January 30, 2018 – Day 92 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Artist at Work – My nephew Damion has decided he wants to make his own comic books! Here he is creating his first! The title is, “The Battle” by Damion Rose. It’s about a Dragon, Ninja, Sloth and Robot doing battle! Photograph the things your subject is interested in doing! You’ll be much happier and get better photographs if you do. Also, encourage the young ones in your life to pursue their dreams!
January 29, 2018 – Day 91 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Headed south – I’ve photographed his sign before in Robards before, but till today I never really thought of including a train passing in the background, even though the they pass there all the time. Well, today it came to mind as I was waiting for a southbound CSX local and heres the picture!! Always keep you eye out for different and unusual angles and things to include to help make your pictures stronger! One of my mentors in life told me that “If it doesn’t contribute to what you want to say in your picture then don’t include it!” Change your angle, get higher or lower, what ever it takes to shoot the picture the way you want!
January 28, 2018 – Day 90 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Manners – All my older 4-6 year-old nieces and nephews all like holding doors open for people, either out in public or even at their homes. Here my niece Elaina and nephew Jayden wait patiently for me and the rest of the family to exit the restaurant. When photographing the kids in your life, be sure to include the little things!!
July 31, 20114 – A pair of E8s, with 5809 leading, in beautiful Pennsylvania RR maroon and gold paint pulled a private car passenger train from Philadelphia to Dennison, Ohio during the Dennison Railroad Museum’s 2004 Railfest. The event was in cooperation with the Ohio Central Railroad, as the museum celebrated its 15th Anniversary. It was billed as the largest railroad heritage event of 2004. It ran from July 30 to August 1, 2004. Many of the locomotives featured during the event are owned by the Ohio Central Railroad. The Ohio Central provides full-time freight railroad services and also offers passenger excursions powered by vintage equipment.
January 27, 2018 – Day 89 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Light – Went to see the new movie, 12 Strong, (great by the way) and found this light just screaming to be my black and white photo for the day! I already had a couple other options on my camera roll, but this guy took the prize! Right shape for a square photo and the right amount of light for a good photograph, plus the added bonus of a frame within a frame! Always keep your eyes open as you never know where your next picture will come from!!!
January 26, 2018 – Day 88 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Family – This is a photo of my niece Tracy surrounded by her four kids I shot today, after I dropped of my nephew Jayden from school. Well, actually, Tracy is my great-niece and the kids are my great-greats! Isn’t that great?? LOL When photographing a young family group sometimes you just have to go with the flow and let the little kids be kids in your pictures!! I love the chaos that is in this here with the kids making faces and having fun, it makes for great memories!
December 8, 2017 – A blue line train towards O’Hare International Airport pulls into the Damen Station in the late evening light, in Chicago, Illinois.
January 24, 2018 – Day 87A & B – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – 100 Days – Today I can’t make up my mind which picture I like the best! My nephews Damion and Jayden dressed up as 100 year-old men to celebrate the 100th day of school! I couldn’t resist getting them together after school for a few pictures this afternoon and these are my two-favorite black and whites!! They both can be a bit of a ham sometimes, but then again, I’ve been photographing them since they were born! Also, they both are Shutterbugs themselves! So, which one gets your vote?? Shutterbug Damion is on the Left and Shutterbug Jayden on the right.! You can find them both on Facebook and Instagram!
January 23, 2018 – CSX intermodal Q028-23 moves slowly past the north end of the siding at Nortonville, Ky, past a line of track-hoes that are positioned next to the high speed switch waiting to be installed. The switch is part of a project to connect the sidings at Romney and Nortonville, Ky together to form a new six mile two track main on the Henderson Subdivision.
January 25, 2018 – BNSF 6121 leads CSX Q647-24 (Chicago, IL – Waycross, GA) thru “Sandcut,” outside of Crofton, Ky, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision.
January 24, 2018 – Day 86 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Phoropter – Anyone whos had an eye checkup has seen this contraption! It’s commonly called a “Phoropter.” I had my annual eye checkup yesterday and grabbed this interesting shot of the front of the device they use! While Ive heard of blind photographers before, it’s always best to take very good care of your eyesight if you are a photographer!
January 13, 2018 – CSX empty coal train E303-12 heads up the grade at Pembroke, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision, approaching Casky Yard.
January 22, 2018 – Day 84 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Shapes – This afternoon I was waiting for two of my nephews and a niece to finish up choir practice at church and decided to wander around and see if I could find a picture for the day. I decided on the stairwell that connects the church to the educational/gym wing of the church and liked this view but felt something was missing until the 3-year-olds headed down from practicing in the sanctuary and I knew my picture was in the bag, so to speak! The human element in your photo can really make the picture more interesting and also give scale to your photo. Sometimes you must wait for it to happen however! When you find an interesting picture that just needs something else like a human element, just wait! Or revisit the scene! It will happen!
January 13, 2018 – CSX hot intermodal Q025-13 pulls off the Earlington Cutoff as it moves south at Mortons Junction at Mortons Gap, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision after a fresh snowfall.
January 17, 2018 – Norfolk Southern switcher 2425 sits idling at Yankeetown Dock at Yankeetown, Indiana on a cold winter day. NS 2425 was bought at auction by Respondek’s Squaw Creek Southern over a year ago, who still hasn’t repainted it for their operations.
January 21, 2018 – Day 83 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Elaina – Sometimes you won’t get tack sharp photos of kids, because they like to move!!! That’s alright though, sometimes capturing the moment, expression and mood can be more important! Here Elaina keep moving around as I was shooting this portrait with my iPhone 7 Plus. We were indoors, and I knew the shutter speed on the iPhone would probably be on the low side, so I kept rotating the camera in the direction she was swaying in, and shooting photos while doing so. This is my favorite photo from the shoot. Think outside the box and try different things when shooting! You may be surprised with what you come up with!
January 20, 2018 – Day 82 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – The Demise of Frosty – Today’s photo is all that remains of my niece Elaina’s snowman! I think she went a bit overboard on the carrots! Always keep your eye open for different and unusual photos as they are all around you!
January 13, 2018 – CSX J438, a short local, heads south as it approaches the north end of Romney siding at Nortonville, Ky as it makes it’s way along the Henderson Subdivision after a fresh snowfall.
January 17, 2018 – It’s a cold winter day as Indiana Southern Railroad’s 3371 and 3388 makes the turn heading back out of the coal loop at Peabody’s Somerville Central Mine in Somerville, Indiana. The train was about halfway loaded when the mine developed a problem with its belt-line and the train had to slow from a craw to a dead stop while it was repaired.
January 19, 2018 – Day 81 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Shopping – Elaina pushes the family shopping cart as her brother Damion heads down the frozen food isle. Photographs are everywhere you go and with today’s iPhones or other smart phones you’re able to shoot good quality photographs in places you never could before. If you tried doing this in a major grocery store with a digital SLR camera, there’s a good chance youd be escorted from the store!
January 18, 2018 – Day 80 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Pouting – When photographing the kids in your life, don’t just include the funny, happy, smiling photos! Kids pout also and get mad! Record all the emotions and you’ll be happy you did down the road in life! Here, our princess Elaina was not happy with not getting her way and, so she did a bit of pouting! Lasted about 3 minutes!!!