Once again, it’s Sunday night, and I am back with my photos from this week in my 365 project. This week, you will see only six shots plus a placeholder for the video. My hope is that you won’t bother to visit the 365 page (above) to watch it, as it is my first time using my Nikon for video, and I’m not happy with the result. However, since practice makes perfect, you can expect to see at least one video a week from this point forward, at least until we return from Africa.
Don’t forget: if you click on the first shot, you can scroll through using your arrow keys or by swiping. Also, while you are looking at the individual photos, click the small i at the bottom of the page to read the full caption and see my photographic metadata.
We bought our home three years ago last month, and we moved in three years ago this coming Friday. One of the things we loved about the house, even before we went inside, was our wonderful dogwood tree. When it blooms each year, it is gorgeous. So today, here are three photos that I took of it to commemorate the tree and our moving into Trilogy.
In the morning the blossoms had some rain on them that had just passed through.
In the afternoon, a gorgeous blue sky.
Out walking today, and when I got home, I told Kathleen I had taken some family photos. She said, “What?” But here they are… some family photos. Normally, I don’t take photos of what my good friend Bob and I call the Canadian Air Force, but this couple was so cute with all their little goslings that I had to shoot them… with my phone… not a gun. I would never shoot anything this cute. Their parents are another thing; they are a total pest on the earth as they poop their weight just about every day of their lives. Walking in the places I walk, I see a bunch of their product. YUCK!
It was kind of a blah day, so I went out the front door and looked for something in the yard. Sure enough, these flowers caught my eye, mostly because of the combination of red and blue. I love the blue of the flowers and the red of the glass poppy. The flowers are there simply because we liked them. The poppy commemorates a friend who passed away more than 10 years ago and who loved poppies. We have a huge painting in our dining room for the same reason. We love the painting, but it’s the poppies that prompted us to buy it.
Your weekly Keeley is one of her favorite things to do. Just about every morning, she has breakfast, goes outside for a little while, and then comes back in to grab this toy and play tug ‘o war with me. It has become our daily routine. I love playing with her. We probably spend about 10 minutes per round, and then she tires out (and so do I) and takes the toy off to chew it. This is the second one of these toys we have had, as she chewed off the end of the other one. For you photographers out there, I took this with my Nikon 50mm prime lens at 1/800 f1.4.
I named this shot “Finally” because light rail has been coming to Redmond for years, and as of last Saturday, it is finally here. Right now, we can only go as far as Bellevue, about a 20-minute ride (with stops). I will be taking it in about two weeks when I start having to go to Bellevue for a bi-weekly medical treatment. I used to do this in Redmond, but Kaiser, in their utter stupidity, has decided to stop providing what they call nursing services at their Redmond facility. However, the new light rail will make this really easy for me. I park in Redmond and avoid all the traffic going to Bellevue at the end of the day. And as a senior citizen, the rides only cost me $1.00 each way. A pretty great deal.
A little work with my macro lens tonight has produced something that looks like a cool piece of art. It could be a fabric piece or something knitted. However, in reality, it is the side of a Kleenex box (yes, the name brand). After a long day of movie watching—it poured rain for most of the day—and working out for two hours, I was really tired and didn’t want to go out again on a cold, rainy evening. Nevertheless, I like how this turned out. I will try to do better tomorrow.
This is just a placeholder for my first Nikon video. If you want to see it, you will have to go to the 365 page (see the menu above).
You’re only one video away from going viral and changing your life. —Jake Paul
