Sixty-One Degrees Today!

This is a photo I took last year. Ok, then it was in the middle of February. But today the temperature reached 61 degrees! Not a record, but quite a change from a week ago, when the temp was 14 degrees! So thought I would post this to make a point about the difference this year. But mainly I wanted to post it because it is such a beautiful photograph. And that's what matters to me - finding beauty wherever I can.

Nicole & Katie

I need to brighten up things around here. It has been too abstract, and it is gray outside and cold. So here is something to warm us all up. I have two nieces in Connecticut, and they have children, and these are two of them. Does that make them grand-nieces? Anyhow, this is Nicole and Katie during my daughter's wedding in Mexico, back in July. I love their brightly colored cameras and the smiles on their faces! Makes me warmer already! And happier, with the memories.

The Dog Ate My Homework

That's my excuse. The dog ate my homework. The real reason I forgot to post last night was that I got working on some project, and lost track of time, and then it was really late and I was tired, and went to bed, forgetting all my loyal readers! Sorry for forgetting you! This is a photograph of a lamp in a house I photographed the other day. An amazing lamp. It is made from common 1/2" copper tubing which is bent, and then distressed, and then the surface is treated to make it dark, with hints of blue. The lampshades are 1/4" rough glass which is then heated and bent to form these lampshades. It is a stunning piece of sculpture. It is not for every home, but it works really well in the home that it lives in.

It's About the Colors

I was not trying to be ironic or incongruous with this photograph. At a stop sign, I saw this out the windshield, and thought it was a bit incongruous at first. Funny thing with me is, and my daughters are always laughing at me about this, when I find a new word that I like, like incongruous, I use it over and over again, sort of like I am doing here... Anyhow, I didn't think that the sign really related to the cemetery behind it, but I ended up liking the colors - the yellow sign against the clear blue sky. So I took it for a simpler reason than you might expect. No hidden meaning here!

What I Am Up To

Wouldn't it be nice if I could tell you what I am up to with my photography. When I was a student at RIT back in the 60's, I remember Ralph Hattersley saying "Never ask photographers what they are up to, because they haven't the slightest idea!" That is certainly true for me. I respond emotionally to things I see, and am incapable of coming up with an intellectual reason for my photographs. So it is with this one. Something about the chair and mirror, which was intentionally placed here by the owner of the house. I don't have a clue why I liked this, but I certainly did. Perhaps someone out there can tell me why the image is interesting.

The Swearing In Ceremony

This is a swearing in ceremony for the new leader of a legislature on Long Island. I had some "important" photos that I needed to take, but the whole time I was looking for something else. This shot is kind of cool, and I would have submitted it to the paper, but this particular guy was not the most important news of the day. The shots that mattered today were of the brand new legislator who was elected at a young age. Anyhow, this is the granddaughter of the leader, and I love how she is almost lost beneath the two large adults.

Reject

This photo is a reject from several photos I did for my Happy New Year post last night. I was trying to think of something appropriate for the occasion, and I thought of this - a partially open door with light streaming through the opening with a room blazing with light beyond. I dunno, seemed like some kind of symbolic photo. I also did one other photo, besides the photo of Sirius and Orion which I choose for last night's post. Anyhow, I thought I would give you a glimpse of how my brain works or something...