by speterlewis@gmail.com | May 28, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing
If you have a garden, then you have no shortage of models this time of year, and they sit still and do what they’re told. We have several patches of irises in our gardens. We didn’t plant them, they were either here when we bought the place 21 years ago,...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | May 25, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing
I do a lot of product photography, and it’s always new stuff. It all looks perfect. Today I decided to make a “product” shot of something that isn’t new. This is my old wire brush. I’ve had this thing for decades. I mostly use it to scrub...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | May 24, 2020 | Photography, Post Processing, Social Distancing
Karen and I took a vacation to the Canadian Maritime Provinces last summer, and on our last night we stayed at a wonderful old Victorian home in St. John, New Brunswick. This is our bedroom, which overlooked the sea. The combination of the old woodwork, pastel colors,...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | May 22, 2020 | Photography, Post Processing, Social Distancing, Story behind the lens, Uncategorized
Waiting for spring in Maine can sometimes be maddening. All your friends down south are mowing their lawns and picking ticks out of their ears, and yet here we are with new snow in the first week in May and skeletal trees. And then, as if a switch is flipped, spring...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | May 19, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing
This massive red oak, Quercus rubra, is in view of a major road in New Hampshire and stands about 200 feet from a trailhead, yet I suspect almost no one has really ever seen it, and very few have ventured to its base. It is on a very steep hillside, and once the...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | May 18, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing
It’s been just about two months that I have been pretty much stuck at home with Karen, my beloved wife of 38 years. This is how we’re doing. What a great blessing she is to me. Here’s the big Flickr version. Meta: Pentax K-3, Sigma 18–35mm f/1.8 Art...
