Monthly Archives: October 2018

The Pumpkin Express

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This scene was shot at a local farm stand and I kept putting off stopping to ask if I could do a shot, but when I noticed their inventory was getting low I felt it was now or never. I asked the owners and they said sure, so other than having to deal with the drivers hat blowing off, it was a fun shot to do. The shadow on the wall was thanks to my flash and I also positioned my flash to put a shadow of the driver there but as you can see in the bottom image it looked more like a snowman on the wall so I decided the top one was more fall like. I really liked the way I added light to the entrance area to give some balance on the left.

Pigtails,Pumpkins and Perfect fall weather

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It certainly is quite evident that my photography has taken a back seat to everything else in my life right now and my posting on here is practically non-existent, but I did capture this pair of Amish sisters helping get their roadside stand ready recently. Something I saw while waiting for this shot to come together reminded me how the Amish sometimes seem to have a different view of danger as it relates to their kids. When I first pulled off the road to decide what I might shoot, the mom, her teenage daughter and these two little ones were all working together trimming pumpkin stems and arranging things. The thing that really caught my eye was the girl with the pig tails was holding a knife with a blade that was almost a foot long? She was not just holding it, but crawling up and over piles of pumpkins with it in her hand and she would slip or trip several times and it was making me nervous just observing, but mom seemed just fine with it?