Photography
My Favorite Color is Chrome
Aug 29th
Ft Lewis had a small Motorcycle show this weekend. And before my headache knocked me to the couch, I managed to go try my hand at shooting some chrome. I love Chrome on bikes, and I love the curves, and lines of the pipes and engines. I do have a weakness though. I forget when my brain slips into photographer mode, to step back and take a few normal snapshots too. Ooops. Click thumbnails to embiggify.
What a Week!
Aug 23rd
I’m at the end of what has been a very busy week. You see we traveled all over WA starting last Monday. My Mother in Law came in on Sunday evening, which just happened to coincide with my Hunny’s last week of a month’s leave. So, we saved everything we wanted to do before leaving this winter for her visit. Monday we hit the beach at Westhaven State Park, and visited the little seaside town of Westport, WA. Where we watched some surfers, waded around in the surf and got sand in our flip flops. (click to biggify)
Tuesday we took the day off, and Wednesday we hit the POint Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Reston, WA. (Click to enbiggen, full photoset from Flickr is on the sidebar)
Thursday, we embarked upon a trip to Mt St Helens National Monument. I have never, even in Alaska, seen anything so Amazing. We drove to an Altitude of 4000 feet and crossed bridges that made my heart jump to my throat. The path of destruction is clearly visible for miles, and you can see nature still surviving and regrowing.
I think I printed out over 100 photos for Mom in Law, so if I ever become a rich and famous photographer, she can say she got my first prints. She left very early Saturday morning, and we all loafed the day away. Sunday, I redid my blog. Which is originally what I wanted to blog about today. I tweeted that I needed a new layout. And Jaedia The Lazy Sniper came to my rescue by suggesting the Mystique WordPress Theme. I liked it at first glance, but the more I worked with it the more I found to love. It has some lovely widgets and headers included, it’s easily customized, includes a lightbox effect so I can post thumbnails and not have to fiddle with a lightbox plugin, I just adore it! So come look dammit! And I found my lovely new header in this Article from Smashing Magazine.
Hello Summer
Jun 14th
Summer finally decided to appear in Washington. Saturday and Sunday were gorgeous, and I finally decided to grab my gear and get my butt to the lake. I had hoped I’d get the eagle shot I’ve been wanting, but no luck. If you recall over the winter I got the big white zoom lens. So, I put it to use!
First stop, the PX parking lot. Mt Rainier doesn’t show itself all that often, and finally after three years I got a good shot of it.
Not an eagle, but I think crows are pretty neat. My husband disagrees, but they have character!
And a Canada Goose, fussing at it’s feathers.
I forgot how relaxing it can be just to walk around with a camera. You tend to see things differently, like they’re in a frame. My oldest has picked up the bug too. I must admit that makes me pretty happy. I took her with me yesterday, along with her friend. Oh my goodness the craziness that comes with two teenage girls. I set her up with my smaller camera, the one I used until I got my DSLR. It’s an 8mp Canon powershot. And I installed Photoshop CS4 for her. Makes me glad I invested in it, since with two of us we’ll definitely get our money’s worth.
Hopefully Summer sticks around. When the Hubby gets home, I’m anxious to get out there again. This is our last summer here, and I’d like to revisit the shore, and the zoos, and get some good parting shots.
I Love Summer.















