When you scroll down to the bottom, you’ll see a link to the next photographer’s interpretation of reflection. And then follow along, all the way around the ‘carousel’ – it’s like attending an online art show of beautiful work.

Mine:

Sometimes no matter how badly a building blocks some of the sky, it can also make for interesting sky scenes.

And then other times, the sky is wide open, and a jet trail reflects the colors of the sunset.Then there are days when the fog is so thick there’s no sky visible at all. But you know the sun has come up because a small portion of the St. Louis Arch is somehow reflecting the morning light.

Reflections on water always catch my attention. On a crystal clear lake…

…or one lit by celebration…

Rippled water creates other-worldly scenes.
And then last but not least, I have to include an image I still laugh about. A gallery viewer once mistook the reflection for a shadow and told me it wasn’t possible to capture it during a snowstorm…and wouldn’t accept the fact that I did. So for those of you who may be wondering, yes, reflections are possible during a snowstorm…

Thanks for looking! To see how other photographers have posted for the reflection theme, keep going on the carousel…just follow the links. The next photographer up is New York Photographer MaryAnn Talamo of  Custom Digital Images . MaryAnn does the most beautiful classic portraiture I’ve ever seen. She’s so good at what she does, she’s won many awards and accolades, but she’s also earned the title of Master Photographer. On her ‘reflection’ post, she’ll have a link to the next photographer, and so on.

If you don’t see a ‘reflection’ post of MaryAnn’s blog (she’s working on it at the moment) then skip ahead to Corey Sewell’s and go back and check out MaryAnn’s later. Have fun and don’t forget to leave some love (comments) on each photographer’s blog!

The installation will be on exhibit through the end of May, so please stop by and tell any friends you know who like fine art black and white photography. I have a few color pieces there too. It’s at S. Carmody Photography, 2707 Sutton Blvd, in Maplewood. Open gallery hours will be posted soon. If you’d like to see it in the meantime, let me know and I might be able to arrange a private showing.

I have more plans for these codes this spring/summer… one in particular will be loads of fun!

(For those without smart phones, here’s the scoop: Opening Reception Apr 9th, 6-9pm S.Carmody Photography, 2707 Sutton Blvd in Maplewood…see you there!)

Anything that captures is a “real” camera, and might be the “right” camera for certain situations. Like when sitting in the window seat, and my big humongo cameras and their even bigger lenses are packed between layers of thick foam in my ThinkTank case… which is safely stowed in the overhead compartment I secured by getting an early boarding number. I haven’t yet purchased a good purse camera. I used to take one of my big cameras out of its protection and stuff it inside my purse so I could keep it with me, but then the big heavy bag has to come back down out of the overhead, and with the camera unprotected, that’s a recipe for disaster. One I’ve experienced.

So what I meant to say was …my iPhone photos could be really cool if the images were somehow optimized to be the best they could be. Ah, but the iPhone can do almost anything as long as there’s an app for it. And there’s always an app for it (unless you want to view flash websites.) But the photo manipulation apps are incredible, and turn the iPhone camera into something that rivals other alternative cameras out there, like the Holga and the Lomo. This opens it up to a world of possibilities without being limited by perfection expectations:snowy over clayton-missouri river from above

Join me for this special event on November 6th, 7th, and 8th. Selections of my work will be displayed and for sale at the Riverside Gallery at 13 West Moody (next to Llewelyn’s.) The Friday night opening includes a 10% discount on art purchases, and samplings of wines and beers from Garland Wines and Schlafly Beer.

Other events will happen at various spots on the tour throughout the weekend, so if you can’t make it on Friday night, be sure to include it in your weekend plans. For more information, visit the 63119art website.

You should have seen me chasing that bird around my yard and the neighbor’s yard. I caught it several times, only to have it escape. Then the mom swooped down and stood right between me and the baby as I was trying to grab it again. Brave protective mama! But then she just walked around, making dove calls while the poor baby sat there on my driveway. So I went and picked it up one more time, and put it back in the nest. Next morning, both mom and dad were sitting up there with the baby perched on the edge of the nest. Later in the day, they were gone, but I heard the dove calls. I looked around, and found mom and baby sitting in a cherry tree next door:

Looks like the flight lessons had started. Don’t know how long that’s supposed to last, but that’s the last time I saw the fledgling. A strong storm came in that night. Yesterday, I saw that the nest had been built up more. And today, the mom is sitting up there again. I suppose she layed another egg…or two?

eta…I just found out the meaning of dogwood blossoms. “Love undimished by adversity.” Love that.