Started my day off not long after daybreak, making my way into town to execute my civic duty. Our early voting precincts opened Saturday, and I was among the first wave of voters there to cast my ballot in the 2012 Presidential Election. https://twitter.com/Tara_R/status/262168918628646912 Afterwards, I kept close to home, looking for places to photograph … Continue reading Welcome respite
Tag: Fort Walton Beach
Half a tank
Gas prices are killing me and severely thwarting my photo road trips. If I gas up in town it's around $3.90/gal, a short drive across the bay into Tourist Town and it jumps over 20¢. Despite the higher petrol costs, we've been inundated with out-of-towners. Meaning I have to reconsider where I go for my … Continue reading Half a tank
Distracted
Saturday morning I woke from a dream crying. I couldn't remember the details of the dream, but the rest of the day I felt, well... unsettled, and on the verge of more tears. I tried to distract myself by going out for my usual weekend photo walk, but all it did was illustrate how preoccupied … Continue reading Distracted
Worldwide Photo Walk
This weekend I participated in the Fourth Annual Worldwide Photo Walk, brainchild of Scott Kelby. According to Kelby's website, more than 1100 walks were planned and more than 30,000 shutterbugs participated in the two-day event. My group met in downtown Fort Walton Beach. A dozen or so local artists and amateurs trooped about snapping photos … Continue reading Worldwide Photo Walk
Left behind
A little play on words, this week's set is of discarded objects, or things left behind, or are just behinds. I also cropped each shot so that the focus was on the bottom left third of the frame... based on the 'Rule of Thirds' for photography. I know, I'm lazy brilliant. (Photos shot with a Nikon … Continue reading Left behind
Thin spiral notebook 