December is finally here. And I have 31 photos to go!!! These last seven aren’t bad. Just not amazing. It seems I only get those kinds of shots when I am traveling, and since we aren’t traveling again until we go to NYC in April, it’s going to be a long spring. Currently, I am NOT planning on continuing the 365 for 2026. I am considering a 7/52. That’s where, instead of taking one photo every day, I can take seven photos in a week. Here are this week’s photos. My favorite is probably the one from my mid-week walk with Keeley. The light was just about perfect.
A food shot today of a new recipe I tried for the first time—Chermoula Potato and Fish Stew. It had a wonderful blend of spices, herbs, and harissa on top. It turned out amazing. As soon as I saw it, I knew Kathleen would like it because it includes potatoes, one of her favorite foods.
This picture I took tonight of a little house that sits in our living room isn’t the problem. I mentioned earlier in the week that I had to take my Nikon to my local camera shop for cleaning. The sensor had dust on it, which caused dots on my photos. I had to remove those in Photoshop before I could post them. I got the camera back two days ago, but today was the first time I shot with my macro lens. It turns out that when they clean the camera, they reset all the settings back to factory defaults. So, when I processed this photo tonight, I found that it was saved by my camera as a JPEG. It should have been in Camera RAW format, which allows me to do much more with it since RAW creates a digital negative. Oh, well, I guess I have to reset everything.
A little abstract for you tonight. Shot a piece of glass we had in the house with a great pattern. Stuck it in front of a nice light source and got some pretty colors.
I am sure you know what happened here. I forgot to take any other photos yesterday besides this one, and I almost didn’t take this one either. I spent the entire day cooking something—actually, I spent three days cooking, or at least prepping for cooking. And I had an AWESOME time doing it. Since retiring, I love cooking so much more because now I have the time. Before I retired, I would do everything on Thanksgiving Day itself. Now I do all my chopping, cutting, and mixing a day or two before, and on the day, I just assemble and cook. If anything, yesterday was too easy. I kept thinking, “There must be something I am forgetting.” But there wasn’t.
A glorious afternoon walk with Keeley gave me this shot. This is the entrance to a nearby trail that I have taken many photos of. This is just the way in. We had a wonderful walk, much better than I expected. It was a beautiful fall day.
Today, the weekly Keeley is the subject of the photo I took this evening of my project for the day—putting up our outdoor Christmas lights. I took a photo of the lights, actually about 10, and I hated every one of them. I used to have no trouble shooting holiday lights, but somehow these just didn’t work. I’ll try again another night. Meanwhile, here’s Keeley looking her best. We’ve been posting her pictures on Reddit, and she received more than 800 upvotes on r/sonarears. We also post her on r/fluffypits, where she is quite popular.
Well, I tried once more to take a photo of our holiday lights. This time, a string (that’s right in the middle of everything) decided to go out just before I took the shot, so I skipped capturing the overall scene and instead focused on some zoom special effects. It’s a line of lights shot with a slow shutter speed and a high f-stop. Then you click the shutter and zoom your lens. This is what you get.
When you acquire an understanding of the science behind light and what governs it, then you can predict its behavior and control the lighting in photographs.” – Roberto Valenzuela
