An Awesome View of Life

2017 Day 14 January 22, 2017 First I saw the red and yellow little bits of paper.  I zoomed in just to get those but also saw that my reflection was in the water.  This is what I ended up with.  Probably one of my more favorite photos in a really long time.

2017 Day 7 January 15, 2017

2017 Day 5 January 13, 2017

2017 Day 2 January 10, 2017

2017 Day 1 January 9, 2017

The other day it was 92 degrees which made for a lovely evening on the patio.  Adult beverage in hand I set my camera on the table and took photos from that angle.  Rotating it slightly after each photo. This one was my favorite and the only one that really turned out.  (: Windows and door of the back of our house.  Left to right -- kitchen window, family room window which is behind my computer desk, the sliding door and just the top of another window (blocked by the chair my feet were resting on).  The reflection of everything in the glass top of the table is pretty awesome too.

Puddle Images While looking out the sliding glass door watching the rain I spotted these marvelous reflections in the puddle just outside the door.  So I opened the door and snapped a handful of puddle and drips photos.  I love the drip photos as well.  And you can make any kind of comment you want about drips.  ha! Loving the rain.  It is much needed and who doesn't need a dreary day to kick back and relax?

Mirror, mirror in the window... A day spent in the city is always an awesome day.  This photo could be one of my more favorite photos. EVER.  I wish I had taken a bit more time and taken multiple angles but do love this one as it is. The layers of reflections -- the sky, the outline of the building across the street, the red car and myself reflected in the window.  The details of the building across the street, the red car and myself in the mirrors.   My favorite part of the photo is how my reflections in the window and the mirror as well as the top left corner of the building kind of complete each other from one reflection to the other.   This photo makes me smile!  

Passing by... This wasn't much of a photo adventure.  Just the usual taking the camera with and snapping away on the way to the grocery store.  (: Not sure if the lights in the window are reflections or cars seen through the car.  I only took about 5 versions of this idea before I got what I wanted.  Good thing we had to wait through the entire light cycle.  

Blue Eyes... Unfortunately this was not a planned selfie.  I was so busy shooting what was outside my car window that I didn't even notice all of the reflections in the window. The entire windshield is reflected in the side window.  I think the rear view mirror is in there as well.  This actually turned out pretty cool even with the blue eyed photo bomber in it.  (:

Reflective Ride On our train ride from the University of Minnesota to the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul I snapped three photos.  There wasn't a very good angle from my seat and with the extremely bright lights in the train I got mostly reflections of people and things inside the train.  I got a bit of the outside scenery in this shot.

Her view in reverse? Another totally non-creative day.  Today I'm okay with it.  It is what it is and it will all fall together if I let go of all the bullshit I have going on in my head.  (: This was taken on Father's Day at the lake.  The lens of my daughter Mandi's sunglasses with a wisp of her hair and a wonderful reflection of the deck. Pictures were taken today but I was being eaten alive by mosquitoes and didn't get what I wanted.  But oh well.  (:

Black and White Reflection An afternoon in the city is always a good thing in my book.  (:  I took a bunch of pictures of the street scene reflected in the window of the restaurant across the street.  The one above actually turned out to be my favorite.  The building on the right is reflected in the display case on the left.   The gentleman in the photo below did NOT know I was taking pictures of him.  There are several shots of him and his reflection.  (:  While standing at the bus stop he was tying his tie, standing in the middle of the street looking for the bus and talking on his cell phone.  This one was my favorite of him.  I like that you can still see the inside of the restaurant as well as the bus stop bench. Reflections are one of my favorite things to capture.  

Windy Reflections

  Reflections. Shadows. Reality.

Two rooms reflected. I always love the reflections in this mirror as I am driving up my driveway so thought I'd try to capture it in a photo.  I got way more than I thought I would.  The reflection shows the mirror on the opposite wall which has an awesome reflection of my kitchen.  (:

Puddled reflections...

    Flying reflections...   I did take photos today but didn't like anything I did. My day was consumed online with Comcast which didn't leave me in the best of moods. 

  October Reflections...

  This was the bonus photo adventure from yesterday.     Reflections...   This is another great "Red light" moment.  I love all of the reflections in the buildings.  Until I go to downtown Minneapolis I forget how much I have always loved this city.  My city.       Layers of old and new...   or shadow and light.       The heart of my city...   For many years I worked for the company that managed the IDS Center (left).  I loved being invited to lunch on the 50th floor. Great food, awesome view and even better people.       Love the light...   Four photos again.  But I LOVE this city and honestly could NOT pick only one.