Thus Says Suzanne...

a little December fog

This is a grab shot from this morning.  I used to pack for safari (with camera gear) when I left the house, then I downsized to a pocket digital - which I still carry - but I shot this one with my iPhone.  

 

something sinister II

Last year I decided to try and create a sinister image using innocent items.  It's that time of year again so I went back to the drawing board to see if I could come up with a completely new idea.  Here's what I have to show for my efforts thus far.

today's garden visitor

You wouldn't think it would be all that unusual to find a robin in the garden but I've only seen one in my garden once before in 11 years.

the new camera's here!

Okay, I might be a little happy.  The new camera's here.  (This is the part where I sound like Steve Martin's character in "The Jerk" when he runs around excitedly announcing, "The new phone book's here, the new phone book's here, the new phone book's here!")  Just to celebrate, I went outside for a minute and a very photogenic hummingbird modeled for me.

something sinister, part 3

Mosker has her first image for our friendly sibling competition/collaboration and you can take a look on her blog. 

As for me I'm back to the drawing board on my second image.  Kudos to those of you who looked at the image and were able to determine it to be an electrocution scene.  The image obviously has problems and I have some ideas about how to make it right but I want to work out some details before I shoot it again.  When the image says what I want it to say I'll put it up for everyone to see. 

On a personal note I'll say that it's nice to think about something that doesn't involve tantrums, housecleaning or a multitude of appointments but find it interesting that the first thing I come up with involves death.  I think I need a couple naps.

powerful sunset

As if sunrise wasn't powerful enough the sunset was even more so.

strange sunrise

This week's photo project is starting to creep me out so when I saw our very, very, very orange and red sunrise this morning I shot it for a change of pace. 

something sinister, part 2

Okay, I've been fooling around with another idea for this project but it's not quite right yet.

something sinister

When Carl selected one of Mosker's images for the R.I.P. II contest it got me thinking about the photo again.  There's something innocent about it, yet there is also something sinister.  I decided to play around and see if I could use innocent objects, yet create a dark image.  Then I spoke with Mosker about it and we brainstormed, tossing ideas back and forth.  We concluded that we are both going to see what we come up with.  We've agreed that nothing is off limits, including the choice of color versus black and white, image manipulation (including special effects). I'm still toying with composition and haven't yet decided if I want to stay in color (might be harder to pull off the mood) or switch to black and white.  Here's what I have to show for today's efforts. 

more flowers

I have nothing new and exciting to report so here is another picture of flowers in my garden.