I have loved rocks growing up. I would collect them, but then I got old enough to know better. Yeah, I finally got rid of them when I was in college. However, I thought I had it bad until I met my wife. She still has hers. At least they are …Continue Reading Here…
I was looking at some of the old posts last night and noticed that I completely missed the aniversary of Just Shooting Memories, the Daily Photography Blog. March 14 was one year since my first post. I am still just shy of 366 (leap year) posts. By my count, I should be there in 6 days. I guess I missed a couple, maybe 12, at the beginning, but have not since May last year.
I don’t know what this building was. I found it totally by accident when I decided to make a complete circuit of the Idaho state capital building. There was an almost perfect reflection of the state capital. If I could have just gotten that one row of lights turned off (Where are the Chick-Fil-A cows when you need them?) I think it …Continue Reading Here…
Why is it that people who work a normal Monday – Friday job say that it is all down hill starting from Wednesday? I even find that I am guilty of this, even when I know that the bulk of the work is to come on Thursday or Friday. I guess it is just a polite way to say thank God for the weekend that is coming.
So, I went to Boise, Idaho for a few days. I put up a shot of the sunset and one of the State Capital. It still has not pleased those that want to see the landscape there. The morning after exploring downtown, I spoke with the clerk at the hotel. I wanted to find some good shots up in the mountains. He suggested Bogus Basin. I though “cool” this is going to be fun. Armed with the GPS I made my way through downtown Boise and began the ascent up Bogus Basin Road. What an adventure. I went from about 2000′ elevation and climbed to 6000′ in 16 miles. This shot was taken just before I hit the snowy / icy side of the mountain. I am still pulling pieces of the seat out.
Continuing on my adventure finding churches to photograph, we come to Boise. I found this little gem tucked away behind the capitol building. When I was taking shots of the capitol, I almost decided to skip walking around …Continue Reading Here…
I don’t know why it is that, when I get back home, everyone asks to see photos of where I have been. I guess that is a good thing and a bad thing. It is good because I know that everyone expects to see some pretty cool stuff and if I was not doing a good job, they wouldn’t ask. On the other side, I only have a small amount of time to get them processed.
I took this shot from the top of a parking garage about three blocks from the Idaho State Capital. I did not know it could be that windy anywhere. It had to have been a constant 30 – 40 mph winds. It was blowing hard enough to shake the camera on the tripod. For anyone who has used a Manfrotto 055XPROB you know that the camera attaches right at the top of the legs…and the camera still shook. I finally had to resort to leaning against is to get it still enough for a bracket. Forget getting more than the three auto brackets. It would have shifted while I was trying to change settings.
I spent a couple of days in Boise Idaho this past week. I was able to sneak in a few hours of photography both downtown and in the mountains. I did a little research before leaving and was hoping to get a shot of the capital building. I was blessed …Continue Reading Here…