Sunset

A few of my friends like to make fun of me because I'm obsessed with clouds and sunsets. I will be the first to admit that I take a lot of photos of sunsets. How can you not? The light, the glow, the colors, the silhouettes. It's all so beautiful. It's peaceful. It's romantic. People might make fun of me, but I always question and wonder about the people who don't notice those things. How can you not stop and look up at it? How can you not take ten or twenty seconds—or even better several minutes—to enjoy it? People need to get out of their heads and their body, so to speak, and take more time to enjoy the world around them. Fortunately many of my friends appreciate my little obsession with clouds and sunsets. These photos are for them. And I'll be posting several more sunset photos in the days and weeks and probably months to come.

Moon

So, any kind of nighttime or indoor or low-light photography is something I'm still trying to get the hang of. These types of photos often come out a little blurry or a little grainy. Even when I play around my settings or when I'm able to use a tripod, things still aren't quite as crisp as I'd like them. I think I just need to experiment more with these types of shots, and eventually I'll figure out what works best.

I tried to take a photo of the moon in this shot and adjusted the exposure and all those technical things, but it turned out grainy. But, for whatever reason, I kind of like it. It's not a crisp, clean shot of the moon, but I think that there is a different emotion and a mood created by the graininess. At least that's what I'm telling myself...

Trees, Flatirons, and a Heart-Shaped Cloud!

Sunset