FOREST FLOWER
I love it when I'm riding along on my bike, and I spy little things along the path and in the woods. It makes me almost lose my balance sometimes when I'm daydreaming while I ride and looking off the trail. I go biking for exercise, but I almost always bring my camera along and allow extra time to get off and shoot things I see. My biking and photography are truly two of the most therapeutic things I do in my life.
And look at this delicate cute little flower in my most favorite color!
SUMMER PADDLER
It honestly hasn't really sunk in yet that it's summer, although today this shot was taken at lunchtime and it was nearly 85 degrees outside. It's just that those temps and sunny moments seem so fleeting and it took so long for these days to arrive that they almost don't seem real. I know I should enjoy them at every possible moment, and I try.
I hit the path on the Nice Ride bike today during my lunch hour, and it was at the expense of me not eating a meal for lunch the second day in a row. But I love being outside, and obviously I love biking. Usually when I'm down by the river I take more time on my photography, but today I felt rushed to get back to work, and things just weren't all that exciting down by the river today.
Admittedly, however, this guy was giving me a sense of envy since I also love canoeing, and today was a perfect day to be on the water.
ONE ON ONE
The photos that always get the most "likes" are usually landscapes and whatnot, you know, sunsets, etc. But I really love taking action photos. It seems this summer hasn't shaped up yet for the really "action-ey" action shots yet. Seems like I tend to position myself and the perfect shot is coming into the viewfinder, and then the ref runs in front of the lens. Grrr.
But anyway, I think you can still get the essence of Tiana's passion for the game in many of the photos I shoot of her. There's still a fair amount of the season left for me to get some headers or something. I love watching these girls play and I love shooting them.
CAPITOL SUNSET
Was at the boyfriend's apartment. He knows I like a sunset. He knows I like photography. He looks out the window and says, WOW. Look. The photo of the day was inevitable. Don't really know what else to say about it. I guess I have to give him credit for it.
MORNING SPIRE
I know I already have tons of photos of Assumption. But it is crazy how many different angles of it I see and it's always kind of a different feeling. I think there is just something about the silhouette of the cross against the sky that really grabs me. And the clouds are another thing that keep me fascinated. I actually didn't even realize how cool the clouds looked in this one until I uploaded.
HEY, LITTLE BLACKBIRD
Out on my search to find things to photograph, I could hear the blackbirds in the trees above me. I don't know much about birds. I'm not a huge "birder." But I love trying to spy them among the branches when they are chirping and singing and see if I think their voice matches the way they look.
I have an uncle, Mark, who can identify a bird simply by its voice. That seems crazy to me. But it's a passion of his, I guess. Anyway, these guys seems either annoyed that I was near their territory or they were begging for my attention. I decided to give them attention and take their photo!
Of course, since a blackbird is plain black and not all together that exciting looking, I think it just does the photo more justice to be in black and white.
FIELD OF FLUFF
I know that the poor dandelion gets a bad rap. But let's face it...everyone has at least a tiny bit of love in their hear for the little weed. I know when you stand out in your yard, and they are everywhere, you want to curse them, and pluck them and stomp them out.
But we all have moments when a dandelion has brought a smile to our face. Think back to childhood when you would see a field full of newly blossomed dandelions, and you would go and pick a giant bouquet of them to present proudly to your mama to show your love to her. Remember running to the ripe ones that are white and puffy, and nobody can resist blowing the fluff off the top. Or the ever popular poem children would sing while flipping the top off the dandelion off with their thumb, "Mama had a baby and its head popped off!" Or can you remember sniffing the dandelion to see if they had a lovely scent, and then have your friends giggle at the golden tint on the end of your nose?
But as a grown up, the mothers of the world get tears of joy as their little toddlers pick bunches of the flowers to place on the dinner table. And what grown-up can honestly say they don't still want to blow the fuzz of the mature flowers?
So let's give the dandelion the credit it deserves.
