LIGHT!

When I first started this whole photography thing, I literally couldn’t see the light.  I think it took me almost a year before I was able to really see how light differs from moment to moment, from place to place. And now I am obsessed with it.

While we were in California, I took advantage of the beautiful light (and Spring flowers) when taking photos. The theme for this week’s Texture Tuesday is light, and I think this photo demonstrates how light (in this case, backlighting) can enhance a photograph.

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Textured with bent edges and florence, by Kim Klassen.

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Something like Spring

It is Spring- or something like that- in California! We are returning from a whirlwind business trip where we managed to see most of our friends that we didn’t see the last time we were there. We talked, we laughed, we ate, we drank- it was great!

There were blossoms and flowers, and even a bit of rain.  I didn’t do a lot of photography, but here are a couple shots from when we stopped at a shopping area to load up on “necessities” we haven’t found in Prescott (think Aveda and Art of Shaving. . .).

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Yes, that’s Nordstrom in the above photo- no, we didn’t shop there.

We’re on our way home now. Funny- I refer to both the Bay Area and Prescott as home- as in, “We are going back home to visit our friends,” and “We’ll be driving home tomorrow.” I guess it’s a good thing to feel that way about two places!

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Hole-y!

I was photographing my tulips for probably the last time and came up with this whimsical shot, which ended up being perfect for one of the Flickr challenges- Holes! BTW, this is the sprinkling part of my watering can; the tulips are in the background.

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Color!

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My husband stopped at Trader Joe’s the other day (for beer. . .) and came home with a bouquet of tulips and another of iris! I love the color combination!

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More Squares

I am continuing my obsession with square crops with this flower diptych. I edited both of the photos in this layout in Lightroom, then added one of Kim Klassen’s textures, bamboo, in Photoshop. Then- it was back into Lightroom for an easy diptych layout.

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Then, because I LOVE black and white, I duplicated the diptych and did and did a b&w conversion.  I like this version even better.

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Be Square

Here are a couple photos from the last week or so that didn’t make the blog.  Both have been textured and cropped to squares, which seems to be my favorite crop these days.layout JanThe first is from sunset the other night, and the second is from our walk at Lynx Lake.

Textures by Florabella and Kim Klassen.

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The Thumb

The iconic Thumb Butte, visible almost everywhere in Prescott, was the subject for last night’s sunset shots. Although you can see it almost everywhere you go, I had no idea until a few months ago that you could see it from our yard.  Granted, you have to stand in a small corner and lean over a bit to get a good look (or stand hunched over in the bathtub, and peek out the window through the branches of a tree . . .), but we DO have a view!

Here’s our house at sunset (yes, I took more house photos. . .). Look at those clouds!

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And here is Thumb Butte at sunset.

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Scrub-a-dub

This old washboard has been with us at every house we’ve owned- always sitting in the garage.  I think we bought it at a garage sale or maybe an antique store and intended to hang it in a laundry room.  I have it by the fireplace in this house, but think we might actually hang it this time.

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