppy
Project 365 – Day 69
Sophie, after a long afternoon of playing outside with Sydney and patrolling squirrels. 
This is her “I’m starting to get annoyed that everyone is not ready for bed like me” look.
Sophie
Fuji X-T1, 56mm f/1.2, 1/50 sec @ f/2.0, ISO3200
Frantic Monday
Project 365 – Day 68
Drive Home
Fuji X100s, 23mm f/2.0, 1/8 sec @ f/11, ISO1600
Million Dollars
Project 365 – Day 67
A few weeks back I wrote about my friend Angela (read here). She begins chemo this week, and she’s been asking me to take a new family portrait while she “still looks like a million bucks.” LOL Today was that day. Angela has and will always look like a million bucks, but the prospects of losing hair is a likely reality with most chemo patients.
Angela’s family is beautiful inside and out. If you had the opportunity to personally choose your own family support group, this would be it! Lawrence is the epitome of patience and optimism. The two older girls are Junior Olympians, so they are personally familiar with tenacity and team. The younger is, by all counts, her mother made over. This alone qualifies her as a “Class A” girl of empathetic support and determination.
Angela, your “home team” has your back! You will also be propped up by God’s faith and by so many of us who are praying and cheering for you.
The Yaminis
Cabin Fever
Project 365 – Day 66
Today was gorgeous! Just the cure for cabin fever. Sunny skies, light breeze, mid-60’s. This, after what seems like weeks and weeks of gray skies, rain, snow, and cold. This old cabin is located at a nearby park. It is always locked, but I had never taken the time to peek in a window until today. The back lit view with sunshine blasting through the opposing window caught my attention. The real trick was shooting it through the old window panes while getting a good angle without glare and between the grilles. Composing this was much more of a challenge than is apparent, but reflections from both windows were almost impossible to avoid.
Primitive Cabin – McDaniel Farms
Fuji X100s, 23mm f/2.0, 1/50 sec @ f/8.0, ISO3200
Late Afternoon in Americana
Project 365 – Day 65
Kathy and I met dear friends for dinner tonight, and I had time for a short stroll beforehand. There are so many rich and interesting things about “Small Town, USA”. Having grown up in a tiny little town, I instantly connect with and appreciate the charm and personality of each. There are common threads through all of them – rugged individualism, character, coziness, national pride, history, and a sense of pioneering, Yet each has its own personality.
Allies
Fuji X-T1, 14mm f/2.0, 1/340 sec @ f/8.0, ISO400
Back Alley
Fuji X-T1, 14mm f/2.8, 1/125 sec @ f/5.6, ISO400
Night
Project 365 – Day 64
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. ~Psalms 119:105
Pathway
Fuji X-T1, 14mm f/2.8, 1/13 sec @ f/4.0, ISO3200 – Handheld