A Surprise Friendship
In 2012 my wife, Anita, and I started planning our first-ever trip to Paris, a full four weeks in an apartment in the Montmartre district. I had never spoken French…
Daryl Lee, Storyteller
Note the change in the title of this blog. The reason: If you have been following this blog, you know that I have launched a new phase of my life,…
Where’s the hare?
Today's assignment in Developing Your Eye II was "Moment - Capture Motion". Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1726) is widely acknowledged as the father of the concept that all motion is relative…
Where shall we go today?
Today's assignment in the Developing Your Eye II series (okay, so I'm a few days late) is "Nature" with the intent of finding what are known as "leading lines". These…
No Pets Allowed
Today's assignment in the Developing Your Eye II series was "Scale". The general idea is to use known elements of the image to give the viewer an idea of the…
Two mysteries
Today's Developing Your Eye II assignment was "Mystery". I think the planners wanted me to try my hand at some kind of artistic, maybe even abstract, photo that was to…
Sunrise in the Sandias
For a guy who spent nearly sixty years living in high humidity parts of the U.S., life in the high desert is a daily surprise. One of the side effects…
A little color
It is a tradition in the United States that governments have certain emblems: the state tree, the state song, the state this, the state that. I'll bet your state doesn't…
Oversized fun
Today's Developing Your Eye topic is "Big". In the interest of full disclosure, though, I must confess to have skipped over the topic "Solitude", having covered that adequately in the…
The ties that bind
Today's Developing Your Eye assignment was "Connect". I solicited some ideas from my wife and as soon as she said "railroad" I knew where to go for the photo and…