Day 127, Muddy River

Olmsted Falls Park before the rain came.

Day 81, Little Statue

I adore this little statue. And adding a more exciting background in Photoshop is always fun.

Day 65, Orange Blossom

Pretty and yummy Orange Blossom.

On a technical side I took this picture in about five minutes because I was entertaining guests(a very grown up way of saying "I had friends over") and the guest who this drink was made for was getting thirsty.  I didn't realize at the time but my giant head was reflected at the very bottom of the glass, so I used a bit of Photoshop to fix that.

Day 56, Tasha

I am always amazed with light painting. This one took some time and I used a bit of Photoshop to pull it together.

Day 50, Sunglasses and Snow

The sun is back!!

This Photoshop recipe consisted of a little bit of a glow, a tiny bit of grain, a pinch of a straighten, and a slight crop. A total start to finish cook time of about ten minutes.

Day 38, Super Bowl XLIV

Since today was the Super Bowl I wanted to do something football themed and since I couldn't find a football I decided to make one.


I did this photo about 15 million times using an ISO of 100, f/22, and a shutter of 15s. In Photoshop I did very few minor cloning and smudging changes and applied a glass filter to add texture.

Day 33, Dakota Bored with The Workers

This may not be the most exciting picture to anyone but me and Jeremy. They are bringing in sewers to our township, so for the next couple days this is what it will look like out our front windows. Thankfully, Dakota has started to chill out and has stopped barking non-stop at the three or four backhoes, handful of dump-trucks, dozen or so workers and porter potty that has set up shop in our front yard.

This is actually a combo of two photos in order for both Dakota and and the outside scene to be in focus and it really isn't my best work at combining two pics.

Day 25, Afternoon Tea

After a ridiculous amount of time trying in vain to capture the steam from the tea kettle, while listening to the insanely annoying whistle, I accepted defeat and applied some Photoshop trickery.


Taken in my kitchen, while wearing earplugs and trying to remember to keep my big-headed reflection out of the shot.

Day 19, The Dancers

 Wow. Today was pretty busy,  I almost didn't make my picture for the day. These are the dancers from Day 11.

Taken in my bedroom using a pillow case as a background and some minor Photoshop trickery.

Day 11, Dance

This is my second attempt with light painting, and it was sooo much fun! And this is my favorite TJ Maxx purchase, for less than $10!


The photo was made in my bedroom and was a little bit of a hillbilly set-up, yee-haw. I placed my camera inside a cowboy hat on my bed, I know it sounds weird but it is perfect for holding the camera on the bed. Then I positioned the dancing sculpture on a piece of white paper to help bounce light up and adjusted the comforter to hide the paper. After that I wrote dance in the air with the flash light(I didn't bother trying to write it backwards, just flipped it later in Photoshop) and shined the light straight down on the sculpture for a few seconds.

ISO 200, f/16.0, 20s