This year Endview Plantation commemorated the 150th anniversary of the Second Battle of Williamsburg. I picked up three ticks and a nasty sunburn, but these photos were worth it. Click to view the accompanying article published on AltDaily.
glass.
Chihuly is my all-time favorite artist. These are a few shots I took at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond.
pets.
These are a couple of pictures I took of my pooch this summer. Lucy, my hound dog, is a great model; she’s very lazy. The pictures definitely encapsulate the dogs days of summer.
Sports
Yes, I know I skipped week 12, but the topic was forced perspective and my pictures were terrible! I’ll make it up one of these weeks. Anyway, for this week’s theme of sports I chose to use a couple of pictures from a Norfolk Tides game that I attended. Trying to get the top shot made me appreciate the difficulty of a sports photographer’s job. I was very excited to actually get a shot with a ball in the frame. Sports is not only about the players, but about the crowd too. That’s why I included the bottom photo. I love all of the colors in both photos! View my cover sheet to see my other top picks for this week.
summer.
The theme of summer is very broad. I tried a few things this week, but nothing trumped the photos I took few weeks ago of my mom playing in the pool with my niece. In the top picture, they are both giggling as they spin in the pool. I might like the bottom picture even more. My niece was looking directly into the camera and although I didn’t capture her whole body, the water wings and inflatable tube tell the story of a 2-year-old enjoying her summer spent in the pool. I even entered it to become a Jones soda label. If you like it, vote for it! If you want to see more photo possibilities for this week, view my cover sheet.
architecture.
I’m discovering that I’m not very good at just picking one photo per week. It seems that there are always exceptions. This week is no different. I chose the top photo because it accentuated one aspect of a church and I chose the bottom photo because it encompassed more of a building shape. The top photo was taken in Norfolk, VA and the bottom one in Hampton, VA. Now I wish I had done something clever with the the reflection in the door… Anyway, here’s this week’s contact sheet.
independence.
What better way to celebrate the fourth of July than with fireworks? My friend Paul and I experimented with different designs using sparklers. For this photo, my camera was set to manual mode and an exposure of 25″. He drew this sphere and I thought it turned out pretty awesome. I was really surprised by the quality of the photo. I thought that such a long exposure would make the background brighter, but I guess it was dark enough to focus on the light source. The photo is unedited. View my contact sheet for other interesting light writing and firework photos.
