October | 2012 | Tricia Booker Photography

Ginkgo Highlight

October 26, 2012 by Tricia Booker Photography

I’ve now stopped in at the State Arboretum of Virginia three times this week. We’ve been so fortunate to have perfect fall weather, with glorious days of crisp temperatures and sunny mornings and evenings so it was difficult to just drive on by. On one of my morning walks with Peppermint, I took a new path and came across a small collection of Ginkgos on the opposite side of the arboretum from the Ginkgo Grove. These trees overlook the Blue […]

Categories: Nature • Tags: artistic, Blandy Experimental Farm, Blue Ridge Mountain, Ginkgo tree, Nikon D800E, photography, State Arboretum of Virginia, tree, Virginia

Then There Was One

October 25, 2012 by Tricia Booker Photography

For the past several weeks we’ve had a pair of late-season twin fawns hanging out on our property. I watched them each day as they grazed in the back yard and napped in a shady area outside my office window. I never did see a doe attend to them, so I wondered if they had been orphaned since they were born so close to the fall rut. Sadly, on a foggy morning this week one of the fawns was hit […]

Categories: Nature • Tags: fall, fawn, Nikon D800E, photography, Virginia, white-tail deer

True Teamwork

October 24, 2012 by Tricia Booker Photography

It’s been great fun photographing Cam’s soccer games this season. He didn’t play last year, and I hadn’t realized how much I’d missed shooting the games until I started again. Although the Clarke County Crew lost to an incredibly talented ODFC NOVA Legends 99 Elite team 8-1, they still tried hard, especially at the end of the game when they rallied for their lone score. It was heartwarming to see how thrilled they were to finally get a ball in […]

Categories: Soccer • Tags: Clarke County Crew, Nikon D3s, photography, soccer, Virginia

Ready For Harvest

October 23, 2012 by Tricia Booker Photography

I learned my lesson. I was just running down to Upperville on Sunday morning to pick up one of Cam’s classmates to work on a school project at our house. No need to bring a camera, as it was a quick 20-minute drive to his house and back. Well, I knew it was a huge mistake when we spotted a bald eagle sitting on a tree not more than 10 feet from the road. I realized that even if I […]

Categories: Scenic • Tags: artistic, fall, Farmall, International Harvester, iPhone, photography, red, tractor, trees, Upperville, Virginia

Ginkgo Grove

October 22, 2012 by Tricia Booker Photography

One of the challenges of taking Cameron to school is having to drive past the State Arboretum of Virginia on my way back home. Even though I had a pressing deadline today, I just had to stop in since the Ginkgo Grove is at peak and thus far I haven’t had much luck. Cam and I visited Friday evening on the way home from school, but a bank of clouds on the horizon left me with flat light in the […]

Categories: Nature • Tags: artistic, Blandy Experimental Farm, Boyce, Gingko Tree, Nikon D800E, photography, State Arboretum of Virginia, sun, trees, Virginia

Worldwide Photo Walk

October 13, 2012 by Tricia Booker Photography

Cameron and I spent the afternoon attending Scott Kelby’s Fifth Annual Worldwide Photo Walk, which drew more than 30,000 photographers around the world for a photo shoot today. Our walk took place in Winchester, Virginia, which offers a variety of great photographic opportunities. Our photo walk leaders, Art and Joan of Winchester Photo, led about 20 of us on a tour of Old Town Winchester, where we stopped in at the Rouss Fire Company as well as the Handley Library, […]

Categories: Family • Tags: artistic, Handley Library, Nikon D800E, photography, Virginia, Winchester, Worldwide Photo Walk

Morning Commute

October 10, 2012 by Tricia Booker Photography

The word “deadline” drummed in my head as I drove home this morning after taking Cameron to school. It was one of those fall mornings where low-lying areas were draped in golden fog, and the light and colors were incredible. I so wish I could have stopped to photograph the wonderful landscapes I saw along the way, but with an article due this morning there just wasn’t time. I did stop on the uphill climb to my house for one […]

Categories: Scenic • Tags: artistic, Crooked Run Valley, fog, Nikon D800E, Paris, photography, Virginia

Lessons

October 5, 2012 by Tricia Booker Photography

Each Wednesday I enjoy watching Cameron take a golf lesson with David Oates, the resident professional at the Shenandoah Valley Golf Club. On this evening, while Cam diligently worked on improving his swing, I worked on improving my own skills with a new camera. I’ve lost track of the many years my D2H has served me, but it now has more than 126,000 shutter actuations and is showing its age. It’s been a great camera and has traveled many thousands […]

Categories: Sports • Tags: golf, lesson, Nikon D800E, photography, Shenandoah Valley Golf Club, SVGC, Virginia

Hunter Derby

October 4, 2012 by Tricia Booker Photography

It’s not often that I photograph a horse show to sell images to the competitors. I make an exception, however, for the Elmington Farm shows where manager Kathie Hamlin produces a true old-fashioned Hunter Derby. I photographed two of Kathie’s shows this year, including the most recent in late September. I just love the images that I can capture of the competitors galloping up and down hills, jumping into and out of the show ring and the natural fences she incorporates. Before […]

Categories: Horse Shows • Tags: gallop, horse, horse show, hunter derby, Nikon D3s, photography, show hunter, Virginia

Insect Friends

October 3, 2012 by Tricia Booker Photography

Large insects seem to be attracted to me lately. I was sitting at the fire pit on Saturday night when a common walking stick climbed up my leg and onto the front of my sweater. As you can imagine, I was a bit startled. It was dark, with only the flickering lights of the fire for me to figure out what type of creature was walking around on my arm. Thankfully, I’m quite fond of walking sticks, and I didn’t […]

Categories: Nature • Tags: artistic, insect, macro, Nikon D3s, photography, praying mantis

Magnolia Awards

October 2, 2012 by Tricia Booker Photography

This summer while Cameron was away in Michigan visiting his aunt and uncle, I received a letter from Magnolia Plantation & Gardens addressed to him. Because we had both entered their spring photo contest, I had a feeling it might contain good news. With just a twinge of guilt, I opened his letter. That guilt evaporated when I read he’d received Honorable Mention for one of the two photos he’d entered. He was ecstatic when I told him that evening […]

Categories: Flower • Tags: artistic, Magnolia Gardens, photo contest, photography, purple, South Carolina, spring

Construction Crew

October 1, 2012 by Tricia Booker Photography

The Clarke County Crew team members are learning a lot about sportsmanship in this, their first season together. In their four games so far on the Old Dominion Soccer Travel League, the Crew is 1-3. It’s been a very long time since Cameron has been on a completely new team, and he probably doesn’t remember much about those long ago seasons when the highlight of the day was the snack after the game concluded. Life is different now. Although being […]

Categories: Soccer • Tags: Clarke County, Nikon D3s, old dominion soccer league, photography, soccer, Virginia

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