This will be my last weekly photo posting for a while, as I will be sharing photos from Africa most days, and the trip will be my primary focus for the next three weeks. This week started off a bit blah for me, with photos that I just thought were okay. However, Friday was the most fun I’ve had with my camera in a long time. When we return from Africa, I will have to start going out at least once a week and shooting somewhere besides up here on Redmond Ridge. My favorite this week would have to be almost anything I took on Friday in Kirkland and my Keeley shot (but that’s just because we love her so much).
It’s time for our weekly Keeley update. Today, we went out to see the F-1 movie with Brian and Michelle. Afterwards, we went out for pizza. So, we left her alone for about five hours. She is very good alone and usually just sits and does nothing. We know because we have cameras on her when we are away. But we always leave her with her ball. She loves her ball and enjoys chewing it repeatedly. The funny thing is that she never chews it until we get home. Then she won’t let us take the ball away. This is the look she gives when she doesn’t want us to take the ball from her.
More wildlife! While strollin’ through Trilogy today, this little lady stepped right in front of me, no more than 10 feet away. Then she slid back into that garden and kinda posed for me. I love the deer, but I reckon I love the whole setting just as much.
couple of kids in street photography.
couple of kids in street photography.
A Seattle landscape from the Kirkland waterfront.
A seaplane I caught in mid-flight (I hope this means I can get cheetahs in Africa).
Today, photography was fun. I had some free time, so I drove down to the Lake Washington shoreline in Kirkland. While I love Trilogy on Redmond Ridge where I live, it’s becoming really boring to photograph. It’s been so long since we traveled, I’m going photographically stir crazy. So being in Kirkland was fantastic. I took over 100 shots, and these are my five favorites. A little bit of everything. an old building with a dramatic sky…Enjoy.
Here’s a nice flower I took tonight. Sorry about the originality of the photos, my head is already in Africa. These were just outside our Trilogy clubhouse when we were there for our monthly Supper Club (which was outstanding—salmon and crab cakes).
Out for a walk in Trilogy and saw this wonderful bunch of green shades leading to the light at the end of the tunnel. Sent it to a friend and he told me to “Duck!” I liked that. I love light layered photos.
Once in a while, I enjoy taking photos of other people’s art. This is one of those moments. At home, we have a pretty extensive collection of ceramic plates we’ve gathered during our travels. I haven’t counted them recently, but I estimate there are about 40 plates. This one from Sicily is my favorite. The bright colors and the fact that it’s from Sicily, where my ancestors are from, really appeal to me.
Today’s photos are mainly for photographers. I got a new accessory for my Nikon. Kathleen took two pictures of me yesterday, holding the new accessory. The other two photos I took show what the accessory, a large rubber cone that fits on your lens, does. In the first photo, I shot from inside our house of our neighbor’s front door without the accessory, and you can see reflections of me and the light on the window I shot through.
The second photo shows no reflection. I simply put the new cone on, held it up to the window, and voilà—no reflections. Shooting through glass, especially on a sunny day, is always a gamble.
With this accessory (called an Easy Hood Lens Hood), I can shoot through windows without reflections. Since I’ll be shooting out of a helicopter over Victoria Falls and riding a cable car up Table Mountain in Cape Town in the next three weeks, I think this is the best accessory I’ve bought for only $15.99.
Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work. —Martin Parr
