Family Portrait, Virginia. November 3, 2014.
Today’s favorite photo was such an easy pick. A few years ago our oldest son wanted a family portrait. We went to a wooded area not far from his home and created some images.
Favorite Photo, November 3
Favorite Photo, October 23
Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Vermont. October 23, 2017.
After my trip to Acadia National Park, which was featured in the last few posts, I headed home by way of Vermont. What a beautiful state!
Favorite Photo, October 18
Acadia National Park at Night, Maine. October 18, 2017.
Last fall I went on my first trip to Acadia National Park. I arrived long after sunset but that was not going to stop me from taking pictures. I drove into the park, found a small parking area beside the road and stopped to take pictures.
Favorite Photo, October 17
Sunny in the Park, Columbus, Ohio. October 17, 2017.
If you have been following along with this series for a while, you already know our dog Sunny is one of my favorite subjects. We were walking through his favorites park when I stopped to do a portrait. This is my favorite photo for October 17.
Favorite Photo, October 16
Sarah, Silver Metallic Body Paint, Columbus, Ohio. October 16, 2015.
All of my favorite photos for October 16 happen to be of the same person.
Favorite Photo, October 14
Autumn Leaves, Columbus, Ohio. October 14, 2012.
I was taking our dog for a walk through our neighborhood and looking at all of the fallen leaves. I stopped and took a picture of this cluster of leaves with my iPhone. I processed the photo with one of my favorite smart phone apps, Painteresque. It is my favorite photo for this date.
Favorite Photo, October 12
Balloon Flower Closeup, iPhone with Olloclip closeup lens, Columbus, Ohio. October 12, 2015.
In my October 9 post in this series I mentioned taking iPhone photos in my garden as a result of an interview for a photography article for the Akron Beacon Journal. I was back at it in my garden on October 12.
Favorite Photo, October 10
Janae and Her Ukelele, Kalamazoo, Michigan. October 10, 2015.
My favorite photo for October 10 was easy to pick. We were visiting our daughter Janae in Michigan and she decided to get out her ukelele and play and sing a few songs. Continue reading
Favorite Photo, October 7
Sunset, Vermilion Lakes, Banff National Park, Canada. October 7, 2012.
This is the story behind one of my favorite images. It was a dreary cloudy, day in Banff with rain and drizzle off and on all day long. Most of the afternoon I was hanging out in the fireplace room at a bed and breakfast and visiting with the other guests, all Canadian.
Favorite Photos – September
Favorite Photos, September 1-30. Click for a larger version.
Here are my favorite photos for September. The story behind this project is here. There isn’t a photo for September 19 since I didn’t take a single favorite photo on that date over the last 30 plus years.
Favorite Photo, September 29
Bull Elk, Beaver Meadows, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. September 29, 2015.
It was really tough to pick a favorite photo for September 29. I have 60 photos in my “favorite photos” folder that were all taken September 29. So I picked three.
Favorite Photo, September 21
Lighting at Dusk, Yukon, Oklahoma. Sept 21, 1992.
My favorite photo for today’s date is not only my favorite photo for September 21. It is one of my all time favorite images.
Favorite Photo, September 20
Sangre de Cristo Mountains. September 20, 1996.
My favorite photo for September 19 was taken from the Wet Mountain Valley in Colorado, looking west at the Sangre de Cristo (Blood of Christ) Mountains. It was taken on the same trip as the September 17 photo. After shooting in Rocky Mountain National Park, I headed south to this area.
Favorite Photo, September 15
Chinese telephoto lens on an iPhone SE. September 15, 2017.
I am afraid my favorite photo for September 15 is not very exciting, but the story is interesting. I was doing a series of articles about cheaply made, very poor quality Chinese smart phone lenses that were flooding into the United States and being sold for outrageous prices.
Favorite Photo, September 8
Wat Buddharatanaram, Buddhist Temple, Keller Texas. September 8, 2015.
I checked my “favorite photos” folder for photos taken on September 8. I found only one photo, but it is a keeper.
Favorite Photo, September 6
Melissa and Jim. September 6, 1970.
Far and away, my favorite photo for September 6 (or any other date), is our wedding. I didn’t create this image, but I am including it in my favorites anyway.
Favorite Photo, September 2
Favorite Photo, September 1
Cemetery. Fort Irwin California. September 1, 2013.
One of my most favorite images for September 1 was taken at Fort Irwin, California, home of the National Training Center for the U.S. Army. We were driving across town when I spotted an unusual cemetery. Names like Simba and Cubby aren’t typical for a cemetery.
Favorite Photo, August 31
Five 75mm Howitzers. Concert, 1812 Overture. West Point, New York. August 31, 1991.
My favorite image for August 31 comes from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.
Favorite Photo, August 30
Union Officer, Civil War Days, Lamoni, Iowa. August 30, 2014.
As I looked at my favorite images for August 30, I quickly narrowed my choices down to three, but then it got really difficult. I ended up with a landscape image, a portrait, and a wildlife image. I wanted to call it a three way tie, and depending on my mood, I pick a different image out of theses three each time I choose a favorite.
Favorite Photo, August 28
Denali and Wonder Lake, Denali National Park, Alaska. August 28, 2000.
My favorite photo for August 28 is from a once in a lifetime trip to Alaska. My wife and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary with a five day cruise on Prince William Sound followed by five days at Camp Denali in Denali National Park.
Favorite Photo, August 27
Sunny, acorn in the park, Columbus, Ohio. August 27, 2015.
My choice for the favorite image for August 27 is a “portrait” of our dog. Sunny and I were walking through the park when I got down really low with my iPhone to capture his paw with a large acorn.
Favorite Photo, August 22
Cascade, Barry, and Coxe Glaciers. Barry Arm, Prince William Sound, Alaska.
Picking today’s favorite photo was easy. Out of over 3400 images in my “favorite photos” folder, only one of them was taken on August 22. Even if there had been several photos to choose from, today’s pick would still be a winner.
Favorite Photo, August 20
Sunstar, Turnagain Arm, Alaska.
When I looked at my “favorite photos” folder for August 20, what jumped out at me were images from Alaska and from a dance recital. It was a tough call. I ended up choosing a photo of Turnagain Arm in Alaska.
Favorite Photo, August 17
Rooster at Strings of Pearls, Elmira, Michigan.
My favorite photos for August 17 were taken one year apart. I was on my way home from a photo workshop in Northern Michigan and spotted a bunch of yard art in the village of Elmira Michigan.
Favorite Photo, August 14
Blue-headed green frog, Northern Michigan. August 14, 2016
My favorite photos for August 14 all came from the same year, 2016. I was leading a photography workshop in Northern Michigan and we were out on an evening field trip. It turned out to be a great evening for photography, so it was hard to pick THE favorite photo for the day.
Favorite Photo, August 10
Sarah.
As part of this ongoing series, I went looking through my folder of favorite photos for images taken August 10. I found a sunset photo of Lake Erie from August 10, 2003, and photos of Sarah taken August 10, 2006. While the sunset photo was nice, the photos of Sarah are much more important to me. Sarah is the first professional model I had the privilege of working with, and it was the first of several photo shoots we worked on together. So my all time favorite August 10 photo is this portrait of Sarah.
Figure Studies in the Moonlight, iPhone vs DSLR
Anoush on the beach. iPhone. Click to see a larger version.
After 11 o’clock at night with the only light coming from the moon, I would assume an iPhone would not be able to capture an image. But I am curious so I tried anyway. I was surprised. iPhones have come a long way. There is a lot of murkiness in the water and sky in this image, but Anoush looks much better than I would have expected from an iPhone image by moonlight. My iPhone tried to create a daylight exposure.
Brittany, Northern Michigan
Brittany, Northern Michigan
A photography trip in Northern Michigan and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
The Chinese Lens Rip Off! Part Three
This is pretty much the same kind of rip off I have written about before. Take a cheap smart phone lens that people can buy at Amazon for $16.99 or less, jack up the price to $56, make outrageous claims, and see how may people you can sucker into buying the item at the higher price. They even used the same “questionable” technologist who has multiple identities.
Posted Oct. 17, 2016. Revised and re-posted June 3, 2018.