Saturday, May 28, 2011
A Memorial Day Photo
A small little tribute to Memorial Day, this photo was taken at Holland-Watkins Memorial Park in Chickamauga, Georgia. The park was named for Sgt. Eddie Holland and Cpl. Tommy Watkins, two residents of Chickamauga who were killed in Vietnam.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Ellipsis Photo Shoot: Spring Blossoms and Flowers
This week's Ellipsis Photo Shoot has to do with spring blossoms and flowers. Carly wants to see what's blooming now in our neighborhoods, so I got out today to see what I could find. I was especially looking for wildflowers. I wasn't particularly impressed with the selection or with the results. About the best thing that came out were these photos of a few roadside daisies.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Even More Tornado Damage
Some more photos of the tornado damage all around me after the April outbreak...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
More Photos of Tornado Damage
More nearby scenes of devastation after the tornado outbreak last month:
Monday, May 16, 2011
Dani
I was playing around with my new printer/scanner/copier and scanned in this photo of my daughter Danielle. I took this shot about 20 years ago, probably with a Minolta SLR, and it is one of my all-time favorite photos of her.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Ellipsis Photo Shoot: Animals
My online friend Carly does a little photo shoot thing on her blog. She gives you a topic and you show off some photos. It's free and anyone can play along, which I like to do when I have a photo or two handy to fit the topic. She comes up with a new topic every Monday. This week's topic is animals, preferably something wild and exotic.
I captured this landscape/action photo after a snow storm last winter.
The Hypnotoad. This was a late night visitor at a previous address, circa 2009.
For extra credit, Carly wants to see some pets.
Dixie and Scappy. Dixie is the black and white. Scrappy is the brown. These are daughter Dani's dogs.
Mason. Son Chris's dog. My son also has a dog named Dixon.
I captured this landscape/action photo after a snow storm last winter.
The Hypnotoad. This was a late night visitor at a previous address, circa 2009.
For extra credit, Carly wants to see some pets.
Dixie and Scappy. Dixie is the black and white. Scrappy is the brown. These are daughter Dani's dogs.
Mason. Son Chris's dog. My son also has a dog named Dixon.
The Tornado Outbreak
The April 27 tornado outbreak throughout the Southeast is old news now, but I wasn't online at the time. There was a lot of activity and damage all around us, but we got off lucky. One big twister touched down and wrecked a nearby subdivision, then rose and passed right over us.
The following pictures were taken on my first expedition outside after the morning storm. There would be a much bigger tornado and much more damage later on that afternoon.
I'm going to post more tornado damage photos over the next several days.
The following pictures were taken on my first expedition outside after the morning storm. There would be a much bigger tornado and much more damage later on that afternoon.
I'm going to post more tornado damage photos over the next several days.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Honest Charley
A self-portrait of sorts, this is a reflection off of a shiny car body at the 2011 Chattanooga World of Wheels show.
Friday, April 08, 2011
Too Cool
A portrait of my son Christopher, trying to look too cool for the Christmas snow.
1/100 sec. at f/8.0
ISO 400
1/100 sec. at f/8.0
ISO 400
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Ellipsis Photo Shoot: Cemeteries
My access to the Internet lately has been a little haphazard at best so I haven't been able to post here much in the last couple of months. I also haven't been able to participate in Carly's weekly photo shoots either, but I thought I'd give this one a try. This week's topic is Cemeteries...
She's referring back to the old AOL Journals days (my first foray into the exciting world of blogging). John Scalzi was our esteemed webmaster at the time. And I think this might have been the photo I submitted when the topic came up back then...
Yes, that weird collection of rocks sticking up out of the ground is actually a cemetery. It's the Dyer family cemetery, located in the Chickamauga Battlefield. The cemetery predates the Civil War and if there was ever any writing on the headstones it's long since faded away.
These other two photos (of a much more recent vintage) are not technically pictures of cemeteries, but headstones at the cemetery where my father- and mother-in-law are buried. I'm sure that there is a compelling story behind this one...
This might be the grave of General Andrew Jackson, but it's not the grave of the Andrew Jackson. The famous one is buried at his estate, The Hermitage, in Nashville, Tennessee, not on Sand Mountain in Alabama, where this photo was taken.
CEMETERIES... Creepy? Or Peaceful? John Scalzi posed this question back when he was the host of the Monday Photo Shoot, and I thought this might be a good time to revisit the subject! By the way, CEMETERIES doesn't have to be limited to what traditionally comes to mind when we think of this subject, an auto wrecking yard might also be considered a CEMETERY. Use your imagination with this one.
She's referring back to the old AOL Journals days (my first foray into the exciting world of blogging). John Scalzi was our esteemed webmaster at the time. And I think this might have been the photo I submitted when the topic came up back then...
Yes, that weird collection of rocks sticking up out of the ground is actually a cemetery. It's the Dyer family cemetery, located in the Chickamauga Battlefield. The cemetery predates the Civil War and if there was ever any writing on the headstones it's long since faded away.
These other two photos (of a much more recent vintage) are not technically pictures of cemeteries, but headstones at the cemetery where my father- and mother-in-law are buried. I'm sure that there is a compelling story behind this one...
This might be the grave of General Andrew Jackson, but it's not the grave of the Andrew Jackson. The famous one is buried at his estate, The Hermitage, in Nashville, Tennessee, not on Sand Mountain in Alabama, where this photo was taken.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Ellipsis Photo Shoot: Ready, Set, Go!
Carly's latest photo shoot at Ellipsis is action oriented...
READY
SET
GO!
Oops! False start! It was a swing and a miss. At this point, so early in the season, he didn't really know what he was doing, but, if you click the photos to make them bigger, you can tell by the expression on his face that he was really determined.
1/1000 sec. at f/5.6
ISO: 400
Check out Ellipsis for more interpretations of this theme and the next assignment.
EMPS #91: Get READY, get SET, GO! Show us something this week, that is READY, something that is SET, or something on the GO! Or, if you like, put them all together! GET READY, GET SET, GO BE PHOTOGRAPHERS!I've mentioned before that this year marks my grandson's first foray into the exciting world of Dixie Youth Baseball. With the camera set on continuous shooting mode, here's a sequence of shots of him taking some batting practice back in March.
READY
SET
GO!
Oops! False start! It was a swing and a miss. At this point, so early in the season, he didn't really know what he was doing, but, if you click the photos to make them bigger, you can tell by the expression on his face that he was really determined.
1/1000 sec. at f/5.6
ISO: 400
Check out Ellipsis for more interpretations of this theme and the next assignment.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Round Robin Photo Challenge: Statues
The latest Round Robin Photo Challenge is all about statues.
When I win the lottery and take my trip around the world, I'll stop off in Egypt and get some photos of the Sphinx. Until then, some photos taken a little closer to home will have to suffice.
The Gordon-Lee Mansion is in the town of Chickamauga, Georgia, south of the Civil War battlefield. Union General William Rosecrans briefly used the house as his headquarters before the Battle of Chickamauga. The statue below is from the mansion grounds.
Another Civil War statue. These figures are on the top of the New York Peace Monument at Point Park atop Lookout Mountain. It's the only Civil War monument I know of that has a statue of both a Union and Confederate soldier. They're shaking hands; a Northern gesture of conciliation.
Three statues are around the Georgia Monument at the Chickamauga battlefield, one for each branch of service -- infantry, artillery and cavalry. Here's the infantry statue in front of the state seal.
And here's some public art on Market Street in downtown Chattanooga. I guess these would qualify as statues. They're two of the three figures that make up "Pathos Sweet Lost and Found" by J. Aaron Alderman.
Check the Round Robin blog to participate in this challenge, to get in on the next challenge, or to see what the other participants have come up with.
Statues - photograph a statue of some sort. It can be as large as the Sphinx in Egypt, or as small as a bowling trophy.
When I win the lottery and take my trip around the world, I'll stop off in Egypt and get some photos of the Sphinx. Until then, some photos taken a little closer to home will have to suffice.
The Gordon-Lee Mansion is in the town of Chickamauga, Georgia, south of the Civil War battlefield. Union General William Rosecrans briefly used the house as his headquarters before the Battle of Chickamauga. The statue below is from the mansion grounds.
Another Civil War statue. These figures are on the top of the New York Peace Monument at Point Park atop Lookout Mountain. It's the only Civil War monument I know of that has a statue of both a Union and Confederate soldier. They're shaking hands; a Northern gesture of conciliation.
Three statues are around the Georgia Monument at the Chickamauga battlefield, one for each branch of service -- infantry, artillery and cavalry. Here's the infantry statue in front of the state seal.
And here's some public art on Market Street in downtown Chattanooga. I guess these would qualify as statues. They're two of the three figures that make up "Pathos Sweet Lost and Found" by J. Aaron Alderman.
Check the Round Robin blog to participate in this challenge, to get in on the next challenge, or to see what the other participants have come up with.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Ellipsis Photo Shoot: Stairs
The topic for this week's Ellipsis Photo Shoot is Stairs...
This is a very old photo taken many years ago with my trusty old point-and-shoot Olympus showing the Stairs to Nowhere. They go up, then right back down the other side.
As you can see in this much newer (but still old photo), they're very ornamental in front of the building. I'm not too sure that they have any cultural or historical interest.
Going up? Coming down? Either direction is fine. This week, I simply want to see some stairs! Archived photos are fine, but as always, new photos are encouraged. If you do decide to go with an archived photo, please try to make it one we haven't seen before, or at least in the last 6 months. :)When I first saw this assignment, I immediately thought of the Stairs to Nowhere in front of the Tennessee Aquarium in downtown Chattanooga. Since I couldn't get downtown this week, to the archives we go.
Extra Credit: Show me some stairs of historical or cultural interest.
This is a very old photo taken many years ago with my trusty old point-and-shoot Olympus showing the Stairs to Nowhere. They go up, then right back down the other side.
As you can see in this much newer (but still old photo), they're very ornamental in front of the building. I'm not too sure that they have any cultural or historical interest.
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