
Details: Crossing the barWhen I think of details, a few different options comes to mind. For example, that detail of the individual hair in a macro photo, or, that rose floating in the water. In the latter case, you beg the question "why?". On May 13th, during Kingston Opening Day, there was a moment to celebrate the "Crossing the bar" of Tom, a very well respected gentleman who passed away in February. This shows only a sampling of many boats that laid a rose in the water to remember this gentleman that day.

One light source: NoelleThis week I roped my wife (Noelle) into posing for me. I tried to do some standard single-light positions, but in the end, decided to go with this. Noelle doesn't like posing as, in her words, she's struggling with the aging process. Personally I think she looks beautiful, what do you say?

Tell me lies tell me sweet little liesTheme is a line from a song. While the song Little Lies by Fleetwood Mac has to do with a relationship, I don't think the relationship with a bathroom scale is what the writer had in mind. Even so, this is a song my wife loves singing as she gets on the scale each morning, as it is calculating weight, her last line is "tell me sweet little lies". The idea was my wife's, who also helped with the composition.

Big World, Big Coffee, Big Day AheadPrompt this week is "Chair". It's a big world out there. The day must start with a big cup of coffee.
I live in Kingston Washington, and anyone visiting Kingston will be familiar with the oversized chairs that are just about everywhere. It was a slam-dunk to incorporate one of these chairs somehow. The original story was going to be "visitor taking a selfie" but then my wife discovered these oversized coffee mugs.
I live in Kingston Washington, and anyone visiting Kingston will be familiar with the oversized chairs that are just about everywhere. It was a slam-dunk to incorporate one of these chairs somehow. The original story was going to be "visitor taking a selfie" but then my wife discovered these oversized coffee mugs.

Blur the Action: Kingston FerryThe prompt was to show action through camera blur. This picture conveys a ferry crossing the water to arrive at a dock.
This photo is actually a composition of 45 individual photos, each with 4s exposure, taken one after another. Most of the photos were merged together in Photoshop. The "final" photo (actually first photo as ferry was really departing) was applied with a gradient filter to bring clarity to the dock and provide greater emphasis. The foreground grass was a happy accident.
This photo is actually a composition of 45 individual photos, each with 4s exposure, taken one after another. Most of the photos were merged together in Photoshop. The "final" photo (actually first photo as ferry was really departing) was applied with a gradient filter to bring clarity to the dock and provide greater emphasis. The foreground grass was a happy accident.