Thoughts you can see

By food4thought - About Me - E-mail this page - Add to My Favorites - Add to Blog List - See other blogs in Arts & Photography

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Precious memories

I'll admit, I didn't get the grandparent thing until I became one. Now, the camera is permanently attached to my face when my grandson is around. At least that way, I was able to capture his first time eating cake and frosting. I think it was to his liking. Sign in to see full entry.

posted by food4thought at 8:54 PM | add or view comments (5) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Studies in ice

Icicles are an interesting subject, especially when you can do it from the comfort of the great indoors. I realised I would need a camera rest for these shots since I wanted to use my zoom to pull the subject close. At first I tried my monopod, it worked fine for these two shots. This one contrasted... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by food4thought at 1:24 PM | add or view comments (4) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Slow snow or fast snow?

We drove through a fierce snow storm to get to my son's house for my grandson's first birthday party. In order to capture the storm, I was torn between a faster shutter speed that captures the snow in flight, illustrated by the following photo. Then I set the ISO as low as it would go (100), opened... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by food4thought at 8:07 PM | add or view comments (3) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Owl is to airplane...

Sometimes photos might be grouped to resemble those pesky SAT questions. The only commonality here is the theme of flight, both with their respective technical aspects. Sign in to see full entry.

posted by food4thought at 10:41 PM | add or view comments (4) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Fire and Ice

Not much to say here except contrast. Sign in to see full entry.

posted by food4thought at 11:48 PM | add or view comments (3) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Kitten likes Blogit!

This pretty much says it all. Sign in to see full entry.

posted by food4thought at 8:43 AM | add or view comments (4) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Monday, January 23, 2012

Sunset colors

Most evenings, the sky lights up on the western horizon and like snowflakes no two sunsets are ever the same. That's what I love about sunsets. Sign in to see full entry.

posted by food4thought at 8:32 AM | add or view comments (0) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Friday, January 20, 2012

Let the dust fly!

Action photos need an element to impart the action. Here, a four wheel drive RC monster truck lands from a jump and all four tires throw a rooster tail as they dig in. Dirt bikes are called dirt bikes becasue of, well, the dirt that flies up when the throttle is blasted wide open in a turn. Sign in to see full entry.

posted by food4thought at 12:07 PM | add or view comments (1) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Now you can see...me, almost nude!

Ah, 'tis true. I think maybe this shows my curiosity about how things work started at an early age. My mother and I, she thinks I'm her smartest red-headed son, and she's right! Sign in to see full entry.

posted by food4thought at 10:18 AM | add or view comments (2) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Snow joke

Winter, not much fun, but fun for photographers. Sign in to see full entry.

posted by food4thought at 10:03 AM | add or view comments (6) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

About this Blog

Things I see that I want to share. Photos I have taken and how they were done. A few how-to tips for the beginning photographer. I hope it is fun!

Recent Entries
People

Headlines (What is this?)