Category Archives: On Exploring Photography

“In spider’s web a truth discerning”

Enlargeable version here. I took this photo last Sunday while walking around the Charles Burchfield Art and Nature Center in West Seneca, one of this region’s underknown gems. It was a stunning morning, because the fog had not yet lifted … Continue reading

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Look at your photos, photographers!

A nifty lesson I just learned, all by myself! I’ve been using the Vero social media app (mobile only, as far as I know, but my user name is @kellysedinger) as a sort of showcase for what I consider to … Continue reading

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Street Photography: East Aurora, 9/17/2023

I’m finding myself more and more interested in street photography, or “streetscape”, as I prefer to call it. Here are a few examples from a walk I took last week around the village of East Aurora. I do hope someone … Continue reading

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In low light….

A photographic experiment, using the knickknacks on my desk.  

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“Leave the shutters open a little, dear…I’d like to let some light in this dreary house.”

No, that’s not a quote from anything, so far as I’m aware, but we’ve been watching Bridgerton of late so I’ve got that kind of pseudo-Regency era rhythm in my ear. But I am thinking about shutters of late: one shutter in particular, … Continue reading

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Amidst the goldenrod…

…a spider. Taken at Chestnut Ridge the other day. More from that hiking session here. (Life got better when I discovered (a) that macro photography exists, and (b) that my camera has a special macro-focus mode.)    

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Scenes from Hunter’s Creek Park

Yesterday’s photography location was Hunter’s Creek Park. Officially named “Sergeant Mark A. Rademacher Memorial Park”, the location is more generally referred to by its original, and now informal, name, which comes from the creek that runs through it. Hunter’s Creek … Continue reading

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Thinking about Light

I took this quick photo of Carla and Rosa, enjoying the sun by the patio door, last week. It was just a quick “Hey, that’s cute, let me grab my phone” kind of thing; I didn’t put any effort into … Continue reading

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At the Harbor

My Sunday Photography Walk was at Buffalo’s Outer Harbor again, with a side-trek into the Tifft Nature Preserve. Photos here…but these are my favorites from the day’s work: This next is my favorite photo from yesterday. This makes me think … Continue reading

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Notes of an Emerging Photographer: The Ridge, again

Heavens, I think I may be actually getting better at this photography thing! I know it’s only been a short while with this camera, but I’m getting to the point already where carrying this camera around feels natural. Looking around … Continue reading

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