January 22, 2018 – Day 84 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Shapes

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!

CSX Q025-13 SB at Mortons Gap, Ky

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.

NS Switcher 2425 (or is it?) at Yankee Town Dock, Yankeetown, IN

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

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!

CSX J438 SB at Romney, Nortonville, Ky

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.

Indiana Southern Railroad 3371 loading coal at Somerville mine, Somerville, IN

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

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 you’d be escorted from the store!

January 18, 2018 – Day 80 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Pouting

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!!!

CSX Q028-13 heads south at the new Interlocking in Nortonville, Ky

January 13, 2018 – Deer hoofprints in the snow disappear into the distance, as CSXT 3303 and 85, lead CSX intermodal Q028-13 through the new, yet to be activated, Nortonville Interlocking, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision on a beautiful winter afternoon.

January 15, 2018 – Day 77 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Quietness

January 15, 2018 – Day 77 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Quietness – As I stood taking the photo looking down the tracks at the crossing in front of my home, the snow dampened the sounds surrounding the scene as the tracks disappeared into infinity at dusk. Good leading lines in your pictures can help draw your viewers into your photograph! #iphone7plus

January 14, 2018 – Day 76 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Going Down

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!

CSX Q029-13 SB at Mortons Gap, Ky

January 13, 2018 – CSX intermodal Q029-13 (Chicago, IL – Atlanta, GA) makes its way under the highway 41 overpass at Mortons Gap, Kentucky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision on a beautiful winter day.

CSX Q029-13 SB at Red River, Adams, TN

January 13, 2018 – CSX intermodal Q029-13 (Chicago, IL – Atlanta, GA) makes its way through the Red River Cut, just north of Adams, Tennessee, with fresh snow lining the walls and the track.

CSX J724-12 Pulls to stop in siding at South Slaughters, Ky

January 12, 2018 – In near whiteout conditions, CSX local J724-12 slowly comes to a stop in the siding at the south end of Slaughters, Ky, on the Henderson Subdivision, pulling just far enough where they can read the signals at the south end.

CSX Q028-12 meets J724-12 at South Slaughters, Ky

January 12, 2018 – In near whiteout conditions, a northbound CSX hot intermodal Q028-12 prepares to pass local J724-12 in the siding at the south end of Slaughters, Ky, on the Henderson Subdivision.

January 13, 2018 – Day 75 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Ties and Trees

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!!!