Happy Sunday Morning!

Here it is, Sunday morning at 0900 and I am at work sitting a my supervisor's desk writing my blog message for the day. I worked last evening until 10 pm and was back here by 6 am. Fortunately weekends are always slow, so I have time to communicate with my readers. As I said in my last post, I am gradually getting around to processing my Page, Arizona images, and have included a sunset shot here of the terrain typical of the NW Arizona area near the Grand Canyon. I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful balance of your weekend.

Live well and prosper,
Dennis

Nice to Be Back

I am finally getting over my computer woes and getting some of my images from Page Arizona processed. Here is an early morning shot of "Horseshoe Bend" about five miles from Page. The sun has not yet reached the canyon which was formed by the Colorado River which you can see. We met in darkness at 5 am and then hiked up a sand dune and then down the other side for about 2 miles. The walk down was good, but the walk back up was not fun and took twice as long. Enjoy the image and stand by for further from time to time.

Live well and prosper
Dennis

Back Home

Hello All:
I just returned home from NW Arizona where I spent 5 days photographing slot canyons as well as interesting rock formations. I hope to start processing some of those images soon. In the meantime I am transferring all of my data from a PC to an iMac computer, and as these always seem to be, they are a little more complicated that I think they should be. In the meantime, I share this image taken on Cortes Island some time ago when I was visiting with my daughter and grandson. Stand by for the Arizona images.

Live well and prosper,
Dennis

We All See Through Filters!

The subject of filters is near and dear to the heart of most photographers. We use them to edit the camera's image to portray what we actually (or thought) we saw. We use neutral density filters to reduce light in a part or all of the image, polarizing filters to cut down the glare from the sun's reflections or colored filters to add or subtract certain hues from an image.

Creative photographers also use crumpled plastic, glass smeared with vaseline or some other medium to "artsify", or change the image that you will see. In the above image I was shooting a bouquet of flowers and wanted a different look. As the flowers were outside on a patio on a glass table, I decided to place the flowers under the table and shoot through the glass. Voila a different look for a bouquet of flowers.

In life, we as humans have the ability to use any kind of filter we choose. We can choose the loving filter, the excited filter, the depressing filter, the angry filter, or the happy filter. The choice is up to us what kind of life we want to "create".

Wishing you the best in your choice of filters.

Live well and prosper

Dennis

Happy Easter from Mars

I have been on the road for quite some time now and currently find myself on Mars!! I know, I know you think that is impossible!!!! But the image above is proof!! I must say this is quite a quiet place with just a bunch of dead trees, a wild looking sky and no other people around. Fortunately I have my camera with me to prove that I was here. After all you must believe what you see, right???? Right????

I will be home soon, but until then, I will take more images and report back to you.

Until then, live well and prosper.

Dennis