Both grandkids love to play with the chairs and table Nana bought a while back. Madi is still working to learn how to sit down in them, and it’s not as easy as it might sound, because they’re still a little too high for her to just back up to and sit. Not to be deterred,...
I took this rather serious portrait shot of Ben Sunday night, and of course the original file is in full, beautiful color. But there’s some magic in black and white photos, and once I converted this one and saw it, I decided this is one of those. For anyone interested, I did the conversion in...
It was so much fun for me to watch these two playing together at dinner Sunday night. Ben initiated the interplay by leaning over towards Madi. By the way, you might notice the tasty and diverse dinner Nana prepared for Madi and Ben. So Madi offers him a blueberry nacho — a blueberry on a...
When photographing people or animals, we’re taught to focus on the eyes. They eyes are what show life. “You haven’t got the shot unless you have the eyes” is an often preached mantra for photographers. So here’s a shot of Madi’s beautiful brown eyes (well okay, just one of them) as proof of the mantra.
I’ve found myself paying a lot of attention to clouds recently. At least part of the reason for that is a statement my cousin Ron made at his mom’s recent funeral. My Aunt Ruth was an artist whose talents and skills we all admired, and as Ron was talking about that facet of her life,...
