This is a recent shot, another outtake, from a floral photo session. This was a bouquet of mixed flowers all in delicate pinks and corals, offset with wonderful fuzzy lambs ears. I especially love the anenome - it is so gently blushed with pink. Often anenomes come in very bright, strong solid colors- super dark purple and rich reds are pretty common. The whites are pretty common too, but delicate colors and shadings are harder to find, and this one is outstanding. These shadings are actually accidental- they show up randomly, often mixed in with solid colors. To my great joy, this whole bunch of white anenomes came blushed with pink; I always savor floral anomalies like these.

Dramatic Sky shot in the Cuyahoga Valley, May 2013

Although I have not posted recently, I am still out there shooting all of the time. I actually pulled down at least 3 posts because the images were too close to ones that I did for greeting card work, but this one can get posted. Believe it or not, I stepped out of a movie theater and shot this in a parking lot! I will admit to retouching out some annoying utility poles and the edge of a building, but otherwise this shot is not heavily retouched, Once in awhile I just get lucky!

I have been shooting a mix of things around my home for my day job, and indeed most of that cannot be posted at this time, but here are a couple that can be shared.

This is my major distraction- what free time I have anymore I spend practicing guitar. This is my new guitar, a classical cutaway by Cordoba. I love the slightly modified neck design on this guitar- just a tiny bit more narrow and a little bit better contoured to fit my fairly small hands. I put my guitars away after college and quite thoroughly forgot what meager things that I ever knew. That is until about 2 years ago. I tried to work on it on my own at first, but I broke down and started lessons almost a year ago. It's been difficult at times, but I am making progress enough to feel that I deserve a decent guitar! I am not a classical guitarist per se, but I love the mellow sound of nylon strings and I am working on fingerstyle technique so it is perfect for me right now.

Here is an item from the vast collection of things that I live with. This is a vintage pinball game that is played with marbles shot by a spring loaded pull-knob. Another board that I photographed made it into the image bank, but this one didn't. Still, I love the vintage lettering and the little pins.