Emerson’s 1st Grade Class read the Flat Stanley book, As a result, Emerson sent Flat Stanley to Ellie in Kansas so he could have some adventures.
I took the day off to go with the Building Blocks Childcare to the Kansas City Zoo. It’s fun to watch the kids watch the animals! For all of the photos that I took, visit my site at this address: https://www.stevenralphimages.com/Animals/Wild-Critters/Kansas-City-Zoo/
Lisa and I had the pleasure of celebrating Kyson’s birthday with him today. To celebrate, Kyson and I planted our “Blue Bottle Tree” and then Lisa, Kyson and I went to Red Robin for a Birthday Lunch. We finished the celebration with a trip to the Oak Park Mall where […]
The week 12 theme in the Nicolesy 52 Photo Challenge is a technique that I’ve worked on for quite some time: sidelights. The idea is to have the subject lit from the side. These photos are some that I took several years ago using this technique: And these are the […]
In honor and celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, week 11’s theme in the Nicolesy 52 photo challenge is “green”. These are a few of the photos I took this week.
Last week’s challenge in the Nicolesy 52 photo challenge was “patterns” and this week, for week 10 its “symmetry”. They share some similar elements. For example, if I had known that symmetry was going to be the next topic, I would have saved the photo I took of the brick […]
As you can probably tell by the image above, I have quite a few books by Dean Koontz. He’s one of my favorite authors and I’ve recently been collecting his books by going to Savers. Savers is a great place to buy used books! The 52 photo challenge by Nicolesy […]
Here is Nicolesy‘s introduction to week 8’s topic of “Negative Space”: “It’s always great to fill the frame with your subject, but sometimes giving your subject room to breathe can make a HUGE impact in the photo. Negative space (also known as ‘copy space’ in the commercial-photography industry) is an […]
“Leading Lines” was the topic for the Nicolesy 52 photo challenge for week 7. “Leading Lights” was taken inside the Joanne Fabric and Craft store in Murray, Utah “The Canyon” is a large artwork that is hanging in the Salt Lake City International Airport “Toothpicks”. Still trying to get my […]
The Nicolesy 52 Photo Challenge topic for week 6 is “Framing”. Either a natural frame around the subject captured in camera, or a frame added to the photo in post-processing. The blue bottle was a new photo that I took specifically for this challenge, even though it’s not a new […]
I bought this flag and flagpole from Colonial Flag, in Sandy, Utah. I really like it because the top half of the pole where the flag is attached rotates so that the flag doesn’t get tangled up when the wind blows. The flagpole I had before didn’t have that cool […]
“Textures” was the week 5 theme for Nicolesy’s 52 Photo Challenge. There were some very interesting photos submitted by the other photographers. I wasn’t as ambitious. The puzzle texture is from “The Beatles” puzzle that I put together a few years ago and then had glued and framed. The other […]
The week 4 Nicolesy 52 photo challenge is “Motion Blur”. Here are a few examples of photos that I have taken applying this concept. Ellie’s artwork and the “shut the box” game photos are those I took this week and submitted for the challenge. The other photos weren’t taken for […]
My son, Cory, was having an online conversation, probably on Facebook, about Capitalism. Here is an excerpt from that conversation by someone who goes by the handle “AM”: “Self-made is a fallacy, I’m a firm believer in the concept of “Ubuntu.” That I am because we are. This notion of […]