Another Pretty Lady in Asheville

So, here is another in the series I am building for portrait backgrounds. I took this one day after I was at Beaver Lake, with the new Tamron lens. I was walking around downtown Avl looking for interesting locations when this very nice lady asked me if I had gotten any interesting photos. I said it is easy to take fun and good pics here. Then I went onto talk about my friends' pending portrait shoot and how I wanted get used to this lens and how it reacts in different situations.

In this pic, I used my 24-105 Canon lens. I like the way the background is blurred, while the subject nicely tack sharp.

What do you think?

Later, olc

Pretty Lady at Beaver Lake

I had just gotten a new lens and I wanted to try it out. And a friend may want me to take some pics of her and her boyfriend. I decided to to go to Beaver Lake at sunset. While walking around I saw this lady and asked her if she would mind if I took a couple of pics of her. Graciously she said, "Yes."

Pretty and Nice! Pretty nice!

Yeah I know, that is so Junior High school. But those who know me...

At any rate, here she is. And thank you mystery woman!

Later all! olc

Week Number 7 of the Picture-a-Day Project

Now here is another one of those clay objects from the things I have found in my parents basement. There is no pin on the back, nor any identifier.I might need to redo this one because the green is not as vibrant as I would like.

I just now went back to PS and played around with the Saturation levels and got this. Which do you like better? 

Again with the found treasures. But this time I added a candle.

Another of the ceramics, but this one has a pin on the backhand some kind of makers mark.

On Wednesday, I sat at the bird feeder and this is what I got.

And Thursday came along and I took a day off from the camera.

Friday at the Drum Circle in Asheville. Can you see the major flaw in this picture? Let me know! I think I called this one HAPPY!

I found this Durkee's spice container on our spice rack. I think it is too old to use, but I really like the character of the can.

Here is this weeks P-a-D post. I hope you enjoyed it. If you did, please leave a comment here!

Later, olc

Sometimes you meet the nicest people

So shit has been piling up lately, and I have not been able to do much but work and try and get that room going. Needless to say, I have not been able to get out and ride much, one of my fall back stress relievers. However, I have been playing around with the camera in my make shift studio. I will get some more of those shots up soon---in my abundant free time, lol!

At any rate, I decided to shake it all up and go onto the the Blueridge Parkway for some sunset shots last Saturday night. I threw my camera and stuff into a bag and the Grinner was growling away impatiently waiting for more gas.

We rumbled to the Parkway and found a nice turnout. About that time, the Earth had reached its point of just before disappearing below the horizon for another long and dark night's sleep.

Anyhow, at the turnout someone saw that I was posing the bike and offered to take a picture for me. I am ugly and worry the lenz will crack if I get in any shots. I returned the offer and asked her if she would my grace my camera with a picture. She said yes! Can you imagine that?

I hope she sees this image and likes it. It would be nice to spend a minute taking some portraits of her. Some people just have a natural beauty that starts within and glows on their skin.

And you can meet the nicest people when all you really want to do is take a few pictures.

Imagine that, "You can meet the nicest people," while riding a motorcycle and I was not even on a Honda...lol

Enjoy the night every one! olc