The Response: Impermanent — Cheryl The Poet’s Fate by Thomas Hood What is a modern Poet’s fate? To write his thoughts upon a slate; the Critic spits upon what is done, gives it a wipe — and all is gone.

The Call: Pixie: The Photo Bombing Dog — Jessica I was attempting to illustrate a point about flash set-up for one of my latest shots, when I was photo bombed by Pixie. I think she was really just after one of the cookies.

The Response: Maple Street — Jessica If I had only taken one or two steps back, I think I could have fit the cut out letters of the sign perfectly with the back white wall space. That spatial relation thing can be dangerous though — I was already out in the traffic and only dared […]

The Call: Balloons in the Sun — Cheryl Balloons generally make for good photos, but position them in relation to the sun, with the light shining through them, and the quality immediately goes up a notch.

The Response: The Right Tools for the Job Dennis is about halfway finished with sanding the door to the back porch. While we have the dumpster for the mold room renovation, we’re working on improving other areas, too.

The Call: Queen Anne’s Lace — Jessica I often forget that half of the subject in the frame can sometimes be more evocative than the whole subject.

The Response: In a Pinch — Jessica We had a big summer evening thunderstorm come through tonight about the time that I had planned on going out to a field to gather up some Queen Anne’s Lace for today’s call. This is not quite the picture that I had in mind, but the stock was […]

The Call: Cherry Red — Cheryl I was very happy to discover that Dennis and the kids had saved one cherry for me to photograph.

The Response: Feeling Overwhelmed — Cheryl Deciding to stop scrapbooking photos in chronological order was very liberating for me, but now I have to deal with the confusion of many pages in progress.

The Call: Dream Fish — Jessica The weather was beautiful today — cool, clear and breezy — so we went for a walk in the botanical garden down the road. I used the camera’s multiple exposure feature to grab a few shots of the koi and the clouds merged together. I was hoping it would […]

The Response: Road to Flight — Jessica At the entrance to the Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, VA.

The Call: On the Other Side — Cheryl I noticed the house across the road from the golf course when I dropped Luke off for a tournament this morning. Oh, and he won. : )

The Response: Loons — Cheryl When Bridget, Stella, and I drove by the lake this evening, the town beach was still busy, and boats were skimming over the water farther north. Here, though, it was quiet.