Before the Snow

It's been a kind of overwhelming week - I started a new job last Tuesday, and worked my last day at Olga's last Friday.  Adjusting to a new schedule has left little time to walk and photograph.  Here are a few from last week, before this weekend's snow.

It's been a long time, I know...I've been wanting to post but the past couple weeks have been filled with lots of driving and visiting friends and family and there just hasn't been much time.  I'm not really sure where to start right now, I'm feeling a bit restless and don't really want to be sitting at the computer but wanted to share a few images taken with my newest photo gadget, Holga lenses made to fit an SLR.

Still getting the hang of using them - I didn't realize just how much light they would require.  It's hard, especially inside or in low light, to even see through the viewfinder.  So getting images in focus is a challenge.  Lots to learn.

Spring Flowers

I've been really into my macro lens lately - I've been on the island for a week and I've become fascinated by all the lichens and mosses out there. Before going to the island, I started shooting a lot of rocks and seaweed up close (something I'm still interested in). Star Island is beautiful and really needs to be examined on many different levels, but I see myself sticking with the macro lens mostly for now. I shoot some portraits this week too, but haven't processed any photos from the island yet, so instead, here are some flowers I shot today at the Pawtuckaway Nursery in Lee, NH.

From Pawtuckaway Nursery

From Pawtuckaway Nursery

I find dominantly yellow images really hard to edit, the yellow seems to overwhelm the camera. Reds and magentas do it sometimes to. Makes it hard to figure out white balance vs. saturation.

From Pawtuckaway Nursery

From Pawtuckaway Nursery

From Pawtuckaway Nursery

From Pawtuckaway Nursery