Photographs

Everything in this photography section is from my own "amateur" point of view, as in "lover of". Nothing more is implied or delivered in these photos, just the personal enjoyment of seeing, composing, and capturing images. In the age of selfies, it's quite an old-fashioned practice, even with the convenient iPhone.

The Photographer's Eye: It's my way of saying that one should always be alert and aware of detail everywhere, especially in the small. It lets one see more in everything, and enriches life in that way.

Composition: Awareness of balance in position, shape and color. I believe in more than one subject in a photo, a major and a minor, often at different depths. The straight-on, centered single object is anathema.

Autumn leaves: The most vivid colors occur with sun backlighing. The trick is to block out the sun with, say, a tree trunk or branch so that it does not shine directly into the camera.

Photoshop - Lighten Shadows: Photoshop allows one to do so many things to enhance and modify images, but the most useful one to me (in Photoshop Elements) is to "Lighten Shadows" (in the Enhance - Adjust Lighting menu). It brings out some details in the darkest areas of an image that one otherwise does not see.

Themes

Travel and vacation pictures (trips and visitors from 2002 to 2019)

Wild Mushrooms (from woods and fields, not stores)