Jer & Min Photography

I’ve been shooting quite a bit lately with my 28-135 lens.  As I’ve done so, I’ve learned quite a bit about that lens and have gained a lot of confidence on what it can and can’t do well.  I’ve decided to spend the next week or two shooting all photo challenges with my 50mm 1.8 to gain as much familiarity with it as my 28-135.  I’ll do this as long as a challenge subject isn’t “Zoom lens”.  If that happens, I’m digging out my 28-135!

Strobist: Single flash camera left through a shoot through umbrella.  Flash triggered by Cybersyncs.

When originally shot flags earlier in the year, I wasn’t feeling well and didn’t really like my flag entry. When today was announced as clock, I thought I’d do a two for one and shoot the clock at our city building which also has a flag.

As a side note, it is interesting the more I shoot with my gear the better and better I come to know its ability.  At f/7.1, my 28-135 lens is crazy sharp.  It is definitely a noticeable sweet spot.

I’m all made of hinges,
’cause everything bends

From the top of my neck
way down to my ends

I’m hinges in front,
and I’m hinges in back;

But I have to be hinges,
or else I would crack!

This photo was Brinci’s idea which made it special.  She is the one who realized that we too have hinges.

It is amazing to see all of the things farmers do with twine string around here.  Here is a case of it being the hinge.  On the other side of the gate, it was also the lock.

As everywhere I look is covered with snow, I took a picture of one of my favorite plants that I keep in my office.  I don’t know what kind it is, but I enjoy seeing it especially during the winter.

I saw this little guy right off the side of the trail during one of our hikes.  There was a tree above it and the sun was shinning softly through the leaves which made for a very nice light in my opinion.

Slowly, I’ll continue to add photos from my Zion National Park trip.

I wanted to create this photo for today’s challenge, not because it is creative, but rather it documents the town I live in very well.  This is the 8am traffic in our sleepy little town.  There isn’t much going on, but I love it.

I saw a ton of very creative money photos today from "Time is Money" to "Burning a hole in the pocket".  I didn’t have any such creativity, but when I saw the subject I thought of Pink Floyd.  One of my most fond memories of Pink Floyd’s music is when I went to the Clark Planetarium in Salt Lake City and saw a laser light show that was put to Pink Floyd music.  In honor of that memory, I did some light painting.  Thanks to Min who helped.

I lit this with my flash pointed at the wall to my right to create a directional bounce light.  I’m increasingly impressed with not only off camera flash systems, but also by one’s ability to bounce on camera flash to simulate off camera flash.