#2 – Below the Knees

At Holmes Beach close to sunset, some boys were playing football in the sand. Every time they sprinted and stopped short sand would fly and the poof be illuminated by the bright evening sun. I had fun watching their feet through my lens trying to get the right shot. It got to where I could tell what they were doing (passing, receiving, blocking) by the movement of their feet. As always I felt intrusive when photographing strangers, but the long lens gives you just enough of a buffer zone to be comfortable.

#4. Bright Idea

Many times as a kid I would see moss covered tree stumps or knolls that looked like the perfect lawn for fairies or other small mythical creatures to play on. Although I could not find any fairies to photograph that day, I decided to use a little Photoshop to help visualize the thought. This composite photo was taken with both a macro (for the moss) and zoom (for the “fairies”) and layered in Photoshop. I have been wanting to experiment with contrasting distances in one photo for a while now, and I have some other ideas in mind. If only I could find the time……….

Speaking of time, it has been several weeks since my last post. The day job has kept me too busy for the fun things in life but I hope to be able to keep up in the future.