January 14, 2018 – Day 76 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Going Down – I used the burst mode on my iPhone 7 Plus to capture this shot of a snowboarder going down today at Mahr Park in Madisonville, Ky. Burst mode on your smartphone is a great feature to use when you’re photographing fast moving action!
January 13, 2018 – Day 75 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Ties and Trees – This stack of railroad ties with the row of interesting trees in the background make for an interesting photograph! When out, always keep an eye out for things that make for good contrasting scenes!! I got the extra width in this photo by taking the picture while I was in video mode with the camera! That’s what that little silver button is for!!!
January 12, 2018 – Day 74 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Powder Ball!!- Damion hits me with what should have been a snowball, but ended up as a powder ball instead! It was a first snowfall of the season and it was a bit of a dry snowfall. Didn’t deter him however!!! Kids and snow always make for good pictures! Keep your iPhone handy!!
January 11, 2018 – Day 73 -iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Cookie!!! – Journey is one of our resident Cookie Monsters!!! I caught her here with a mouth full and two waiting in the hand!! Photographing kids doing the things they love is always a good bet for a nice picture!
January 10, 2018 – Day 72 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Plane – Just something about this old airplane that keeps drawing me back to photograph it. It’s in the Air Park at Ft. Campbell, Ky along with several other displays. After spending 24 years in the Air Force I’d think my infatuation with Air Planes would have waned by now, but then it’s been even longer with trains! Photograph the things you love in life!! #iphone7plus
January 9, 2018 – Day 71 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Patterns – Patterns can help make a photograph much more interesting! Be it by repeating, such as the two chairs in this shot, or by all the river gravel on the ground, producing their own interesting patterns.
January 8, 2018 – Day 70 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Monday Pickup – Monday is my day to pick up my nephew Damion from school and take him to his karate and choir practices. When photographing kids or any family members for that matter, always remember to include the things that they do and love in their lives! Your iPhone allows you to do just that!
January 7, 2018 – Day 69 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Sunday Seekers – Grandma Jeanne heads into church with Elaina and Damion as I and mamaw bring up the rear this morning. A good picture doesn’t always have to show the faces of your subjects!!! Pay attention to body language and other things that can help add impact to a going away picture when you’re shooting one!
January 6, 2018 – Day 68 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Night Mamaw – Damion gives his mamaw a hug before heading off to bed for the night. Nighttime routines can provide for some really nice moments for photographing the little ones in your family. It’s one of the things I like about the iPhone, it’s handy and right there with me! Keep yours close and be ready for those moments in your own family!!
January 5, 2018 – Day 67 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Scenes Revisited – I have a love affair with this tree, along with many, many other photographers that live in the Madisonville, Ky area. I think over the years its been photographed by myself more times than I can count. It’s been in the newspaper many times (my previous life) in all kinds of different conditions and seasons as well. My point? When you find a scene or constant subject that you like to photograph, don’t hesitate to revisit the scene at different times and under different conditions to capture a different photograph of it. By doing so, it forces you to work the scene to come up with a different photograph that what you’ve shot before. Today it was the clouds for me! One of the benefits of doing this is that you’ll end up with a nice series of photographs that perhaps would lend themselves to a yearly calendar that would make a wonderful personal project for a Christmas gift next year!
January 4, 2018 – Day 66 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Elaina and Tabatha – Elaina no more than took her coat off this morning, when she was on the floor with Tabatha! Sometimes crooked and slightly blurry photos are a lot better than not having any picture at all! Actually, in this case I feel both factors help to strengthen this photograph.
January 3, 2018 -Day 65 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – T-Rex – Damion’s mamaw bought him a dry erase board today and here he proudly shows off his first drawing, that of a T-Rex. After being down with the flu since Monday Im glad my photo subjects come to visit me!!! LOL
January 2, 2018 – Day 64 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Damion and Socks – My nephew Damion carries my cat Socks to his sister Elaina.
January 1, 2018 – Day 63 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Happy New Year – They say what you do on New Year’s Day you’ll do all year long and, so I made sure I took a photo of family and one of our kids! This is Damion and his mom Ashley!
December 31, 2017 – Day 62 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Three Generations – From right, my sister, her great grand daughter and my sister’s daughter. This brings to mind a point. I’m into genealogy and I just want to mention that when you shoot photos that need to stand the sands of time, you need to have prints made! I’m afraid the time will come when, so much is digital and easy to lose over the years, that pictures will be lost to researchers!
December 30, 2017 – Day 61 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Socks – There’s nothing better on a cold winter’s day than a lap cat!!!
December 29, 2017 – Day 60 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Days gone by – Today’s photo is of the end of an old CN baggage car that had been converted into a camp car for crews. Got it today during a visit to the Mid-America Locomotive & Car Repair, Inc. Evansville, IN with fellow railfan Ryan Scott, who knows the folks there.
December 28, 2017 – Day 59 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Making Memories and photos – Today Damion and I spent some time building him a Secret Agent Power Watch!! Of course, it had to have a Laser Canon, Lasers and guns attached! One thing about making memories with your little ones is that usually there’s a picture to be had during or at the end of the process!
December 27, 2017 – Day 58 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Damion and his new duds – My nephew shows off some of his new duds he got for Christmas. When photographing kids sometimes it works better if you ask them to take pictures of something theyre wearing, doing, playing with, ect, rather of say I want to take a picture of you. They enjoy having photos taken of their prized possessions. Also, don’t just take a picture and leave it on your phone. Get your favorites printed out and share them with the kids. All mine love having pictures they can hold, put in their photo books or hang on the wall of their room.
December 26, 2017 – Day 57 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Merry Christmas Bear – I turned around for this one! Driving down a country road today in Evansville, Indiana I spotted this stuffed bear hanging from a post that had a sign above it that says Merry Christmas. The red letters don’t show up the best in black and white, but I like the shot anyway!
December 16, 2017 – Day 47 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Xavier – When photographing children, including some of their favorite toys can make for a better photo, plus a nice memory in years to come!
December 17, 2017 – Day 48 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Elaina’s Eyes – The eyes can make the picture!! When photographing a portrait or closeup of someone, always do you best to make the eyes sharp!!
December 18, 2017 – Day 49 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Looking Up – A different viewpoint can help make a more interesting photograph, as with this shot of my nephew Damion looking up from the chair he was hiding behind.
December 19, 2017 – Day 50 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Elvis – Well, in this instance he hasn’t left the building! LOL This fiberglass figure of the king was shot in one of our local eating establishments. Keep an eye out for interesting photos no matter where you’re at, when you have your iPhone with you!
December 20, 2017 – Day 51 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Crossing – Anyone that knows me, understands that I photograph a lot of trains!!! Here I’m waiting for the train that is way down the end of the tracks. Look closely and you can see the headlight! Have a passion in your life? If so, photograph it!!
December 21, 2017 – Day 52 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Little House – When you’re out driving around keep an eye out for interesting things you think might make a good picture. The little shack in the middle of sea oats provided me with just that!
December 22, 2017 – Day 53 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Fan – This is what happens when you spend the day inside and remember when you lay down to go to bed that you haven’t shot your picture for the day! Pictures are all around you! You just need to see them!
December 23, 2017 – Day 54 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Hay Bale – Found this hay bale in a field that was overgrown with new hay and liked the textures of how it looked in the late evening. Don’t be afraid to shoot photos with your smart phone after the sun has set! It may take a little more patience, but the rewards can be worth it.
December 24, 2017 – Day 55 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Making Memories – Christmas Eve the family and kids gathered at my niece Jeanne’s home, as we do most years. Her husband had his O Scale train setup, so the kids could run it around the tree and as you can see from Xavier’s expression, they all love it! Makes for a pretty good picture as well! Making memories!!
December 25, 2017 – Day 56 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Tabatha – One of my cats, Tabatha, has curled up on my niece Elaina’s bed next to her blankets and stuffed animals. Elaina adores both my cats and Tabatha epically. Seeing scenes like this I often wonder if the cats feel the same way about her and cuddle up next to her things that smell like her.