Spring 2025
The most random blossoms in my neighborhood. The perfect time of day.
Walking with my dog has become the ultimate test of my photographic abilities. Mabel does not understand why we must stop five or six times around the same tree. Mabel does not understand why we cannot just simply “move on” from a cool looking alleyway. Mabel only knows walk and sniff and pee.
And I love her for that.
I get only a few moments within each moment to see, compose, and execute a photo, and I’ve actually become quite good at getting semi-desirable results. With this method, none of my photos are perfect but they are pieces I am proud of nonetheless.
Trail and green way in Latrobe. Many hours spent here.
This spring has been a strange one. I’m going a different direction with the site here and while it’s more in line with what I wanted to do at the outset it’s also nothing more than a passion project.
My only goal is to share experiences and photos and little bit about the gear I’m using. Part of that is fighting gear acquisition syndrome and showing people that you can progress and learn and take better photos without obsessing over the latest gear.
I know, that’s a bit overplayed, but I feel that as people get more successful in their careers they tend toward the opposite direction, and that ethos is lost.
Overgrown after a light rain. Green green green.
So, here we are with the Canon PowerShot G16, walking around Latrobe in spring, and taking photos of what little color I can find.
I’ve discovered that this camera is actually excellent at close distances, just look at the photo above. There’s so much depth and clarity and that’s from only about eight inches away.
There are a few focus area options, but I feel the best is AF Tracking. Your half-press on the shutter will lock the AF point and track as you frame the shot. It works ninety-precent of the time and for hobby shooting I believe that is totally acceptable.
Self portrait in my new favorite hat.
So anyway, there’s a little updated from spring this year. Excited for summer for sure, but also it’s been nice living in this little shoulder season, which is getting shorter every year I feel.
Thanks for reading, maybe I’ll see you again soon?
Mac