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Man versus Nature

52Frames, week 15: Nature “A good walk spoiled"
52Frames, week 15: Nature
“A good walk spoiled”
My image for last week’s 52Frames photo really fell into my lap.

Rockford has been playing in his company’s golf league for a few years now, and last week was the first week of the new season. He’s been looking forward to it for weeks, and when the moment finally arrived? It started to pour. He was loading his clubs into the car, and I walked out just in time to find him gazing out into the rain, having been betrayed by Nature and feeling thoroughly dejected.

Our story has a happy ending, though. The rain let up enough at our house to convince him to give it a go, and it wasn’t raining at all by the time he got to the course. So it wasn’t “a good walk spoiled” after all.

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Pablo Picasso said “There is no abstract art,” but I tried anyway

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Actually, Pablo said

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.

Last week’s 52frames challenge was Abstract, and the “something” I started with was a camera and very little idea of what I was doing. The resulting photos make it clear that my “abstract” photos are on the wrong side of the line between auteur and amateur, but I had a blast doing the challenge anyway. I tried to do some artsy shots with the violets and the trees in the front yard, and I played around a little with oil, water and food coloring.

The photo I submitted was one of the oil and water experiments.

52Frames, week 14: Abstract “aqueous humor”
52Frames, week 14: Abstract
“aqueous humor”

I think it looks like a weird, watery alien landscape. What do you think?

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What’s black and white and snowy all over? This week’s 52Frames photo.

Last week’s 52Frames theme was “Black and White,” and once again I didn’t even take my camera out for a go at it. I’m hoping I’ll find my enthusiasm for this project once the weather stops being so insistently unpleasant.

We had a good bit of snow last week, and the neighborhood kids took to the hills to enjoy it. It was only around until mid-afternoon, so I’m glad we went out when we did! I took this photo with my iPhone and converted it to black and white using Aviary.

52Frames, week 9: Black and White "Snow Day"
52Frames, week 9: Black and White
“Snow Day”

Pete and Poppy are growing so quickly that it’s a rare occasion to look at them and think “Oh they’re so small!” I like that the trees and the expanse of sky in the photo show that they are, indeed, still little guys. I also like the textures that popped out when I converted it to black and white.