Day 28 - Fruit

Today's task in the APA Success Team 30 Day Photo-A-Day Social Media? Fruit!

I like fruit. It behaves nicely... like flowers.

And when you're done shooting it, you can have yourself a refreshing little snack.

Yes, I like fruit!

Incidentally, today is the first day of the challenge that I've used my Olympus Pen PL-2 with the toy lens from PhotoJojo.... I wasn't about to let the challenge end without letting it have it's moment.

Day 9 - Nature

Today is Day 9 of the Success Team 30-Day Photo A Day Challenge instigated by Peter Taylor.

The subject: Nature.

I must admit, I shot this a couple of days ago... BUT it was with the intention of using the image for this particular post. I pass this beautiful, stately (sometimes appropriately creepy) tree at least twice a day since it lives near the entrance of my neighborhood.

But I'm a little worried about it. It is perched on the edge of Mallard Creek Road, not far from where they hold the annual Mallard Creek Barbecue. To the immediate right, just outside the frame of this image is a medical park that has sprung up within the past few years. If you look closely, you can see a large "Land for Sale" sign not far from the tree --- kind of like a bad acorn that fell but refused to move far enough to not overtake its parent-plant.

I've been wanting to shoot a picture of this tree because I'm afraid that whoever buys the land will not see the value in this gorgeous beast of wood. I'm afraid they'll cut it down without so much as a second thought.

So after making this tree portrait, I hung around in the mist & rain and shot some other trees... Dr. Seuss apparently had a big impact on me as a child. And yes, if you're wondering, I did indeed hug this tree.

30 Days of Instagram... Day 1

I was sitting around with a group of photographer friends last night when one of them challenged us to a 30 day photo challenge... just to get us all shooting on a more regular basis. Since it's been so long since my last post, I decided I'm all for it.

And I've recently joined the ranks of the Instagram fanatics. I wasn't sure how relevant I felt the app was --- after all, I do have a "real" camera. But there are different ways of being relevant. And as a photographer, if I'm not making images, I'm not only not being relevant, I'm not doing the job I chose to do.

So here goes... Day 1. A picture of me... Pre-coffee, pre-hairbrush (not pre-makeup... didn't want to scare anyone).

Andiamo baby!