Saturday, May 16, 2015

Tiny Adventures, Pt. II - A Walk in the Garden

My grandmother has, arguably, the best flowers. I know there are bigger gardens with a wider variety, but she's done some amazing things with the space she has, and spring showcases that. She has tulips, bleeding hearts, irises, peonies, roses, snapdragons, lilacs . . . the list continues.

So, the past couple of weeks, I've been going out when new things start to bloom, and I snap a couple of pictures. These are just a few of the better ones that I've taken from her garden. Hopefully, in the week after Memorial Day, Robby, his sister, Chelsea, and her boyfriend, Josh and myself will be going to Longwood Gardens just outside of Philadelphia to look at even more flowers! I'm planning on not only enhancing my flower photography, but my portrait photography as well.

Enjoy!




Tiny Adventures, Pt. 1 - A Walk in the Woods

Since the Outer Banks, I haven't had the opportunity to really get out and go anywhere (tomorrow, Sunday, May 17, I'll be headed down to Tampa, FL with the senior class though!). However, I think I've said this before, adventure can be had anywhere. A couple of weeks ago, I decided to follow Robby down to the pond where he normally fishes so I could use my other lens and see what sorts of things I could come up with. This included enjoying nature a little more and photographing some of my favorite wildflowers along the way. I also experimented with being his "fish photographer." He doesn't keep the fish . . . he just likes to make them late for something. Mitch Hedberg, anyone?

Anyway, did you know there's an app that's similar to Instagram, except for fishermen?? It's a free app called FishBrain. You post the fish that you catch on it, where you caught it, etc. and you create a network of anglers. It's kind of neat, but of course, I call him a nerd for having it. Check it out, though, if it's something you think you'll like!

The following pictures are from our tiny adventure a couple of weeks ago in the rain. Tadpoles and Osprey also made an appearance. Unfortunately, my skills still aren't stealth enough to catch an Osprey. One day, though!