Category Archives: The Homestead

Images taken of my living space.

Edible weed

A “weed” yes, but the Salsify root is edible. Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM at 70mm. 1/160 second at f/5.6, ISO 100. Canon T2i grabbing an edible.

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Blue orb on the patio

A change is in the wind. While waiting for it I’m spacing out. Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM. 1/2500 second at f/3.2, ISO 200. Canon T2i hunkering down for fun.

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Old man cactus

This past weekend I payed around a bit with my prime lenses set at various shutter and ISO settings at f/4 and below. This example is a tweaked crop of the top of the old man cactus on our patio. … Continue reading

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Tweaked trunks

I grabbed this shot while out on a neighborhood walk today. For fun, I tweaked it mercilessly in post. Canon G11 on a weekend walk.

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Season change

The weather was warm and beautiful this past weekend and Mags and I got to spend it hanging out on the patio. I was feeling very lazy so my cameras stayed packed away, but I did have my iPhone handy … Continue reading

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Neighbors lights at night

Neighbors. In my immediate vicinity, both of the two closest ones like strong, harsh night lighting and more often than not forget to turn them off. Drives me crazy because I like going out into my yard at night to … Continue reading

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By the cyberian portal

Here’s a tightly framed view of some of our patio stuff next to Maggie’s office, “Cyberia.” I took the shot yesterday during my President’s Day holiday at the homestead photo walk with the G11. Canon G11 framing circles around cyberia.

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Winter pods

As I’ve said before, I love the G11′s articulating screen because it makes framing from physically difficult angles easy. In this case, I had the camera positioned under the dry Mexican sunflower pods with the lens pointed nearly straight up … Continue reading

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Woman on my desktop

Here’s a frame of my home desk to the left of my monitor. That’s my wife, Maggie, in the photos. The bigger image was part of the 2011 Accordion Babes calendar. The beer bottles are all from the local Lagunitas … Continue reading

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Overhead abstract

One of the best features of the Canon G11 is its articulating LCD screen. Here’s an overhead shot of our patio table I took this afternoon. With the camera held at arm’s length directly over the center of the table, … Continue reading

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