Water, lights, action….

Tracy loves water…and what a coincidence, so do I!

Tracy loves to take pictures…and what a coincidence, so do I!

So guess what Tracy and I did last Friday evening? You got it, we took pictures of water….then picked Bill up in a bar. (Technically, still a “watering” hole). Here’s how that happened. Tracy and I wanted to take pictures of the geese and ducks at the lake in Litchfield Park and then the  Christmas lights at the Wigwam Resort. Since we thought it might be poor etiquette to just wonder on the grounds and take pictures, Bill made the supreme sacrifice of going and waiting for us in the bar. After the lake shots, we met up with him in the bar to make things legitimate before we headed outside to take pictures of the lights. So see really, he took one for the team…well maybe more than one, but you see how noble he was, right?

Anyway, we ended up getting to the lake a little later than we wanted and we had lost the light for shots of ducks and geese. But they have a couple of fountains there and we had such fun playing with the settings to see what different effects we could get of the fountain. Here are a couple of my favorites.

  These were all done without the benefit of a tripod. We balanced our cameras and ourselves on the pier posts and did the best we could. It was fun and a little crazy. Then I liked the look of this church with the lights on and still enough daylight to see the cross at the top.

I wasn’t as happy with the shots I got of the lights. I’m such a work in progress!!  Here are a couple…  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had a concept in my mind of this shot. It just didn’t quite work out like I wanted, but maybe you’ll get the idea….

 

 

Then I like this angle…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inside the Wigwam was gorgeous…

 

 

For all the Christmas light shots I was using the new 50 mm lens I just got from Tracy. There were beautiful rose bushes all over the place and you know me, I just couldn’t resist taking a shot of one.  No flash…  

I really enjoyed the time. It sounds funny, but when I’m out taking pictures the time seems magical and fun…like when I was a kid…