Recently my 4 year old daughter, Natalie, and I took a drive in the mountains west of Denver for the express purpose of taking pictures for fun. She is starting to get better with her camera (Fuji A330) and I was wanting to play with my Olympus 50mm f2 (a superb lens in every way).
I can’t remember the last time I went out and shot for fun. It was probably 9 months ago when Jennifer and I went to Silverton the same weekend we were taking our oldest to college in Durango. I love my pics of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad steam engine 482. Nat and I were on our own this day, so we packed some snacks and headed to the hills. We took Colorado 74 out of Morrison toward Kittredge. First stop was Corwina Park, where the photo above was snapped. I have shot some senior pics before, as well as our family photo a few years back. Natalie loves the stone picnic shelter here and she took some pics in the area too.
At Corwina, we realized it was way too windy to much portrait stuff, and Nat didn’t like the dust blowing into her face. We packed back into the car and continued west on 74, through Kittredge (making note of a cool playground to have a picnic at sometime) and continued on to Evergreen. I thought it might be less windy by the lake, and that it could provide a good backdrop, so we turned right at the light just past Little Bear and started around the lake. As we were even with the dam, Nat asked what it was. As I explained it to her, she wanted to get closer and take pics there. So we turned around and went back into downtown Evergreen, parking just off Colorado 73 at the base of the dam.
We wound up spending the rest of our time shooting from there. All sorts of stuff to see, different perspectives, even a bird on a wire. The next three posts to this blog will be from our time at the dam. After we were done shooting, we decided it was lunch time and headed home. I really enjoyed getting out, and Nat said her favorite part of that day was taking pictures. Couldn’t ask for anything more.
If you are interested, you can see her perspective on the day, through her camera, by viewing her pictures.
Simple things
While on a recent High School Senior photo shoot, I spotted this spiderweb in the sun. Just a quick snapshot, as I had other things to focus on. Been shooting a lot of seniors lately, and it’s been interesting to meet them and hear what their aspirations are.