Train Show, Part 1

We went to a model railroad show at Greenbo Lake on Sunday, and I have to say I was very impressed at how large of an event it was and how many people showed up. Here are some pics.

I was also amazed at the amount of detail that went into some of the setups.

Nails

This is a small portion of what is hundreds of nails in a telephone pole near my daughter's school.

Grate Shot

I think any type of grid-like pattern always makes for an interesting shot. This is the bottom of a popcorn popper that we bought for our movie room. The color cast comes from the machine's built-in incandescent light.

White on Blue

Snow Day

I tried to post these yesterday, but couldn't get the images to upload.

We had some snow over the weekend, maybe three or four inches. The big stuff just missed us, hitting to the north and to the west, but it was still enough for the kids to get out and play a little.




These little guys thought it was safe to come out for spring ... after all, it was in the upper 70s last week.

Lots O' Bears

Sorry for the slow posting, but we've been in clearing out mode in our bonus/junk to try and make it useable space again. That's where this shot comes in. My wife had a whole box of Boyd's Bears that we're selling on eBay. They were just tucked away in a box, and we're trying to cut down on clutter and other stuff we don't use at our house.

My Tribute to Gary Gygax

O.K., I'll admit it. I was (make that am) a Dungeons and Dragons nerd. I spent countless hours as a teenager playing the game, so when I heard yesterday about the game's creator, Gary Gygax, passing away at age 69, I thought I'd drag out some of the few items I have left and take a tribute photo of sorts.

Stairs

Lake Trip

It was a beautiful day here, mid-70s and mostly sunny, so this evening we had dinner at Grayson Lake and let the kids play for a while. Here are a few pics from the trip.

State Swim Meet

Today and tomorrow are the YMCA state championships. Kenzie swam awesome today, beating her best times in three events, and finishing fourth overall in backstroke and seventh overall in individual medley. She was in the top five overall in freestyle, but they didn't have the final results posted when we left, so I'm not sure exactly where she finished in that one. I'll post a link to all my state championship photos later on when I get them all online. For now, here's two.

Green Grid

This is the ceiling of an elevator with florescent lights behind a chrome grid. I snapped a quick photo, leaving the white balance on "auto" and it didn't compensate for the color temperature and left the lights a slightly green tint. I bumped up the saturation in photoshop, and it turned them bright green, giving what I think is a neat effect.

Breakfast

Our daughter was being all cute this morning, as we found this on the counter when we got up.

More Pet Shop blogging

Swim Chicks

Here's a shot I did today for an ad in the state YMCA swim championships program that we're hosting in Ashland next weekend. My daughter is on the left.

Ice Storm

We had some freezing rain this morning. The first photo is similar one I shot last year where the ice had formed around a leaf, and then the leaf broke free leaving an ice mold.

Lunar Eclipse

I tried to get some shots of last night's lunar eclipse, but the moon kept going in and out of view behind the clouds. I managed to get a few shots off, though, so here they are. The moon is actually tricky to shoot because it's just reflected sunlight, so it's much brighter than you'd think ... until it goes into shadow. In one of the pics, you can see how the bright part of the moon is completely blown out in order to get the shaded part.

Snow Day

The lazy person's way ... from my office window. Actually, I just haven't had a chance to get out yet, but I hope to do that later and grab a few shots.

This needs to be shared with everyone

An actual newspaper clipping

Old Truck

Misty Evening

Lizard BFFs

This is on my other blog, too, but I liked it so much I thought I'd put this one photo on both.

Also, I've been "tagged" by another blogger, which means I'm supposed to post five images of things I've shot in the past that have never been posted or published, so I'll look through my files and do that soon.

Heart Month Posters

I usually don't post stuff I shoot for work on here, but since these are going to be placed all over the Tri-State, I thought I'd share them. They're posters for Heart Month that show how women's symptoms are often different than men's, so someone came up with the idea of a half-lit face of a woman that faded to black to leave room for the text. We shot one, and everyone liked it so much, we decided to do a series, and here are the results. Click on the image for a much larger version. Also, you can learn more about heart month here

Fruit Basket

Our boss got a fruit basket today, and was kind enough to share.

Bridge to Cincinnati

Snow Stripes

Snow on a drain cover.

Utility Lines

I'm usually trying to keep this things out of my photos.

Salt Shaker

Onion

Black and White Sky

Fall Portraits

A couple of my favorites from some portraits I did last month.

Two From Today

Reece