Color

I'll probably try this again sometime down the road, as I'm not thrilled with the results. I think this happens often with photographers and other artists. Speaking for myself though, I'll envision what I want to achieve in my head and then set up the shot. It's pretty rare to get the results to match with what I saw in my mind, but when I do I'm pretty excited about the photo.

 

New Lens Test

I've been wanting a macro lens for a while now, and I recently came into possession of a dedicated macro with 1:1 capability. I find myself constantly looking around for unique objects and surfaces to photograph with this lens, but for now here's a few of my first shots with it.

The photo below had a 2x teleconverter. I removed the teleconverter for the second one below.

Film

It's been a long time since I've loaded film into a camera, but recently having acquired another old Pentax film camera I wanted to test it out. Having no other film in the house except a couple rolls of 400 ISO expiring nearly seven years ago, I decided to go ahead and give it a try during Christmas time. I was especially excited to use the film camera when Santa personally paid a visit to the family on Christmas Eve. Below are two examples from the roll, the first being my favorite by far.

Fog and Frost

Last weekend I arose early to get to a location I pass on the way to the office perfect for photographing the sunrise. I packed all my camera gear and was ready to go. As I stepped out of the house I immediately realized I wasn't going to be getting any sunrise pictures with thick fog in the air.

I was already up and itching to take some pictures, so I headed to the spot anyway. Instead of turning east to catch the fog blocking the mountains and the sun and the sky, I turned northwest and snapped this picture:

While walking through the snow out in the middle of no where, I decided to take some pictures of plants using my macro lens to capture the morning frost.

Patience

I can't tell you how patient my wife is with my photography habits. Especially when I'm constantly asking her to let me take pictures of her to try new things, places, lenses, tricks, etc. She often hears me asking her to hop in the car with me to check out something with my camera.

Just before the snow hit, we were doing just this. I had a few places in mind I wanted to try some pictures with to see how they turned out. I threw my camera gear in the car and off we went.

Jeremy and Erin

Jeremy and Erin wanted some fall family portraits so we hurried out before the snow came and here's a sample of what we got.

Painting with Light

Wanting to try something new and finding a few helpful tips online, I tried light painting for the first time. I colored two LED bulbs, one red and one blue, with a marker and tied them together and this is the result:

Wall Project

While browsing another photography blog some time ago I came across a picture of photos hanging in someone's nursery. I liked the idea and showed it to my wife (who had been asking me to build something to hang photos in our house for a while now), who also liked it. After a few trips to stores for supplies and a while later, we completed our project over the weekend. The first photos below are from our oldest child's room (my half of the project) and the second set is from our second child's room (my wife made these ones).
I wanted bright colors for our older girl's room, while my wife did muted colors for our second girl.