This is the last day for the button theme in my Flickr group, so I searched through my grandmother’s sewing kit to find this card of tiny white buttons.
Day 221- Pattern
Pattern is the topic for today. The tablecloth I had placed under my mums for my photo from the other day is still sitting out, and the pattern in the lace caught my eye. I used my fabulous 50mm 1.4 to capture this shot.
Day 220- Journey
Our son, Matt, is coming home tomorrow to celebrate his 35th birthday (a couple weeks late). These are the shoes he wore on his first birthday.
My husband suggests I should have polished them before photographing them! There is a texture added- so they’re not quite as grungey as they look here!
Day 219- Still Life
Still in the mood for still life. . .
I am attempting to not always go way in tight for a shot, which is my tendency. I took photos of these mums from all angles and distances- and this one is in the middle ground, not too close, not too far away. I added some textures for a bit of a painterly look.
Day 218- Words of Life
I never knew my father’s grandfather. Rev. Andrew J. Mowatt or had even heard of him when I started researching our family history about twenty years ago. Thomas and Elizabeth Mowatt came to Harvey, New Brunswick, Canada in 1837 from Ford, England (near the Scottish border). My great-grandfather, Andrew was born a year later, the oldest of seven children. He was educated in Nova Scotia (and married my great-grandmother, Louisa Jane Annand there) and served as pastor in several churches, his final one being Erskine Church in Montreal. He actually died in the pulpit as he was about to preach from the text, “When I saw Him I fell at His feet as one dead”.
When I was researching the family, I came into contact with a researcher from Harvey, New Brunswick who had already completed research on the Harvey pioneers. She very kindly sent me this book, which is the collected sermons of my great-grandfather.
This image is edited with one of Kim Klassen’s textures, appropriately called broken book.
Day 217- Water Views
It was a cold and windy morning down by the waterfront today. I didn’t stay long, as my hands were beginning to shake! I had a lot of fun editing these images with textures to warm them up and give them some depth.
Low tide
Looking across at Martinez and Mt. Diablo
Day 216- Barbed Wire
It’s Fence Friday! I began walking the neighborhood this morning in search of a fence I hadn’t photographed and ended up at the barbed wire fence nearby on the edge of our neighborhood. I’ve photographed this several times, but not with my newest lens. I remembered a shot of a wire fence that my photo friend, Carol, took a few days ago and was inspired to take these shots. I kept the aperture at 1.4, so the depth of field is extremely shallow. I have been doing photography for two years now and am still in love with blurry backgrounds.
Day 215- Morning light
Since switching to Lightroom, I’ve had so much fun using the different presets that are available for this program.
This morning, I used long exposures, a tripod, and some of the Clickin Moms Film Art and Paparazzi presets (tweaked after being applied) to create these images.
Rose Quartz preset (CM Film Art)
Early Edition (CM Paparazzi)
Titanium (CM Film Art)- not the same photo as above, but from same angle
Day 214- Barbara
My dear friend, Barbara came by for a quick photoshoot and knitting lesson bright and early this morning. We tried front and back yard locations- and my favorite is from my “magic” front porch. Isn’t she pretty?
Day 213- All One Color
It is Texture Tuesday! I have been out of the Texture Tuesday habit for awhile, and it is so fun to see what everyone else has been up to! Go to Kim Klassen’s site to see some beautiful images using her textures!
This one also satisfies Our Daily Challenge for the topic, all one colour.
I used Kim’s textures, mixed media and just white.
Day 212- Numbers
I just returned from Wyoming- and am catching up with some of the topics in my Flickr group. An easy one is numbers, so here is some confederate money that belonged to my great-grandfather. Is this worth anything?
Day 211- Unplugged
Last night as Caitlin and I were watching the Olympics, our power suddenly went out. We sat on the front porch in the moonlight, watching bats swooping by until we figured there was nothing else to do but go to bed. Their big red golden, Cooper used the excuse of unusual circumstances to sleep with me.
The power was still not on when we got up this morning, so we drove into Gardiner for breakfast. The boys spent the morning playing outside. Here’s Henry playing in the sandbox.
Neither of our phones are charged, but my MacBook and MiFi still have a charge, so I’m able to post my photos. As I write this, some help has arrived- a good friend arrived with a generator. The fridge is now plugged in, and later we plan on charging our phones.
Day 210- Photoshoot Interrupted and a Bonus Baby
We took a drive this morning to a trailhead where we are thinking of doing a family portrait in September. There were lots of boulders for the boys to climb, which was fun for both of them. The lighting was harsh in late morning, so, if we are going to try for a family portrait session, it should be in late afternoon.
We were just getting in the swing of things, when Caitlin spied a herd of bison coming up the hill toward us. We hustled out of there!
And here is the bonus baby photo taken in his crib this morning!
Day 209- Youngin’s
It was a quiet day at home today- outside playtime, Candyland, stories, singing, dancing, coloring. The group of mama and baby elk returned after an almost two week absence, so the boys’ outside time ended abruptly.
Here is one of the baby elk nibbling on the lawn.
And here is Miles looking out at the elk during the late afternoon thunderstorm.
And last, but not least, here’s Henry playing five little monkeys jumping on the bed (on Gramma’s bed).
Day 208- Yellowstone Lake
Caitlin, the kids and I had a wonderful day at Yellowstone Lake, a drive of at least an hour and a half (depending on how many cars stop to view the bison in Hayden Valley). Today we were delayed about a half hour as the line of cars came to a complete stop, with tourists abandoning their cars to take photos. After a ranger moved cars and bison along, we met Caitlin’s friend, Susan and her two boys at the lake- and had a delightfully relaxing day watching the boys play on the beach. I took several hundred photos- but am too worn out to post more than two.
Here are Miles and Henry playing along the water; the mountains in the background are where their daddy is backpacking for the next four days.
It wouldn’t be a trip to Yellowstone without at least one bison photo. This guy was walking through a field of wildflowers toward our car; you can see him kicking up dust as he ambled along.
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