Just to keep things moving.

So, the last post was at the end of last month. Now I’m midway into May and haven’t posted anything yet. What with a full-time job, taking care of a house and yard on my own, caring for (and running to events for) my two boys, not to mention trying to have some form of social life; I’ve got to say, this whole blog thing is not an easy task.

Me, Kendra, Jackie, Kevin

I try to plan out and formulate what I’m going to post, but, to keep things moving, today’s is simply what happened today; Photo Club.

Amazing; when I wrote the intro to this post, it was still Saturday, May 12, 2012, but after weeding out photos that were then simply deleted and doing some adjustments to those for this post, I’ve missed another day.

Today was Photo Club. I was asked to start a group at the church I attend, which is a mix of beginning lessons on how to use your digital camera, some ideas on composition, lighting…

Jackie and Kendra on one of the trails.

Most of the time we meet at the church; however, we also try to get out and go places. For today, we had planned to go to Caledonia, which is part of the Michaux State Forest; covering 85,000 acres throughout three of Pennsylvania’s South Central counties; Cumberland, Franklin and Adams.

The Club is pretty small, at this point, with a few faithful members who have been attending since the beginning. Kevin, Jackie and I are earlier members, while Kendra is much newer to the group. Therefore, Kendra gets to carry all the gear (not really).

Jackie just HAD to have this cabin in a shot.
Kendra, Jackie, Kevin, Me

When we got there, I initially started shooting by the water; finding this fungus, of sorts, growing out of a stump. The color and shape is what initially caught my eye.

Then, looking across the creek, I saw this foot path.

As I walking, I noticed this small foot-bridge and figured it would be nice for a photo.

I knew I wanted to have a person in the shot and called for Jackie, who was one of the closest of the group to me…she’s also a good sport about having her photo taken, which has developed since being in Photo Club. If you’re going to be in the Club, you have to get used to having your photo taken; we have to practice on someone.

Here’s Kevin.

Kendra

Here’s Kendra taking a photo of a flower.



Jackie jumped the Canon ship and went over
to the Nikon side. I will forgive her.

And, since Jackie was standing around trying to figure out her new camera, I figured I would get her to pose for another shot.

Here’s Kendra taking photos of bugs; Jackie freaking out because of the bugs; Kevin trying to find new ways to bug Jackie.

All in all, it was a great day to be out with friends with a common interest.