Andrea- Fun with Flashlights

Jessica and I got our kids together to play with flashlights in the dark. We tried what we did in class, and it turned out kind of cute. The kids had a blast!

Andrea - Sparklers

The kids had a great time playing with sparklers and flashlights at night. I'm excited about taking some pictures on the 4th of July!

Andrea- Moon photo

It was tricky catching the moon between drifts of clouds floating by. I wish there could have been something in this photo besides just the moon, but I couldn't figure out how to include anything else in my backyard...it was all too dark.

Melissa- Nighttime Capitol Fountain

Melissa- Gas Station 1910-2010

I've been obsessed with getting a good photo of this old gas station ever since seeing the hand painted sign on the carport, which reads "1910 built for cars 2010 torn down for cars". It's scheduled for demolition next week for a road-widening project, and I thought it would make a great black and white. I was hoping to take a photo in sunny weather this weekend, but the side got torn off the building today, so I'm not sure if it will last until the weekend. If it does, I'm going to try to get a higher contrast photo and I'll post it along side this one.

Melissa- "Worst Photo" Entry

Ok, this isn't saying I won't come up with a worse shot this week, but here's my entry. And the sad thing is I wasn't trying for a bad photo here.

That is my tripod on the left hand side of the frame, so yes this was a handheld shot. Barbra, technically you can't say I wasn't "using" my tripod!

Bill Reynolds - Junk Drawer - What Is It

This was taken with my newly purchased extension tubes. Thank you Barbara.

I can hardly wait for the bugs to come out!

Bill Reynolds - 10 Feet From Door

This pet greets people at my front door. I didn't have my extension tubes yet so I just did a close up.

Melissa- Swimming across the sky

This was taken at Nisqually. I thought the water had a really cool viscous quality today, like liquid mercury. I was trying to set up a shot with the sun reflection included in the corner so it would look like more of a classic landscape and then a group of geese swam through the scene. The photo is rotated 180 degrees. I think it looks like the goose is swimming right through the sky.