November POD

Well, now that Christmas is in 2 days, I figure it's best I get around to posting my pic of the day from November.

I was fortunate to have four days off for Thanksgiving so I took a little road trip around the North Texas area.

All photos are taken with my AE-1 on Kodak Portra film.

I drove out to see Mackie out in De Leon and I had to stop and take a photo of the golden waves of grain.  

On Thanksgiving day, I ate and then went on a photo walk in the nature preserve in Plano.

The fall colors were much more subtle then in the past few years but amazing just the same.

I went and had lunch with my friend Sam in Dallas and we went on a walk through the M Streets and looked at the houses.

I also took photos of the trees and clouds while on a Texas Safari with Mackie.

I got to have lunch with this beautiful lady!  We had a great time in downtown Plano catching up on life.  

I leave you with this image.  As my best friend said, "Jill, you've been making that face since you were a little girl."

Bemused and slightly amused.  Yup.  That sounds like me.

September POD

September is one of those months that I look forward too.  Summer ends, school begins -- things cool down and one can begin to ease up and enjoy the weather...plus, it means my favorite month is just around the bend (and is now here!).

I've been working on getting access to a darkroom here in town, so in celebration for achieving that goal in September, I present to you some color film images from a roll I took in May of 2011.

I didn't expect how emotional I felt towards seeing this roll developed.  That's the fun in film though.  It isn't instant.  You forget what's on it.  

I'll be developing more old rolls this month.  I can't wait to see them!

Happy Graduation!

Congrats to everyone who graduated this year!

Enjoy your accomplishments. =)

Paint Brush

I took this for fun tonight and decide to play a bit with photoshop.

Here is my basic editing:

Here's one with a glow filter:

I'm not too sure how I made this one: