little man sunset

the little guy.
corbin.
corbean.
corby.
fog horn leg horn.
the corbinator.

Whatever you call him, doesn't change that this little boy is growing up fast. It is pretty cool being an auntie; I never even imagined how wonderful it would be, how much love I would have for one little kid. one sweet little kid. I recently compiled three years of pictures of him for his birthday, and it really stood out just how blessed I am to have the opportunity to watch him grow. It made me even more thankful that I can capture these moments so beautifully.

This post is a group of pictures of my sweet little nephew during a recent trip to Edmonds to watch the ferry with my mom and I. All of the photos were taken with my new little Elph and I ended up making quite a few edits.

Thanks for checking out the pics of my cutie little nephew. I hope that he remains such an agreeable photo subject for a wee bit longer. And whatever he says don't believe him... his birthday isn't on Monday and I didn't steal his monies ;) such a storyteller.

madison

These photos were all taken with the Elph, and not edited. Just nice, clean, easy & beautifully rendered from the camera.

My subject for this exercise in composition was an old lifeguard's chair at the Madison Park beach on the shores of Lake Washington. The lighting was perfect and it was a pleasure to capture the abstract close-ups of this antique.


Unlike the A520 (and the uber lavish A590), the Elph's manual controls are pretty dang limited. One thing I can do, though, is manually set the ISO, so I experimented with some extreme over exposure and set the ISO to 80. I kinda like the washed look

And I'll just wrap up the post with these three images of the chair. I am not sure if I will do some editing down the road; for now I just kinda like the simplicy of the photos.

take care

an introduction

A little over a month ago I added a new member to my photographic family: a compact, dynamite little Canon Powershot SD1200 IS Digital Elph. While I love, LOVE my little A520, I wanted something smaller that I can just keep with me for everyday little moments. Something more casual, too, for when I am out and about with my peeps... the D80 definitely turns some heads (especially with the SB 600!) and the A520 was getting a bit clunky and slow. Some of the photos that I have posted recently were taken with the Canon (beginning with "Square Squared") while some were with my D80... depended on the day.

The photos below were all taken with the Elph. They may not be in chronologic order, but I am embracing the freedom to post randomly. Enjoy.

to market to market...
One day, on a quick breeze through the Issaquah farmers market, these little beauties caught my eye. This is the unedited version; straight from the camera...

... and after a few minor edits...

read the sign

This frame was taken at, well, at Alki. I was struck by the gorgeous blue sky and wanted a unique frame of a typical Seattle place. The only down side, is that at the moment I took this picture I had the melody of "The bluest skies you've ever seen are in Seattle" and to this day I can still hear it when I look at the pic. ugh.

shimmy shimmy coconut

I think these were taken on the same day as the "la park audencia" post...makes sense because the hill is not one of my favorite places so I don't venture there too often. Siam on Broadway, however, WAS one of my favorite places. I was shocked and saddened to find an empty space. The quaint Thai place across the street was still pretty good, and I whipped out the Elph for a few random frames of the coconut ice cream.

Red mill... Finally!

On the way to Discovery Park a few months ago, my friend Tisa and I got lost (actually, just about everytime I go to Discovery Park I get lost. its a mystery) and we ended up on Dravus... as I was driving down the road I noticed Red Mill off to the side and enthusiastically yelped "oh look its Red Mill... we have to go there" and Tisa agreed and followed with "and THAT is why we are friends." Fast forward a bit, and dma and I found ourselves at Glazers picking up some lighting gear. I had been bugging him to go to Red Mill & we were finally in near enough proximity to pique his interest. It turned out to be a great photo op!

These are some images of the order turnstile as viewed through the glass. I liked the classic diner feel of the scene.

super spooky chair spooky. Thats right... just outside of this lively, friendly hamburger shop was a wierdo chair hanging out by the alley (there was a rather disturbing garage there too, but I didn't take any pictures of it...). I knew right away that I would be doing some dramatic editing, so I concentrated on setting up an interesting composition.

This is the unedited version of one of the frames. My inspiration of sorts.

and here is edit number one...

... and edit number two... spooky huh?

Not too shabby for a point and shoot that has minimal manual features, eh? Thankyou for viewing these images & I hope that you have a lovely and peaceful day.

La Park Audensia

What do you do when you've explored almost an entire city?

Start all over again!

Last weekend, DMA and I ended up in Volunteer Park, a venue we had one of our first photo shoots at back in the good 'ol times of 2007. In fact, one of my favorite pictures of him was taken there; I had a close-up shot of a flower with him in the distance as he was looking down at his Lumix and metering the light... its a bit amazing to think of how many things have changed since that lovely spring afternoon... its also kinda cool to think about what hasn't changed: we are still out taking random pictures, still saying goofy things, still drinking a ton of coffee.

Okiedokie, back to the pics!

The picture below was taken in the stairwell of the water tower; it is a jpeg and I didn't do any editing to it. I loved the lighting!

I was taking some pictures of the shadows on the floor and snapped this one of a couple by the window. I like the bench in the frame too... makes you wonder if they were sitting there earlier?

Hmm, not sure if this one is going to show up well on blogger? I am still working on the catching rays of sunshine technique ;)

This pic would have been better with a tripod?

there was play in the park, too! how fun! these are a few frames from the show...

ok shoot, I have to get back to work! hope you have enjoyed this round of pics & thanks for taking a peek!

-Lor

the band

Last week, Del and I were in pursuit of "people shots" and ended up in Redmond Town Center (btw... the Yummy Teriyaki in Redmond is AWESOME. you should try it.... its right by Kits Camera. if you can find kits-lol.) oh, yeah, so, as luck would have it... there was a band playing in the center of the, um, mall, and I snapped a few of the band. Unfortunately, I didn't catch the name of the group to give them proper credit, so I am just rolling with "the band" for now.

(same pic, only edited with a blue tone)

I don't really have anything too profound or interesting to say about the pics, for this shoot I was "working" on overcoming my insecurities of taking people pictures in public. Random macro shots or pics of the cutest nephew ever are no problem, but I am still a wee bit shy when it comes to lugging the D80 plus fancy SB 600 around in public! oh gosh.

one shot wonders

Wow... it has been a busy couple of weeks! One of the downsides of blogger is that you have to do everything online... arrange the photos, input text blah blah blah. Oh well, it isn't a perfect system. Although I haven't been able to blog as frequently, I have still been busy with pictures!

I am calling this post "one shot wonders" because they are each one shot taken from the past few weeks adventures.

hottest day ever
I took this photo as I was waiting in traffic on the hottest day EVER in Seattle. Ugh. It was so hot that not even the AC in my car offered any relief. I wanted a way to document the day, and found the pattern of the car shadows to be quite interesting.


lincoln park
This one was taken on the beach in West Seattle's Lincoln Park after a trip to Art Wolfe's Soho gallery. Its a pretty spot, no?



Table for ...?
This photo might be out of order? I dunno. It was taken at a restaurant near Pike Place. While the cuisine was, um, not so good, the atmosphere was fabulous. I took a quick pic of the table next to us, because I was drawn to the set up. It reminded me of a still life. The room was full of soft, romantic lighting and the original photo had a very red tone. When I converted it to black and white I fell in love with it even more. As I gaze at this photograph, I wonder how much history has taken place in this very spot. How many conversations has this table hosted? Conversations of love; conversations of business; coversation of wine; conversations of travels near and far? Its mind bottle-ing.

fall colors

There was one fine summer day when Del and I were on a quest to document fall colors. It seemed odd to have leaves changing colors in the early part of August.... shouldn't this still be time of sprinklers, bbqs and flipflops? We ended up on the University of Washington campus, a great location anytime of year ;)

hopscotch crosswalk

This one was taken on a recent trip to downtown Edmonds. Man, this place closes up early! I saw a hopscotch in chalk on one of the sidewalks and HAD to take a picture.

bothell sunset

After the stroll through Edmonds, we ended up at a wetlands park in Bothell. The sun was setting, and looked so pretty behind the tops of the wetland grasses. I did a bit of editing to bring out the subdued sunset colors.

westlake swing

random. random things just happened to pop up. I guess that is the nature of random :)

I am not sure if this was a group lesson or a demonstration or just a fun dance in the park, but anyway, there were a bunch of people dancing outside of Westlake Mall in downtown Seattle. I managed to get just a few frames before the music stopped, and liked this one the best.

Hope you enjoyed this group of pictures! Thanks for checking them out :)

pedicure abstract

This post is all about the beautiful everyday moments that we have the opportunity to capture. These pics are from a few weeks ago... last Thursday in July, I think? I had just had a pedicure at my favorite spot in Lynnwood and was seated near a window waiting for my toes, painted with the lovely hue of "admire," to dry. As I sat there... waiting... I noticed the sun shining through the petals of a flower arrangement in front of me. Luckily, I had a little point & shoot with me & was able to take a few pics of the flowers.

I found these pics to be a good exercise in editing, too, and had a bit of fun in photoshop. Enjoy!

Thank you for checking out my pictures, and as my fortune cookie from today read: I hope that you, too, will have a pleasant day tomorrow.