Photo-a-Day: Quick and Dirty

Today is a work from the office day so I snuck in the first photo a day idea that came to me.

It’s frankly genius.

Maine Views

Two stops in Maine. First, a scenic view spot in Kennebunkport.

Hey, who lives around here? Oh, only the president Bush family. Too bad they weren’t Democrats like respectable people, but at least they never appeared to be card carrying fascists like a lot of current republicans.

The view from the other side of the house is more impressive, but this is where we stopped so it’s what you get.

Our second stop was a call back to our first trip to Bar Harbor. Back then, 11 years ago, Jen took me to a spot near York Beach that I didn’t even know was there. It was the start of my interest in New England light houses.

Nubble Light House. Last year when I declared I was going to take photos of light houses all summer I managed to get exactly one. This year after I declared I was going to take photos of light houses all summer I got one and then declared I was giving up. Now I have two. Crazy. Also, the right shift key on my MacBook keyboard is sticking or something. That’s why capitalization has been a little screwy of late. Just in case you noticed.

Photo a Days

Two days worth of photo-a-day challenge pics, for no reason at all other than they both have blurry backgrounds which make me feel like I know what I am doing. Heh Heh Heh

Summit Views

Views from the summit of Cadillac Mountain. Digital version. There will be 2-3 film shots someday in the distance future.

This one was from the hotel restaurant where we had breakfast. The four mast sailing ship is the Margarette Todd. I wish I had a huge zoom lens, don’t you?

Balcony View

This is the view from our hotel room’s balcony. I didn’t realize until a few minutes ago (around 9:00am) that our room sort of faces East. I’ll see about the view at sunrise tomorrow morning.

Look at that puppy over there! She’s HUGE!

We’re going to Acadia National Park today, including a visit to the summit of Cadillac Mountain. Expect lots of pictures in the future. Film and digital. On the film side, expect color and black and white. I’m out of control!

Attention

Someone wanted some attention tonight. I was happy to provide some.

Commute

Wednesday is my in-the-office day. I took my photo a day pic while stopped in a traffic jam. You know, like ya do.

I took a couple of alternates too. Looking back now I think the alternates look better… but the one I picked for the photo a day had a bridge in it so… yeah, winner.

Shutter Speed Demonstration

I didn’t see the water overflowing our roof gutter until after I declared my photo a day complete for today. Oh well. Instead we’ll use it to demonstrate the difference between a fast shutter speed and a slow shutter speed because we’re all about the knowledge here on the ol’ Robbie Bloggie.

This is falling water with a fast shutter speed: