My Favorite Verbena
Impressionist colors fill the yard. During June, when the garden is at its peak, waves of purple, magenta, yellow, lavender, mauve, and indigo greet me every time I venture out into the heat. My favorite colors are yellow and lavender. In years past, the catmint began the lavender waveContinue Reading
Not Done Yet
Sulphur Yellow cosmos are intensely yellow-orange annuals that produce blooms for weeks. The flowers are so bright and cheery that they demand attention. I had never heard of them until a few grew from the mixed wildflower seeds I planted in the strips last year. Three plants grewContinue Reading
Ready, Aim, Shoot—What???
After seven years and a lot of film, I’m at a point where I’ve run out of places to shoot without being repetitive. Frame Works???, For Your Consideration, and Through the Viewfinder posts focus on a single image that I find interesting enough to write about. But, there are onlyContinue Reading
Art Stop
I have a few pictures of this MARTA station’s façade. These, taken about four years apart, are shown because they are about equal in terms of angle and field of view. After taking the color image, I decided that it would be better presented as black and white.Continue Reading
What’s Up Doc?
For the last few weeks, my next door neighbor has regaled me with stories of her rabbit sightings. It hangs out with her dogs. The kids down the street have given it a nickname. I was beginning to feel left out. Skippy, as I call him (?) must passContinue Reading
Praise House
Walking around downtown Decatur, I saw this building in the distance. It sat alone in a small grassy lot, looking completely out of place in the middle of the city. Curious, I approached an information panel explaining that it was a replica of worship sites that existed during slavery.Continue Reading
Lomography 800–Lots of Color, Not So Much Grain
Seven years ago, while researching cameras, I bought a Nikon N80 with a Sigma 28-80mm lens for about $25.00. At the time, I was trying to decide what line of photo gear to buy into. (The idea for the VMLP came along a little later.) Wanting to experimentContinue Reading
Forest Façade
In the late afternoon shadows, and from a distance, I could not figure out what I was seeing. This building stands across West Peachtree Street from a row of trees that have grown significantly since the building was erected in 2018. In the presence of those trees, the façadeContinue Reading
I Didn’t Need the Zinnias!
Last year, I planted wildflower seeds in the strips along the sidewalk. Many of those seeds turned out to be annuals, so this year the strips were bare well into March. Thinking I would use inexpensive, colorful annuals to fill in the gaps between the coneflowers and tickseed, IContinue Reading
The Fab 50’s: Minolta MD (III) 50mm f/1.4
Minolta made excellent 50mm lenses. While it may be entertaining to quibble over which is the best, I am not finding a major difference. In fact, my main criteria have become weight and metering requirements. That being said, the f/1.7 lenses tend to be slightly less sharp than the f/1.4Continue Reading
