Colleen Easley lives in Olympia, WA with her husband Dale and 2 cats. Photography has been her hobby for 40 years. Currently she is working on a 365 project which requires that she take at least one photo every day and publish it to her blog. You may follow her on Twitter and/or Facebook by clicking the links below. To see all the photos of her 2010 project, click the link below under LINKS.
10.19.09I’ve been taking photos for about 40 years with quite a variety of cameras. I’ve started this website to celebrate that I’ve just purchased my first DSLR. During the 70′s and 80′s I used a Minolta SLR with a variety of lenses. I guess I got a bit lazy during the mid 80′s through 90′s because I mostly shot a 35mm point and shoot camera. Probably because the larger equipment was too hard to carry on hiking trips. Then about 2001 I went digital and used a plethora of “point and shoot” digital cameras over the past 9 years. I got some nice photos with my 12x and 18x Panasonic Lumix cameras, but I always knew that if I wanted to get serious, I’d eventually have to upgrade to a DSLR.
Early this month I finally did it – I bought a Nikon D90 12.3MP Digital SLR
This gallery is a mix of some of the shots I’ve taken in the first 2 weeks of owning this awesome camera. It’s fall in the northwest and although there are lots of fall colors, the skies haven’t been the most cooperative. But amazingly enough, I found a few flowers still blooming so I was able to try some close-up work on the flowers as well as the fall landscapes.
My plan for future posts is to add more small galleries along with miscellaneous photography related stories and tips that I learn along the way.
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WOW Colleen! That camera is awesome. There are more than a few favorite pictures in this batch, but I really like the one of your grandson’s (?) by the river. VERY NICE!!! I’d LOVE to get a new camera for my blog pictures, but don’t want to spend the money on one yet.
That ‘river’ is up in Rainier National Park – Kautz Creek. It really isn’t very attractive because of all those rust colored mineral deposits, but the way the light mixed with the colors turned out pretty interesting. And yes, they are the 2 middle grandsons, Teague and Liam – always exploring like little boys do.
Colleen: You don’t need to bring an entire tourist bus over to visit the CRD and take some project photos with that new SLR of yours. Lots of photo opportunities here once the flowers are all out and the trains (there are MANY of them) are running. For instance, this is a link to one I took the year I opened the new line in 2006:
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k220/blackburn49/ALCANEX-09-closure/GN-cat1-1200900.jpg
Here’s one taken last year of one of my AmTrak trains along the east side of the line:
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k220/blackburn49/ALCANEX/Amtrak-f.jpg
If I was in the area and had the time I’d stop by with or without tourists, but I don’t expect I’ll ever have that opportunity this summer.