Dave took the picture above on the digital camera that he gave me for my birthday. We're both interested in photography. My approach has been to read and practice (and as such, the digital camera is a great tool for me with instant gratification and lower costs on all of my "experiments").
Both the picture above and two of the best pictures ever take of me (one immediately following the other) were shot by Dave as an afterthought with no preparation following shots of another subject -- which appears to be Dave's approach.
I love this picture. It perfectly represents that Saturday. It was November 6 and it was the first Saturday in recent memory that belonged wholly to the two of us. We started with going out to breakfast. The weather was perfectly autumn. Later in the day we decided (I suggested) we walk down to a new-ish cafe in the neighborhood for an afternoon fix. Dave brought along the camera. On our way home he decided he wanted to take a picture of an old water pumping station. I stood across the street while he lined up his shots. Dave came back across the street and set down his coffee on the construction horse to review the shots he had just taken and show them to me.
But when he tilted the camera down to switch it to the display mode, he saw this shot in the window and fired it off. Just like that. I am in love with this pic -- the colors, the textures, the prominence of o holy coffee, and even the unexpected presence of my odd foot. It is the perfect composition of our Saturday. Dave immediately named it "Saturday with Katie."
I'm working on building a website for me and Dave -- we've talked about having one since we put one together for our wedding. We each had individual sites for a short time many moons ago. I'm hoping that this latest site will be a venue for us to post pics and the stories that go along with them -- and I'm hoping that will allow me to quit posting here about goofy pics that mess up the blog layout.
Both the picture above and two of the best pictures ever take of me (one immediately following the other) were shot by Dave as an afterthought with no preparation following shots of another subject -- which appears to be Dave's approach.
I love this picture. It perfectly represents that Saturday. It was November 6 and it was the first Saturday in recent memory that belonged wholly to the two of us. We started with going out to breakfast. The weather was perfectly autumn. Later in the day we decided (I suggested) we walk down to a new-ish cafe in the neighborhood for an afternoon fix. Dave brought along the camera. On our way home he decided he wanted to take a picture of an old water pumping station. I stood across the street while he lined up his shots. Dave came back across the street and set down his coffee on the construction horse to review the shots he had just taken and show them to me.
But when he tilted the camera down to switch it to the display mode, he saw this shot in the window and fired it off. Just like that. I am in love with this pic -- the colors, the textures, the prominence of o holy coffee, and even the unexpected presence of my odd foot. It is the perfect composition of our Saturday. Dave immediately named it "Saturday with Katie."
I'm working on building a website for me and Dave -- we've talked about having one since we put one together for our wedding. We each had individual sites for a short time many moons ago. I'm hoping that this latest site will be a venue for us to post pics and the stories that go along with them -- and I'm hoping that will allow me to quit posting here about goofy pics that mess up the blog layout.
