Tricia Booker Photography

Dandelion Dreams

May 18, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

If my new soccer mom friends hadn’t figured out I have some odd quirks, they probably know now. Over the past several weeks spring has finally arrived in full force, the dandelions are in bloom and the soccer practices have seemed to stretch on forever, as the coaches take advantage of the lasting evening light to train the boys. So, what does a bored soccer mom/photographer do? Why, take out the camera and experiment. And, if that means lying down […]

Categories: Flower, Nature • Tags: artistic, dandelion, flower, macro, photography, soccer, Sony RX100, spring, sunset, Virginia

Tagged P: Pink

May 15, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

I have a confession to make. I’m not really a dedicated golfer. In fact, one of my favorite reasons for playing golf isn’t actually to hit the ball 200 yards down the fairway or sink that 30-foot putt. It’s to see what great images I can discover while out on the courses. I usually bring my Sony RX100 along and keep it handy in one of the golf cart cubbies. Then, I can grab it when I have a few […]

Categories: Family, Flower, Nature • Tags: A-Z Archive, artistic, photography, pink, Sony RX100, spring, Tagged, Virginia

iPhoneography Challenge: Macro

May 13, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

I love that famous photography saying that “the best camera is the one you have with you.” This image, although certainly not one of my most technically correct macros, was a fun capture because I was actually on the back of the riding tractor when I took this. As I was mowing the lawn and, ahem, decapitating most of the dandelions growing in the yard, I noticed this beautiful Zebra Swallowtail fluttering along beside me. I stopped and watched it […]

Categories: Nature • Tags: artistic, butterfly, dandelion, iPhone, iPhoneography, macro, photography, spring, Virginia, Weekly Photo Challenge, zebra swallowtail

Full Bloom

May 11, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

I spent a few hours at the 24th annual Garden Fair, held at the State Arboretum of Virginia. In between thunderstorms this afternoon, I took the 10-minute drive over and am certainly glad I did. Peppermint met a lot of friendly dogs while I browsed vendor row, checking out the plants and the various garden accents available there. In the end, I chose a beautiful hand-made bird bath and a bird house to bring home. Interestingly, while I was off […]

Categories: Flower • Tags: Arboretum, Blandy Experimental Farm, flower, Garden Fair, iris, macro, photography, purple, Sony RX100, Virginia

Weekly Photo Challenge: Patterns

May 10, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

I went to the State Arboretum of Virginia this morning to spend an hour on the walking trail. I’d planned to take my camera and photograph the birds while I practiced for the Virginia Working Landscapes survey season, but at the last-minute I decided to just take my binoculars so I could really concentrate on bird IDs. I saw and heard a variety of birds, and with my Audubon Bird App on my iPhone I was able to ID a few […]

Categories: Flower, Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: artistic, Bleeding Hearts, Color Efex Pro, flower, green, Nikon D800E, pattern, photography, pink, State Arboretum of Virginia, Weekly Photo Challenge

Busted

May 8, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

The Squirrel Buster bird feeder is indeed doing its job. After our bear incident last weekend, I found all of the pieces strewn about the yard and managed to reassemble it, and, remarkably, it’s working again. Instead of rehanging it in a nearby tree, I hung it on the front porch hook to take the place of the shattered ceramic feeder the bear destroyed. The squirrels have figured out how to leap from the front porch railing to the feeder, […]

Categories: Nature • Tags: cute, nature, Nikon D800E, photography, squirrel, Squirrel Buster, Virginia

Cam Scores

May 6, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

Cameron scored his first goal of the season during Sunday’s game against the TAFC America Eagles. After playing goalie the first half of the game, I think he was happy to get out to the front of the field to stretch his legs. Last week he played goalie the entire game, so the freedom to run was a nice change of pace for him. He certainly slept much better that night!

Categories: Soccer, Sports • Tags: Clarke County Crew, Nikon D800E, photography, soccer, sports, Virginia

Hummingbirds To The Rescue

May 5, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

Today, I had to say goodbye to my seed and suet feeders, so the Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds will now be my focus for a while. Last night a huge black bear visited our house and tore down the bird feeders. We were awakened at 1:30 a.m. to the sounds of crashing and banging on the front porch. Thinking it was the pesky raccoons, I quickly ran downstairs to rescue them. Imagine my surprise when I turned on the porch light and […]

Categories: Birds, Nature • Tags: bird, female, flying, hummingbird, Nikon D800E, photography, Ruby-Throated, spring

Grumpy Goldfinch

May 4, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

I figured out that if I walk up to the window with my camera already up in place, hiding my face, the Goldfinches will tend to ignore me. I can approach to within three feet or so of their feeder and even change locations without startling them. This male seemed to grow annoyed with the sound of the shutter, however, and paused in his feeding to give me the evil eye. Maybe if he realized the free meals were in […]

Categories: Birds, Nature • Tags: bird, cute, Goldfinch, Nikon D800E, photography, spring, Virginia, yellow

Hummingbirds Return

May 3, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

I was thrilled to see the Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds return this week, and this male has now established the deck as his territory. He felt so comfortable this afternoon that he spent some time preening in between darting off to fight intruders. We had new windows installed this past winter, and the improved glass really allows me to shoot through them with better results. I purchased a few new feeders that I set up near the window, and the addition of […]

Categories: Birds, Nature • Tags: bird, hummingbird, nature, Nikon D800E, photography, preening, Ruby-Throated, spring, Virginia

Happy Birthday Ironman

May 1, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

Ironman turned 1 today, and I walked out to his field this morning at Skyland Farm to celebrate with him. A year ago I met him on the day he was born, and we had our first photo shoot together. You can see those photos here if you wish. I’ve taken photos of Ironman in between, but for this special occasion we spent some quality time. We meandered around the field, and I let him lead the way as we walked […]

Categories: Horses • Tags: birthday, horse, Middleburg, Nikon D800E, photography, Skyland Farm, spring, Virginia, warmblood, yearling

Tagged P: Peppermint

April 30, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

Peppermint often spends much of her day sitting by the front door. She keeps an eye on the bird feeders and lets me know when the squirrels arrive. A slight scratch at the door is the announcement that she wants to go out. She’ll take a flying leap off of the front porch, and sometimes (not often, though) she’ll startle one of the squirrels before it realizes she’s charging toward the tree where the bird feeders hang. A few times […]

Categories: Dogs, Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: A-Z Archive, cute, dog, Jack Russell, Nikon D800E, p, peppermint, photography, Tagged, Weekly Photo Challenge

Macro Monday: Lily

April 29, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

It’s been a busy Monday so far, but I did take a few minutes to walk around the yard for some macro images since we had a soft rain falling on and off. Cameron and I spent the past few weeks purchasing flowers and plants for our yard and garden, and some of them–along with our favorite old standbys–are finally planted and blooming. This young lily that’s emerging from a garden planter is one of more than a dozen that […]

Categories: Flower, Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: artistic, green, lily, macro, photography, rain, Sony RX100, spring, water, Weekly Photo Challenge

Running With D3s

April 27, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

So, which is more dangerous? Running with scissors or running with D3s. If you guessed the latter, you are correct. The wrath of a mad mom watching her equipment travel breakneck up a steep and cluttered incline while a small dog was jumping up and trying to grab the runner’s shorts was pretty intense. And, no, the T-shirt didn’t help his cause. Life is UNFAIR when you disobey your mother, even if you’re cute and contrite. The punishment? After putting […]

Categories: Dogs, Family • Tags: hike, Jack Russell, Nikon D3s, Nikon D800E, photography, running, spring, trees, unfair, Virginia

A Good Morning

April 25, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

It was a beautiful spring morning, and I took advantage of the weather and time in between deadlines to ride at Skyland Farm before meetings and projects took over the day. The first ride was aboard my old friend Escada, a beautiful gray, warmblood mare that has been previously featured in my blog. I hadn’t ridden her for several months, and it was fun to reunite with her and enjoy the sights and sounds of a morning on the farm, […]

Categories: Horses • Tags: Camera+, horse, hunter, iPhone, Middleburg, photography, riding, Skyland Farm, spring, Virginia, warmblood

Weekly Photo Challenge: Up

April 24, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

I’ve found myself looking up from under flowering trees this spring while out on hikes and photo expeditions. I spent some quality time with this forsythia last week and experimented with different angles while working with my macro lens. It seems more natural for me to shoot down into flowers, but sometimes looking up offers an altogether different perspective that makes for a fun image.

Categories: Flower, Nature, Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: D800e, flower, spring, up, Weekly Photo Challenge, yellow

iPhoneography Challenge: Earth Day

April 22, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

I have fond memories of Earth Day from my childhood. I recall many special events, field trips and volunteer efforts where I got my hands dirty, cleaned up streams, planted trees and hunted for salamanders in window wells. As a student at John Muir Elementary School and then a Natural Resources major in college, I learned to appreciate Earth Day from the ground up as I studied ecosystems, geology, Rachel Carson, the extinction of species, biochemistry, botany and global deforestation […]

Categories: Nature, Scenic • Tags: artistic, Camera+, Earth Day, iPhone, iPhoneography, photography, pink, spring, tree, Virginia, Weekly Photo Challenge

Tough Day

April 21, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

The Clarke County Crew had a tough game in Fredericksburg, Virginia this afternoon. Even though Cam tried his best to defend the goal throughout the game, the FASA Classic Hotspur Plus team was on fire and dominated, with a talented offense that could successfully score from all over the field. Cam had some wonderful saves, and, with help from his pal Robbie who plays defense, he did the best he could in a difficult game where it seemed he was […]

Categories: Soccer, Sports • Tags: Clarke County Crew, Fredericksburg, goalie, Nikon D800E, photography, soccer, spring, Virginia

Spring At Skyland

April 20, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

I apologize to those of you who may see this gallery twice. My attempt to reblog this post from the Skyland Farm website failed to materialize on my site and appeared as random photographs from last summer, so I deleted it. Here are some of the images I took this past week on a lovely spring day at Skyland Farm in Middleburg, Virginia. To visit the Skyland Farm website and for more information about this hunter/jumper show barn, please click […]

Categories: Horses • Tags: green, horse, hunter/jumper, Middleburg, Nikon D800E, photography, Skyland Farm, spring, Virginia

A Visit To Trinity

April 19, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

I spent an afternoon photographing my “backyard” yesterday with Elliot Stern, the owner of Blue Ridge Photography Workshops. He joined me out in Hunt Country on this day to spend some time exploring a new area and to also scope out some possible sites for future workshops. It was an overcast, and sometimes drizzly, day that finally did turn partly sunny. Our first stop was Trinity Episcopal Church in Upperville, Virginia, where we spent more than an hour walking around the […]

Categories: Scenic • Tags: artistic, black and white, Blue Ridge Photography Workshops, Color Efex Pro, Nikon D800E, photography, Silver Efex Pro, spring, Trinity Episcopal Church, Upperville, Virginia

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