I am not sure I got this exercise at all. I was limited to where I could take my photos today and nothing really caught my eye. So as I usually do I looked skyward. I think I need to clean my lens :). The first 4 photos I took today and the last two were taken more then a year ago.
I took the photo below while driving (shh don’t tell anyone) to a doctors appointment.
The photo below was taken at our acreage one morning. We had beautiful sunrises and sunsets.
I have not done any photos this weekend except for these two. I ended the week with the flu. I have been laying on the couch all weekend and still feel like a truck hit me.
These photos actually have a point. They were taken from inside my home through the window. I have a setting on my camera for taking photos through clear glass. Most of my weather photos have been taken this way. I have been trying to get out and take them from the yard but that is not always possible. I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and I don’t leave the house much. There are several reasons for that. One is I just don’t have the energy some days. Another is that my wife has social anxiety and that keeps us at home. Then there is the fact that we just can’t afford to go anywhere. I can’t walk very far and neither can my wife (she has a cripple foot) and we don’t always have the gas to go any where.
I am not complaining by any means. I have been dealing with this since 1989. I am just sharing that most of my photos (the ones of the sunsets, tree tops, etc) are taken from within my home looking out the window. It is another reason why I am trying to get out and take new photos for the lessons each day.
I connect to the world outside through our windows. I am always looking out and looking for a photo to take. My computer is how I connect with most of my family. They are in Canada and I am here in the US. Of course I have family here that comes from my wife’s side. It is also how I connect with you, the person reading this :).
I have been around water my whole life. The city I was born in had a yearly Regatta and another town we lived in also had one. I have swam in lakes, rivers, and pools. I have no fear of water but I do have a healthy respect for it. I love to be out on a lake in a boat or canoe. Fishing is one of my favorite things to do. I have only seen the ocean once and it was ok, I am more of a mountain person.
I have lots of pictures of lakes and even of me fishing. I chose to go out today and take new pictures for this post. We have the river and there is a lake in the city. I chose the river mostly because of its location and the time I had.
I took 3 different sets of photos and chose this one:
I chose the trees for the foreground against the river and shoreline as the background. I think that the vertical shot makes more of a statement since it frames the tree more.
Alex
Kicking with Alex 
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