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Light and the iris leaves

A hilltop and windswept cemetery, an obelisk-shaped marker, and the backlit iris leaves were all I needed.

Guthrie, Texas
photographed 9.17.2021

Stairs + Chimneys

Walk around back.

Look at what’s behind you.

Look up, too.

(Some of my rules when I’m out making photos.)

Beacon Hill
Boston
photographed 8.28.2021

Obligatory Location

It was a delightful coincidence that my work trip to Boston could be arranged to allow me to participate in a group photo walk through the lovely Beacon Hill neighborhood. If I am being honest, places like Beacon Hill aren’t my favorite locations; it is much tidier and well-kept than the places I like to shoot. Plus the class required the use of a 50mm lens, and it is not a lens I automatically use.

Challenges are good, though. They make your brain work in different ways, make your eyes seek different subjects. Those are always excellent exercises for photographers and I am very happy that I was able to take the class.

And that’s the long way of explaining that this street seems to be the most famous street in all of Boston, and so I sort of had to photograph it.

Beacon Hill
Boston
photographed 8.28.2021

Sun/flower

It was a lovely afternoon to wander the North End, and I was lucky enough to have my friend Don there to show me the coolest things. Like this tiny corner market were the proprietors were selling flowers and a few vegetables. I like to think I am proficient at exploring new places by myself, but one thing I learned that day is that having an expert along is a big help, if he or she knows where the wicked cool stuff is located!

North End
Boston
photographed 8.28.2021

One Fan

Well, of course I looked in the window of this little bar. And, also of course, I photographed what I saw – the one guy in the bar looking at the one guy on the television.

Boston
photographed 9.5.2021