Big chairs

There's a fun, colorful sculpture of three giant-sized chairs stacked on each other in downtown Kirkwood. This is one view of it.

11 days...

Wow... 11 days without posting my photos, and I haven't even been on vacation! Without further ado, here they are...


Today - Bleachers near one of the athletic fields at Greentree Park. They must've washed up in the wooded area after the Meramec flooded most recently.




Friday, May 29, 2009 - Miriam at the doc, sick with a virus. What a way to start summer vacation!




Thursday, May 28, 2009 - The kids at the End of Year Picnic for Miriam's school.




Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - A macro shot of dandelions in a shot glass of water.




Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - A rosemary plant I managed to kill...




Monday, May 25, 2009 - Miriam wanted me to take a picture of her, but she insisted she only pose in front of her closet door. Didn't have it in me to fight over location so I shot on Auto with the on-camera flash...




Sunday, May 24, 2009 - They take after their father...




Saturday, May 23, 2009 - A macro shot of a dandelion at Faust Park in Chesterfield, MO.




Friday, May 22, 2009 - Mario and I went out to see the new "Star Trek" movie, and it was 11:30 PM or so when the show let out. Taken with my phone.




Thursday, May 21, 2009 - I love all of my kitchen utensils and gadgets and storage canisters... I just don't particularly love to cook!




Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - Pine nuts being toasted for a salad.

Backyard baseball

Luis and Miriam were playing baseball in the backyard with a couple neighborhood friends. Miriam was safe at second and had a happy smile to show it!

Aperture priority setting: f/2.8, 1/100 sec, ISO 200

Luis and fish oil

Today - A bowl of fish oil pills lit from underneath

Aperture priority setting: f/11, 1/25 sec, ISO 100




Sunday, May 17, 2009 - Luis in the bath

Aperture priority setting: f/1.6, 1/30 sec, ISO 100

Three days of photos...

Today - At Laumeier Sculpture Park

Aperture priority setting: f/2.8, 1/30 sec, ISO 100




Friday, May 15, 2009 - Mario working at his desk

Aperture priority setting: f/1.4, 1/100 sec, ISO 100




Thursday, May 14, 2009 - Trying to get the pretty flowers!

Aperture priority setting: f/2.5, 1/1250 sec, ISO 100

More macro shots

I bought a macro lens yesterday! Woo-hoo!! And now, let the playing begin...!

Today - raindrops on leaves

Aperture priority setting: f/25, 2.5 sec, ISO 100




Tuesday, May 12 - Corks (needed a quick subject)

Aperture priority setting: f/22, 30 sec, ISO 100

Road Flooded

Every year it happens... The Meramec floods and Greentree Park is underwater...

Aperture priority setting: f/22, 1/50 sec, ISO 100

The Meramec is rising... again

With spring comes the rain and thus the inevitability of the Meramec River rising and flooding. We had some pretty strong storms come through the area Thursday night, and as a result, the Meramec is pretty high - it was flowing pretty quickly today, too!

Aperture priority setting: f/36, 1/3 sec, ISO 100

Kirkwood Park

There is an area of Kirkwood Park (behind the police department's shooting range, oddly enough...) that is very quiet and peaceful. These rocks are in the creek there.

Aperture priority setting: f/3.5, 1/60 sec, ISO 100

Two days

Today - Piano exercises in Hanon.

Aperture priority setting: f/1.4, 1/100 sec, ISO 100




Thursday, May 7, 2009 - Lambda Lounge meeting.

Aperture priority setting: f/4.5, 1/50 sec, ISO 800

Miriam

Miriam wanted to play catch after dinner while Luis was at baseball practice. I told her I would... if she let me take some photos of her first! She can be a complete ham sometimes...!

Aperture priority setting: f/1.4, 1/60 sec, ISO 100

In honor of Cinco de Mayo

I made enchiladas for dinner tonight, and these onions were used in the recipe...

Aperture priority setting: f/2.8, 1/40 sec, ISO 100

The first few days of May

So this brings me up-to-date...


Today - Aperture priority setting: f/1.6, 1/30 sec, ISO 100




Sunday, May 3 - Mario and I wanted to do something for our 10-year anniversary that we'd always remember. So we got tattoos!

Aperture priority setting: f/5.6, 1/8 sec, ISO 200




Saturday, May 2 - A bridge at Kirkwood Park

Aperture priority setting: f/5.6, 1/50 sec, ISO 200




Friday, May 1 - Max as seen TTV

Aperture priority setting: f/5.6, 4 sec, ISO 200

Finishing out April

Hmmm... To explain my delinquency in posting my photos... My 10-year wedding anniversary was April 24th so I fully expected to not really shoot that weekend. Then I was sick. Then I had a mountain of "stuff" to do that hadn't been done because of the anniversary weekend and illness... And this is what happens: lots of shots of Max in his various sleeping positions! And a couple photos where I actually tried...


Thursday, April 30 - Aperture priority setting: f/14, 4 sec, ISO 200




Wednesday, April 29 - Aperture priority setting: f/14, 1/80 sec, ISO 200




Tuesday, April 28 - Shot on Auto




Monday, April 27 - Taken with my phone as I stumbled in an illness-induced stupor to bed




Sunday, April 26 - Aperture priority setting: f/18, 1/13 sec, ISO 200




Saturday, April 25 - Shot on Auto




Friday, April 24 - Shot on Auto




Thursday, April 23 - Shot on Auto