Movement

Always Busy

I took this in my neighbors flower garden.  I call this picture Always Busy.  I was trying to get a good black and white flower picture when this bee landed in this flower.  I hurried to take a picture of it and didn't think to slow my shutter speed at all or this one would have had a bit of blurring from movement.

Squirrelly

I call this one Squirrelly.  This squirrel moved into our backyard just as winter was getting started and we've seen him once in a while ever since then.  A few days ago we found him eating the rope we keep in one of our trees so we can swing on it.  He was nice enough to pose for me so you can't really see his movement.

Still Life

Pasaka

This is my still life photo.  I call it Pasaka.  Pasaka is the Swahili word for Easter and these colors just kind of remind me of that holiday.  I took this in my neighbors flower garden.  It can be qualified as a still life because there is no movement and nothing in that moves by itself.

Landscapes and Portra-scape

I took all of these at the top of North Ogden Pass about 5 miles from my home.

Between Earth and Sky

I think this does a good job of showing a landscape because it has a large depth of field, shows stuff in the foreground, and the horizon in the background isn't to fuzzy.

Timberline

 I thought that shooting through the trees and catching the mountains, sky, and horizon looked pretty cool.

Wiseman on the Mountain

This is a picture of me.  I used a tripod and the self-timer again.  I think I did a pretty decent job with it.  The lighting is pretty good, the background not to distracting, and my skin color is mostly even.

Exit Artemis

Exit Artemis

I call this picture "Exit Artemis."  I cheated a little by asking my Mom if she would let me use her brand new, fancy camera that would let me adjust the shutter speed and aperture.  She was really nice and said yes.  This uses good lighting because the moon is not to bright or to dim and there are no other distracting lights.

With a little editing I created this picture that I call "Eyes of Artemis."

Eyes of Artemis

Shady Security

Shady Security

I call this picture, "Shady Security."  I used a tripod and self-timer to take a picture of me holding a cap gun standing in front of a window.  This picture is horribly backlit and you can barely make out any details.  There is also no light coming from the foreground create this dark, shady character holding a gun.  I could fix this picture by either using a flash, or by having a light to the camera's right so I have light coming from the back left and front right to converge on the subject.

Changing Light

All of these picture were taken of the mountains less than 5 miles from my home.  I was standing in the middle of my street to get these pictures.

Shy but Pretty

I call this picture, "Shy but Pretty."  I took it at 6:48 a.m.  I call it "Shy but Pretty" because the sun is just starting to lighten the sky.  The darkness is beginning to fade, the clouds are blushing and the sun is slowly on her way.

Embrace the World

I call this picture, "Embrace the World."  I call it that because it seems like the warm and happy sun is giving the cold, sad world a hug.  It just seems like a very encouraging picture to me.  I took this picture at 7:47 a.m.

Coming Out of Hiding

I call this one, "Coming Out of Hiding."  It seems to me that the shadows are melting and sliding off to the right.  I took this picture at 10:22 a.m.