This past Saturday, my camera club visited the farm to photograph the lambs, sheep, goats and whatever else folks found interesting. There were about 30 folks photographing the animals--some even braved the mud and muck. I think everybody got some good shots--I certainly had a great time.

For the most part, the lambs and sheep seemed to enjoy being stars for a morning. In the first photo, the lamb is calmly posing for several photographers. Ginger, the brown female goat decided to stay away from all the action. Oreo, the male goats got camera shy and had to be encouraged to pose--meaning that I had to stand away and wave my arms and make a lot of noise.

The animals discovered that being a model is hard work. They were sacked out for the rest of the afternoon.

The

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Free Hi Res Wall Paper Images

This image was created using one of the free High Res wallpaper images as seen on DesignM.AG. The wallpaper image was used as a texture over the image. This is a black and white image of a cockoo clock taken at Champs Clock Clock in Douglasville, Georgia.

A great set of high resolution wallpaper textures from Caleb Kimbrough. There are 8 textures included in the set. For download instructions visit DesignM.AG.

Lensbaby Street Portraits

May was an exciting photography month mainly due to the fact that I attended a lensbaby workshop in Savannah, Georgia. The workshop was lead by Craig Tanner and Marti Jeffers of the Mindful Eye. The group of folks attending the workshop was a nice blend of folks that I hope to keep in touch with and attend other workshops with.

I bought a lensbaby several months ago and I knew that the lensbaby would be hard to learn to use—but I couldn’t focus anything—nothing was the least bit in focus. I’m happy to report that there was a reason why—other than my lack of knowledge. I was using the plastic optic—which produces a hazy, ethereal effect. Not the effect I was going for. Craig loaned me a double glass optic—and it made a huge difference. Once you get the hang of how the lensbaby works—it’s not that difficult. Sometimes (well maybe often) you’ll need to take several exposures and combine then in photoshop to get the perfect photo—but who cares!


The 5-day workshop was held in one of my favorite places—Savannah, Georgia. Savannah is such a friendly city—which makes it easy to approach strangers to take portraits. I enjoy taking portraits so this part was easy for me. However, taking architectural photos wasn’t that easy for me. I never know how to capture the essence of a building or monument—so I ended up imitiating others in the group.

Here's all the lensbaby street portraits that I took as part of the workshop.

Dogwood Photo

In Georgia, the dogwoods are in bloom and the landscape of our farm is dotted with dogwood flowers. This print is new on my etsy store. Through May 15 selected prints are on sale for only $15.00.

Transformer

It's really a carnival ride. But it looks kinda high-tech sci-fi. Taken at the Cherry Blossom Festival in Macon, Georgia.

Overlook

This painting is from a photo taken in Amicalola Falls in Georgia. The painting is a moody impressionist painting.

Getting Gas in Georgia

I couldn't find gas yesterday and was down to a quarter of a tank.  Waited in line for quite a while.. . finally had to settle for premium.  A pizza store nearby was selling slices to the folks waiting in line.  There were about 50 people in line at one point.  At one point they ran out of regular unleaded and told us the tanks were empty.  But them suddenly they had premium. . . glad that I stuck around for a few extra minute--otherwise I'd be running on empty.