Category Archives: Photography

Madi, Honey, and Chocolate!

What more could a girl want? Chocolate, a good book, and Honey to hold her and read it to her. That’s about as good as it gets. For Madi. And for Honey. And I was having fun too. I had my Nikon V1 with the Nikon AFS 35 f 1.8 lens attached using the FT1...

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Fall Color in Sugar Land. Finally.

The calendar and the temperature with the wind chill seem more like winter, but finally we have some fall color showing up. Not that fall color is something we ever get much of here. Most years, leaves are green, then they turn yellowish and fall off onto the ground. So it’s always special when the...

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Neighborhood Birds

One of the things we love about our neighborhood is that it’s inhabited by plenty of large birds. So it’s probably not a surprise that I’ve spent some time the last couple of days making photos of some of them. I enjoy bird photography. But it’s really challenging because of their size and the distances....

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My New Camera: the Nikon V1

As someone who owns a perfectly good Nikon DSLR and a selection of great lenses, you might wonder why I bought a new camera. And if you’re into photography, you’re probably wondering why the V1. The answer to the first question is simple: carrying around a 17 pound camera bag is not fun. It means...

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Dandelions Still Have Their Allure!

Ben loves to study things. Dandelions make a good subject. Plus he knows that when he blows off the white seeds, it tends to make Nana sneeze. Here are a few shots from this weekend of Ben in action.

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