Future Starts Slow - The Kills

If Phthalo Blue could have a soundtrack this week, this would be it. I'm kind of crazy about the nice camera work too.

Happy weekend, folks!

Getting to Know You ...

If you haven't used one of your lenses for a while, you have to relearn it's little quirks and preferences. It's a fun problem, isn't it? This is my evening walk with my 50mm. I think it's time I started seeing other neighborhoods.

Hocking Hills II





Just a few more images from my weekend adventure in Hocking Hills. I could just live in these pictures.

Hocking Hills

I had the privilege of spending Saturday in Hocking Hills with some good friends, easily the most beautiful part of Ohio in any season. You can tell the leaves are just on the verge of turning shades of yellow, orange and red. It's kind of perfect right now in Ohio. The days are warm without being unbearably hot, the nights are chilly and perfect for sleeping with the windows open. You have to grab those moments when they present themselves to you.

Shake it Out - Florence + The Machine

I know I ususally share a music video on Fridays, but the song I'd like to share doesn't have a video yet. It's that fresh. So please, go here and give it a listen. And have a lovely weekend!

Petite's Road

When I was in Vermont, I took a walk down an old dirt road that played prominently in my childhood. The maple orchard where we used to help with the sugaring in the early Spring, the vistas that spread out before me, the farm where we used to get our milk almost straight from the cow. The bottom of the first hill used to have potholes which once sent me flying from my bike, before helmets. In high school, I used to run this road when I was on the track team because I knew exactly where the five-mile marker was. Once on my run, I was stopped abruptly by a sound in the bushes and found a very young fawn calling for its mother. For the record, can you discern a sugar maple from a red maple? A sugar maple's leaves have five prongs (m-a-p-l-e) while a red maple has onle three (r-e-d). There. You learned something today.

More Random

Just sharing a few more shots from the weekend with you. Driving home tonight, I saw the the shadows stretching across streets, and the setting sun seemed bigger than I've ever seen it. I always want to hang onto these early autumn evenings, when you can sleep with the windows open and hear the night sounds. I hope you're enjoying the cooler days and the changing colors.

Random

Just a few shots from a weekend visit to Killdeer Plains. I remember an instructor's question,  "Where's a bad place to shoot? Absolutely nowhere!" So true.

Reflections

re·flec·tion noun
1. the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
2. an image; representation; counterpart.

3. a fixing of the thoughts on something; careful consideration.

4. a thought occurring in consideration or meditation.