No Wooden Spoons: black and white photography

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Monday, January 14, 2013

Snowflake Macros

These photos were taken with my Nikon D7000 and my Nikkor 105mm/f2.8G Micro Lens.

It's been snowing here in Germany and I'm still working on perfecting the art of snowflake macro photography. They are just so dang hard for me to capture. So beautiful though. You'll always find me outside on a snowy day trying to get that perfect snowflake photo.

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Sunday, October 9, 2011

Scavenger Hunt Sunday (13)

1. Landscape

Yesterday I was trying to capture the golden sunlight as well as the beautiful German countryside.

2. Complementary or Triadic Color

I pulled this from my archives from last month but I love it for this prompt and for Autumn.

Triad variation colors, green and orange.

Linking up with Exploring with a Camera:

3. Black and White

My friend and I took a day trip to Sarreguemines France this weekend for some French pastries!

4. Food

End of summer peaches.

5. Blank Space

I didn't really know where to go with this prompt so I sort of interpreted it as empty. There should be a key in this lock.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Berlin in Black and White

Did I tell you we went to Berlin?

It was a last minute trip weekend trip, don't you just love those?

It was chilly and rainy most of the time we were there, which added to the sadness of the city. It is hard to explain but walking around the city and seeing pieces of the Berlin Wall and reading all the history about WWII and the Cold War, left you with a bit of a sad feeling. All of this happened not that long ago and it was such a hard time for Germany and the world

I chose to post these pictures in black and white because it feels cleaner and adds to the peacefulness of the images, which I felt while I was there photographing them.

The Holocaust Memorial (officially called the Monument to the Murdered Jews in Europe) was a strangely moving and peaceful place. With lots of small and large slabs in rows it was easy to walk among them and feel alone. It was easy to feel like you were suddenly in a different world which is probably what the artist intended. It was very eerie.

My favorite photo from the memorial. You can feel the aloneness.

As always I loved just walked and taking in the city and all it's pretty sights.

Checkpoint Charlie as shown in the next couple of pictures was a place along the Berlin Wall where people could cross.

Throughout the city there are plaques on the sidewalk remembering the wall.

Also crazy huge decorated bears. We never did find out what that was about.

Pieces of the wall still remain today.

It's easy now to look back on the Cold War and the Berlin Wall and feel the madness.

This is the famous East Side Gallery. I have more photos of this but I have to share these in color because some of the paintings are just too good to have in black and white.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

He's leaving...

He's leaving. Those words keep echoing in my head and heart.

Another deployment is looming just around the corner.

He's leaving. These words scream out loudly in my head, drowning out every other thought. They steal my breath away. They cause me to cling closely to any precious moment we have together. I can't let any of them pass me by, because - he's leaving.

I want to ignore it. To pretend he's not leaving again so soon. But then suddenly those words are screaming in my head and my wall of bliss that we military wives surround ourselves with, is about to come tumbling down. The in between – in between deployments that is – is when we really live our lives. During this time we don't think about past deployments, or future deployments, we live only in our happy, whole, present lovely life. My in between is almost over.

Suddenly, I'm overwhelmed with the need to cram as much in as I can before he disappears to the other side of the world. Days of Summer, Fall, Winter, and even some Spring alone. Without him.

I can't help repeating myself – "I don't want you to go". It's what my heart is screaming at me. I know there is no stopping it, but I can't stop my lips from saying those words either. It's inevitable.

I want it to hurry up and be over. I want it to never come at all. I want time to hold still. I want my evenings with him to last longer. I want to stay busy, but at the same time don't want him to miss anything. Not one single moment of fun. Not one single bedtime hug.

It's a constant battle in my head that I'm trying desperately to ignore for a little bit longer.

He's leaving. Those words keep echoing in my head and heart.