Category Archives: On Exploring Photography

When the Light is Low….

Posted on October 22, 2023 by ksedinger

One area of photography I need to work on–well, I need to work on all of them, but especially this one–is low-light photography. I’ve done some experimenting here and there, and my results haven’t been super-encouraging yet, at least, not until … Continue reading →

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Be open to your mistakes!

Posted on October 16, 2023 by ksedinger

What might this be? That’s a mistake, is what it was. I was trying to take a photo of something and I screwed up the focus. What was I trying to capture? This, but close up: Better luck next time…but … Continue reading →

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“In spider’s web a truth discerning”

Posted on October 6, 2023 by ksedinger

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!

Posted on September 29, 2023 by ksedinger

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

Posted on September 23, 2023 by ksedinger

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….

Posted on September 22, 2023 by ksedinger

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.”

Posted on September 18, 2023 by ksedinger

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…

Posted on September 13, 2023 by ksedinger

…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

Posted on September 4, 2023 by ksedinger

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

Posted on August 23, 2023 by ksedinger

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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