Tag: “Old Sacramento”

Lens-Artists Challenge #273 Symmetry

This week’s challenge by Soffia of Photographias, “may look at first a hard one but, in reality, symmetry is everywhere. It’s also not as static a concept as it may seem. Why is symmetry important as a composition tool in photography? It creates strong and balanced images, affecting the way we feel the subject. Our eyes find symmetry harmonious and pleasing.”

After I retired from teaching/librarianship I focused on my photography, and enrolled in many community college classes. There, the role of symmetry was not encouraged. During photo critiques, if a subject was “dead” center, it was pretty much dismissed. I know that there are exceptions to every rule, but I must have taken this one to heart. I had to take a hard look at my collection of photographs to come up with these.

Architecture

Looking Up @ the California Capital in Sacramento
Looking Up @ the Woodland Opera House
Parking Garage at the Phoenix Airport
Green Doors
West Palm Beach
Las Vegas
Old Sacramento
Old Sacramento, Ca.
Looking Up

Landscape

Mirror Lake in Yosemite National Park
Beautiful Sedona @ River Rock Crossing
Donner Lake

Animals

Turtles along the edge at UC Davis Arboretum

Reflections

Kitchen Symmetry
Taken at Black Miner Bar on the American River
Empire Mine in Grass Valley

Abstracts & Decorations

Symmetrical Pareidolia
Ornamental Parts

I hope you like my photo selections that may have received some critique in my photography classes. I’ll await your decision.

Maybe, it’s good to look at some symmetry as the world spins in its chaos! Stay safe, and take time to breathe!

Determined to keep on enjoying my photography

The hot summer weather puts a crimp in my outdoor exploration. Sacramento has been hot, and dry with little humidity.

My group of fellow photogs are having a hard time coming up with new places to explore. Sometimes it is good to go back to the same place because after I review my work I come up with new ideas to get a better capture. Sometimes I enter the venue with a different perspective. And sometime, I use a different lens or in this case a new camera.

So to keep on learning, lightening my camera load, and getting ready for future adventures I recently switched to the Fuji X system. Now I need to get out in different circumstances and take more photographs. The only way to get to know the camera is to get out and take pictures.

A familiar destination is Old Sacramento. For the locals we call it Old Sac. There we hoped to practice some street photography. With expected high temperature we arrived early just to find the town pretty empty. Because this was the day after Labor Day many shops were closed. With new camera in hand my spirits were lifted just being out and about with good company.

Candy Heaven, located right near the parking garage on Front Street, always welcomes customers and photographers. And I even can grab a salt water taffy.

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Smiley Faces available at Candy Heaven

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Another candy shop invites temptation. Not this time.

The Delta King brought me to the dock where I looked for a new shot.

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In my next few shots I tried to capture a story in my street images. I also experimented with a new plug-in Luminar 2018 for post processing.

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Outside the Railroad Terminal.

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Not racing the trains, this time!

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So in love…

So far I am very pleased with my new photographic tools! Ready for another day out with my friends and camera!