August 18, 2018 – Day 292 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Alien Princess – This afternoon I stopped by the Kelly Little Green Men festival at Kelly, Ky and found this Alien Princess wandering around the grounds! The festival stems from an alleged sighting of aliens back in 1955. I love roaming around small festivals like this as there’s always interesting pictures to be made!
August 17, 2018 – Day 291 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Junior Warriors – My great-great nephews Jayden, Damion and Xavier pose with their sensei Eric Myers after their first day in their Junior Warriors Karate Class! It was Jayden’s first day and the other two moved up from the Little Warriors class! They all did a great job! Damion wanted to do a serious pose, so no smiles or thumbs up!
August 16, 2018 – Day 290 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Quality Time – After picking my nephew Jayden up from 1st grade we spent some quality time roaming around town looking for pictures to shoot. Here we find him checking out the photo he just shot of a vegetable peddler. If you want to see his picture head over to his page I maintain for him on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/shutterbugjayden/ or visit http://www.shutterbugkids.org/.
August 15, 2018 – Day 289 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Leaf – While waiting around on a small bridge for a coal train I captured this photo of a single small leaf laying on the rail and liked the simplicity of the scene.
August 14, 2018 – Day 288 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Schools Out! – My nephew Jayden climbs into the car under the watchful eye of one of the school’s safety patrol students, as he finishes up a busy day at school. He had just given the safety patrol kid a hug before climbing in the car and that’s what the big smile is about. I missed that shot as the door covered most of the event. Maybe next time!
August 13, 2018 – Day 287 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – First Stripe! – In case you can’t tell, my niece Elaina is very proud of her first stripe (it-s white so kind of hard to see) that she got today for speed training in her Little Warriors Karate Class.
August 12, 2018 – Day 286 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Hugs – Damion’s dad, JD, waits patiently as Damion and his cousin Jayden hug goodbye today after church as the rest of the family waits for the other kids to get out of their Worship and Wonder class.
August 11, 2018 – Day 285 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Pumpkins – Well, let’s see, Halloween is about 80 days away, so I guess it’s time to bring out the Halloween stock at our local stores! I guess next month they’ll set out Thanksgiving! Well, if nothing else it provides me with an interesting shot for my black and white challenge today!
August 10, 2018 – Day 284 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – You never know – Today’s photo is pretty much a failed attempt, even though it’s kind of interesting to look at! I used an app called ProCamera which has a low light image stacking feature where it takes up to 64 images and combines them into a single file and I decided I’d try taking a picture of the Milky Way last night with it. This is the result! Faint outline of the trees below, what should be Mars and a lot of noise, or perhaps some of it is actually stars. Perhaps it’ll work better in brighter, low light situations. Just testing the limits of my iPhone 7 Plus! You never really know if it’ll do something unless you give it a try, in my opinion!
August 9, 2018 – Day 283 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Take a seat – I have been eyeing the design and color of the seats around the tables at the First United Bank Plaza here in downtown Madisonville, Ky for some time. The white gravel along with the silver tables and chairs lend themselves so much to a black and white photograph that I picked them for my photo today.
August 8, 2018 – Day 282 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Our Official 1st Grader – This afternoon after his first day of 1st grade I took my nephew Jayden to our local Dairy Queen for a treat! Here he’s enjoying his banana split wearing his “I’m an Official 1st Grader” hat he made in his class.
August 7, 2018 – Day 281 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Rain Makers – This afternoon I mentioned to Elaina, Damion and Xavier that Indians used to beat on drums to make the rain come and so they started drumming on this board I had on the cat’s house and guess what? It actually started raining!! Sometimes things just come together as a magical moment and it was for the three of them!
August 6, 2018 – Day 280 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Alien Robot Mask – Today my nephew Damion popped into my home office to show me the “Alien Robot Mask” he made! This shot doesn’t really show all the mask, but I love how his single eye shows through one of mask holes! Sometimes, the best shots aren’t always the ones you plan for! Go with the flow when shooting your pictures!
August 5, 2018 – Day 279 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Creativity – My nephew Damion has a great imagination and is always creating something hes thought up! This morning he created a “Magical musical instrument” and demonstrated how it works for my camera! Listen to the kids in your life when they talk about things they imagine! There’s always a picture lurking there somewhere!
August 4, 2018 – Day 278 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Happy Birthday! – This evening family gathered at my niece Tracy and nephew Tim’s house to celebrate my great-great nephew Jeremiah’s 2nd Birthday! Here everyone is trying to help him figure out to blow out his birthday candle! Family gatherings can provide a wealth of great pictures! Be ready!
August 3, 2018 – Day 277 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Oink! – Had lunch today with a couple friends at one of our local BBQ establishments, Dave’s Sticky Pig, and captured this little guy with glasses next to the register.
August 1, 2018 – Day 275 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – A New Ride! – Damion proudly displays the new “Truck” he built out of cardboard boxes in my living room this afternoon.
July 31, 2018 – Day 274 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Damion and Tabatha – Damion was excited this morning when Tabatha decided to sit with him in my chair. She doesn’t normally do that as she’s more his sister Elaina’s cat!
July 30, 2018 – Day 273 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Growing Up – My niece Elaina lost her first “baby” tooth today and another one is hanging on by a thread, as she opens wide to show her mom. Milestones are always a good subject when photographing kids or adults either one.
July 29, 2018 – Day 272 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Bigger than life – My nephew Jordan hams it up for the camera this morning as we were waiting for his older siblings and cousins to get out of Worship and Wonder at church. When photographing the kids in your life, let them ham it up for the camera sometimes! It usually always makes for a good picture!
July 27, 2018 – Day 270 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Shadows – Today I participated in our local photography club’s photowalk around Madisonville, Ky and this is my favorite black and white shot from the event. I like the play of the shadows of the stool I found in a back alley.