Archive for Month: July, 2010
Shot From the Hip
Photo © 2010 Angela Giles Klocke
It was a hard job for the judges, I know, but the winner of the Shooting From the Hip HighKey Camera Strap Contest is Angela Giles Klocke with this picture that she took of Incline in Manitou Springs, Colorado while climbing with her son one late afternoon.
All of the entries were amazing, and I was so pleased with the turn out.
I thank you!
Keep shooting from the hip!
“And the Rocket’s Red Glare….”
Early in the day, on the Fourth of July, I took the kids up to Dahlonega, GA to walk around and enjoy the Kids Zone. We’d wanted to see the parade, but were there way too early, so we decided that we’d just come back for the fireworks show at nightfall.
I had recently wrote a post about taking pictures of fireworks. So, on Saturday night I was prepared to take some great shots at Sparks in the Park, but our super.secret.awesome parking spot was blocked off by the police in our town. I was forced to park in one of the local school lots, and our view wasn’t the greatest. Add to that the fact that as I was setting up I realized that I forgot my remote shutter release. I didn’t even think I’d get anything decent. I did, however, get a few that I liked, but only one that I loved.
I was determined to capture some more fireworks in Dahlonega. We got to the North Georgia College & State University’s Drill Field around 8:20pm. It was packed. The sea of red, white, and blue was amazing.
We hung out, Davey ran around, and we enjoyed some Funfetti cake cookies while we waited for the show.
Night fell upon us rather quickly….
Soon thereafter, over the speakers, one of my favorite renditions of The Star Spangled Banner filled the air.
Then….BOOM! BANG! OOOH! AHHH! {View the whole set on Flickr}
Oh, and, I did not forget my remote shutter release!
Haiku: Friday
Shhh! I can’t talk now
I’m getting ready to go
Log some biking miles–
One month ago I hopped on my bike, determined to get strong. Then I hopped on my bike the following day despite an aching va-jay-jay and butt bone.
In the beginning I was slow, huffed and puffed a lot, and felt—at times—like I was going to keel over and die. Then something happened. I got stronger. I added more miles to each biking session, I conquered the hills of our local streets, and I found that I loved mounting my bike almost every day of the week.
In one month I have logged over 65 biking miles.
Last week I even started something new: The Couch to 5K program!
And I didn’t die.
I’m going to finish the C25K. I’m going to continue riding my bike. I’m going to push myself a little harder, because if there’s something that I’ve realized in this month it’s that I. am. strong.
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