Righty tighty, lefty loosey..........

It is so funny that there is a group on facebook actually called I-still-say-Righty-Tighty-Lefty-Loosey-when-i-unscrew-things  Which is truly funny because now every time I loosen or tighten that's what I think of when I am saying righty-tighty lefty-loosey!  There you have it, another look into my head.

Last post I mentioned some new lenses. You may have guessed that they have arrived, you would be right except that my fish eye has not arrived thanks to the silly UPS driver who seemed to think he had the right house and they denied the package! COME ON, doesn't that seem odd? Dork anyway.
Well I do have my Sigma 24-70mm and my ultra wide extension. Though I haven't had much time to get out and play around a lot with these, I do have a few to share:

And I hope that you wouldn't think that I wouldn't add something:

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Another Original:

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And finally:

No alterations because I LOVED the contrasting colors here!
With any luck I have a photo shoot on Wednesday and HOPEFULLY UPS will get my package to the right house (mine) and I will have a fish eye extension. Fingers crossed everyone!

It was an isty bitsy teeny weeny

Here is a funny thing:  I have been avoiding my blog.  With the weather changing, kind of, things get pretty busy around here.  The lawn mowing company gets really busy in the month of April.  Since I hurt my back two months ago, I have not been able to join the mowing crew, but I have been able to take photos.

Oh Yeah, I published a book with all my photographs from the "Abandonment" series, it can be seen and purchased at:  https://www.createspace.com/3445352 it will be on Amazon soon too.  This is pretty awesome stuff for me.  Even if no one buys a copy I can say I have a book published!  Oh enter 9X4CAHND for a special discount!  Here is a couple of ones that are in the book, but I can't give them all away!!




Marilyn and Bill got married last weekend, we squeezed in some engagement photos before they got married:





For those of you that don't know Marilyn is my mother-in-law, as well as one of my women of abandonment and my partner in crime when I am I hunting down places to add to the abandonment series!

Yes, it's short, but I am going to tie a string around my finger to remember to post a new blog really SOON!! Maybe tomorrow night!

The "Women of Abandonment" II

More recently I told everyone of my "Women of Abandonment" project. This last saturday I got my all time wish. As I progressed further into photography, and became more experienced with photoshop and forums, I started to learn about "trash the dress". This is where a bride goes out after the wedding and, well trashes the dress. Now, I truly believe you can "trash the dress" with out actually trashing it, and you do this right before you go to the cleaner. Anyway, I wanted to photograph a "trash the dress" session so badly. Unable to find a bride willing, I thought well what if it was just a trash any dress? This is how "Women of Abandonment" came along. Well last weekend, I got my wish. Kris said she wanted to be involved in my project and she said I want to wear my wedding dress! OH MY, I couldn't wait for Saturday, and I had the perfect place:








The weather wasn't very cooperative, it was a beautiful day, 70 degrees and as I got to closer to the place the rain started pouring down, the temperature dropped down to 55, and it continued this way until we were ready to leave.

The place is an abandoned dairy farm that I had already photographed, but I haven't been able to share the photos yet. There are many more photos from this adventure, but I have been so excited I had to share what I had completed.

The "Women of Abaondonment"

Well, here are some of the photos from the photo shoot on Saturday. This was a total blast, and I really hope that I get to do this again soon.

Here they are:





I have to tell you that this photo makes me think that her head may spin around, and if you had been behind the scenes, you would have been laughing because Lori was having a hard time being serious!














When I get the rest finished, I will share.

The best hunt ever

We went toward some places I had seen on previous trips, and I have the photos from that, but the fourth place we went to was Totally Awesome and I don't have those ready yet because I had a photo shoot this most recent Saturday. I had two models in an abandoned building and it was GREAT! So I have been editing those photos since Saturday. If you happen to be reading this and your interested in being a model it's a pretty simple plan I run. No charge to you if you pose for me and don't mind being in abandoned buildings. Then I let you have low res copies for your pages on the Internet, and if you want to prints, you can purchase those from me as well.

Here are the shots from 3/20/10:















Here is a sneak peak of my photo shoot: