There are always details in an event that get ignored and I certainly missed these amazing shoes. They were part of Evelyn's D's baptism outfit but were generally hidden by her gown. It wasn't until I was prowling around Derek and Alecia's house looking for photo opportunities that I found them.See more of Evie's baptism day here.
I don't think sunlight actually has texture nor can you actually see it - sunlight texturizes the things it illuminates. Right?But, instead of talking philosophy and physics I would rather talk about this photo, which wouldn't exist if my mother-in-law hadn't pointed out the look of the sunlight streaming through open Venetian blinds onto the curtains in Evelyn's nursery at Alecia and Derek's house.Thanks, Glenyce. It's always good to have others help me see things. . .
I took several photos of Evelyn D's baptism, but I liked this one best because while the main elements of the scene are identifiable, the purest point of focus is mother Alicia's face, which is suffused with a look of love and concentration.
Of course, Evie is not an afterthought in this image, nor is her oldest brother, Ethan, who, if you ask me, has one of the best seats in the house.Incidentally, I mean no sacrilege in this comparison, but it was hard for me not to see similarities in the expressions of Michelangelo's Mary and Alicia. Though the circumstances in Michelangelo's Pieta are vastly different from those at Evie's baptism, both mothers exude a sense of calm that is striking to me.Click here to see Michelangelo's Pieta, which is housed in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
This is Eveyln Marie, aged 3 months. Today was a special day for her because she was baptized. For my wife's family (the DeGeests) she is a special child because she is the first female born into the family in over a a half century. My wife was the last.The gown she is wearing was hand crafted by her grandmother, Paula, and was made from many heirloom pieces, including fabric from Paula's wedding dress. The gown is a work of art. And so is Evie.
You tell me the evolutionary intent of colorful tree trunks. Could it be to lure tourists to Maui from places like South Dakota, where trees tend to be utilitarian and bland?
I guess I kind of like the "lone gold leaf" theme. This time I found a single leaf stuck to the hood of a gray car.Other gold leaves:Aspen LeafFrozen In TimeBefore the Fall
This is one from my early days of digital photography. This was a commissioned photo, done for Focus Watertown, an organization promotes Watertown, South Dakota, to outside businesses.
This isn't a Photoshop manipulation and I'm guessing there's only a small chance you are under the influence of psychotropic drugs or absinthe. Kendra is a real person and this scene is exactly what the camera saw.The unreality is due to the fact that I am photographing Kendra's distorted reflection in a chrome sculpture in the sculpture garden next the the New Orleans Museum of Art. Needless to say, Kendra doesn't look like this.See yesterday's post for a different look at the same sculpture.
I talk from time to time about chaos and patterns in nature. When you move the camera lens in close to something, it's hard not to see things that you would otherwise miss.As I was preparing this photo I was wondering about the "why" and "where" of the formation of frost crystals. And why not wonder "why?", too?
Many of the photos I have posted recently have been resurrected from a fairly large collection of old digital files that have been languishing in a virtual closet. They are a little like old, worn t-shirts that have great sentimental value but should really be turned into rags. My wife even tells me that if I get a new t-shirt, I need to throw an old one away. Imagine that! What if I had to throw one old picture away for every new one I took?Well, that's not in my genes - I blame my parents for being a packrat. And the good thing is that my photos are pretty well organized and that programs like Aperture, iPhoto and Adobe Bridge make it easy to view collections of old pictures.So today's photo was just waiting to see the light of day. It was taken in Venice, Italy, in 2006 and though it looks fairly simple and straight forward, I put about 30 minutes of processing into this to get it the way I wanted it.I'm sure if I had been listening to our tour guide that day, I could tell you more about this man. But I'm afraid I was caught up in my photography. . . .