Now I Know My ABCs

Now I Know My ABCs

While watching my son play with an old vintage Fisher-Price school house, I noticed this upside down alphabet letter tray.  It was completely emptied, of course, with the magnetic letters spread everywhere across the floor.

Paper Spiral

Paper Spiral

This shot of a small spiral piece of paper was inspired, in part, by an incident in our home this morning.  I’ll get to that in a moment.  

Necessary Evil

Necessary Evil

A photograph of the necessary evil that is high voltage power lines.  We need the energy – you wouldn’t be able see my photos without it – but the towers are visual pollution on the landscape.   But then again, sometimes the power lines become the subject instead of a nuisance!

Blue White Blue

Blue White Blue

“A trilogy is a pretty abstract notion. You can apply it to almost any three things.” –Jonathan Demme This trilogy of alternating sheets of blue and white sheets of paper is a continuation of yesterday’s image.  

Blue Star on White

Blue Star on White

“In the dark blue sky you keep, And often through my curtains peep, For you never shut your eye ‘Till the sun is in the sky. As your bright and tiny spark Lights the traveller in the dark, Though I know not what you are, Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

Streetlight on the 35th Street Bridge

Street Light

“The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.” –Felix Adler Another random shot from my short walk in Three Bridges Park yesterday in the Menomonee Valley in Milwaukee.  This lone streetlight is on the 35th… Continue reading Streetlight on the 35th Street Bridge

Blue and Amber

Blue and Amber

On a short walk at Three Bridges Park in the Menomonee Valley area of Milwaukee, I shot this amber grass covered hill with the partly cloudy blue sky in the background.  My goal with this image was to capture the contrasting (sometime referred to complementary) colors of the orange of the native plants and blue… Continue reading Blue and Amber

Found Object: Sand Dollar

Three Sand Dollars

A continuation of the theme from yesterday of found objects:  three sand dollars on a white background.   I’m in the Midwest and it is still very much winter here, so it should be obvious that I did not “find” these today.  They belong to my wife and she’s had them for quite a long… Continue reading Found Object: Sand Dollar

Creative Block

Creative Block

“The empty page before me now, the pen is in my hand The words don’t come so easy but I’m trying.” –from “On the Other Side” from Monolith by Kansas When you get 152 days into a 365 photo-a-day project, you are bound to have quite a few days where nothing looks right, there is no inspiration,… Continue reading Creative Block