Sony A6000 — Manual vs. Auto Settings

I’m loving the Sony A6000 mirrorless camera.  I have passed down my Nikon D5100 to my daughter.  🙂  After a tumultuous start with it, I’ve decided that I really like it.  I was having trouble with it the first time I took it out, but I was using the “recommended” settings that I had seen on […]

Early Riser

I noticed as I was sitting drinking my coke (yes, Coca-Cola, not coffee…) that these darling little birds kept landing on our fence and the morning sunlight was perfect with the trees behind them. By the time I grabbed my camera and headed out, they were gone. I had to be patient and wait for […]

Daily Prompt: Four Stars (Life) — My daughter!

The original Daily Prompt can be found here:  Daily Prompt:  Four Stars (Life) No matter what else I accomplish in this life, this is the most important — my daughter.  She’s growing up to be a wonderful, warm-hearted, funny, fun-loving, beautiful – inside and out – young lady. There are days that I would give […]

Fun with Neighbors

Wednesday I took the two girls that live near us for a photo shoot of their own — they were great!  The two of them spent time coming up with their own poses and suggesting poses for each other, they listened when I asked them to turn or move a little one way or another, […]

Dragonflies by the pond

Today I captured some images of dragonflies, something I have been trying to do for awhile.  I was pleased with these, considering they’re handheld.  Today was such a beautiful spring day here in North Texas — 73 degrees and sunny.  🙂  Then we went to another local neighborhood pond where I captured the images of […]

Weekly Challenge: Up!

Such a fun challenge! Today I spent time at one of my favorite local neighborhood ponds totally enjoying the beautiful 70-degree weather, along with a million other people!  🙂 So as I was sitting there, thinking about the challenges for this week, I realized that I was staring at the moon through the tree branches. […]

Travel Theme: Benches

Benches — what wonderful places to just sit and contemplate life for a bit, watching the world go by (or nature or wildlife or birds, et cetera!). One of my favorite places to enjoy is Farmers Branch’s “City in a Park” where they have beautiful rose bushes of every color, along with an old cemetery, […]