I’m sitting here staring at the screen again. I had a blog post starting to come together in my head earlier… and now it’s gone. On the other hand, I’m sleepy, and after not being able to sleep last night, that’s a good thing. Ok, that’s hyperbole. I did sleep. Just not as much as I needed or wanted.
I’ve been spending my evenings with family, photos (taking my daily photos) and art for a client’s project. The art is making me very happy. I love what I do – taking a client’s ideas about a book cover, the knowledge I have about marketing, and melding them into a marriage that will sell the book. Because that’s what it’s about. The more sales my client gets, the better. My job is to make their excellence in words visible at a glance. It’s a pretty cool job, you have to admit.
For daily photos, I don’t have the time to go out and find destinations for beauty and stunning compositions. So I usually head into the back yard around sunset and hunt for small game – with a macro lens. I’ve been using a weird rig- the 75-300mm lens, on a 31 mm lens extension. It’s not, I think, a true macro, but it does allow me to get up close without spooking my tiny subjects. Like this dragonfly, who would fly around nervously anytime I moved, only to settle back in the same place.
And as I explained to my son later, not all wasps are fully anger and rage and stings. This one is shy, quiet, and much more interested in nectar.
One good thing about my chosen subjects – there are always bugs to find. I’m unlikely to run out of subjects until it freezes up this fall!
