Monthly Archives: April 2013

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

Goldfinch Party

April 17, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

While out on my travels today, I stopped in my local grocery store to have some prescriptions filled. As I was there waiting, I meandered around and stumbled upon a Goldfinch Thistle Sock that happened to be on sale. I’d never seen such a thing, so I picked one up. We’ve had a few goldfinches in the yard this spring, so I thought they might find it interesting. Little did I know how popular this feeder would be! After only about […]

Categories: Birds • Tags: bird, feeder, Goldfinch, Nikon D800E, photography, postaday 2013, spring, thistle sock, tree, Virginia

Tagged O: On It

April 16, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

This spring season Cam returned to his roots as one of the goalies for his Clarke County Crew travel soccer team. A few years ago, he was the starting goalie for his Loudoun Lads team, but when he moved out West last fall he was tapped for his scoring ability. As a veteran soccer Mom, I was relieved that he was no longer in the goal. It was always so nerve-wracking watching much larger boys barreling toward him, knowing that Cam’s […]

Categories: Soccer • Tags: Clarke County Crew, goalie, Nikon D800E, photography, postaday 2013, soccer, Tagged, Virginia, Weekly Photo Challenge

Macro Monday

April 15, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

Today’s Macro Monday Photo Challenge worked out well for me. Peppermint and I walked four miles at the park and passed by many beautiful flowering trees. In addition to adding beauty to our walk, they attracted a number of different birds, which allowed me to work on my IDs in preparation for the upcoming bird surveys for the Virginia Working Landscapes Program. I had my Audubon app out and enjoyed listening to the birds answer when I chose the right […]

Categories: Flower, Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: flower, iPhone, macro, spring

Spring Reflection

April 14, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

Even though the spring flowers are providing lots of colorful inspiration, I’ve thought in black-and-white lately for a variety of reasons. So, as Peppermint and I explored the State Arboretum of Virginia this week, I paused to work on this image. As I walked by this area I noticed a plein air painter set up underneath a tree and focused on this general vicinity. It did look lovely, with hints of green against a bright blue sky, reflections of subtle […]

Categories: Nature, Scenic • Tags: artistic, black and white, Nikon D800E, photography, postaday 2013, reflection, spring, State Arboretum of Virginia, trees, Virginia

Spring Flowers

April 12, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

I enjoy spending time in our woods during all of the seasons, but spring is my favorite. These small white flowers are among the first to bloom, and they’re found throughout the forest floor. I like their contrast to the dull, brown leaf litter. They don’t last long, but they always make me smile. Just after Cam started walking, we were out in the yard one spring afternoon and he picked a handful of these flowers and brought them to […]

Categories: Flower • Tags: flowers, iPhone, postaday, spring

Birthday Photographer

April 11, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

I want to thank everyone for the very special birthday wishes and likes that you all provided to Cam on his guest blog yesterday. He was thrilled with the responses and eagerly listened for my phone to ping last night after he published his post. He arrived home from school and immediately went to the computer to check the new comments. Unfortunately, we were short on time with soccer practice after school, homework and now bed time, so he wasn’t […]

Categories: Family, Nature • Tags: birthday, iPhone, photography, postaday 2013, Virginia

Birthday Hike

April 10, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

It is my 13th birthday, and I am a full-fledged teenager. Yay! My dad isn’t as excited as I am. Today my Mom and I went on a hike down the Appalachian Trail to celebrate my birthday. So I took the 13 best photos of my 203 photos that I took today (It was not easy) for this guest blog. I had fun today. I know this blog is short compared to my mother’s posts, but I’m tired and I’m […]

Categories: Nature • Tags: artistic, dog, flower, green, Jack Russell, mushroom, Nikon D3s, photography, postaday 2013, spring, Virginia

Peppermint Mellow

April 9, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

It was the first warm spring day of the year on the mountain, so during a quick lunch break I took Peppermint out for a walk around the yard and to check for emerging flowers. We didn’t make it far. While I paused to search for the daffodils along the driveway, she sat down and could barely keep her eyes open. So, I joined her to see what it felt like, and it was pretty darn comfortable, with the sun […]

Categories: Dogs • Tags: 50mm, cute, dog, Jack Russell, Nikon D800E, photography, postaday 2013, spring

Tagged N: National Mall

April 8, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

I had hoped to travel down to the National Mall to visit the cherry blossoms this year, but due their late arrival and an impending deadline this week, I don’t think I’m going to make it. Therefore, as a fill-in image for the A-Z Archive Challenge Letter N, I selected a photograph from a trip to Washington, D.C. last summer. This is a photo of the National World War II Memorial, “which honors the 16 million men and women who served […]

Categories: Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: A-Z Archive, artistic, National Mall, National World War II Memorial, Nikon D3s, photography, postaday 2013, Tagged, Weekly Photo Challenge

Annapolis Gallery

April 7, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

A glimpse of Annapolis, Maryland, through my 50mm lens during the Blue Ridge Photography Workshops Single Focal Length challenge. Editing in Lightroom 4, Color Efex Pro and Silver Efex Pro.

Categories: Travel • Tags: 50mm, Annapolis, artistic, blue, Blue Ridge Photography Workshops, boats, Maryland, Nikon D800E, photography, postaday 2013, water

A Day In Annapolis

April 6, 2013 by Tricia Booker Photography

I awoke at 3:30 a.m. and drove to Annapolis, Maryland to meet Elliot Stern, who owns and operates the Blue Ridge Photography Workshops. We had a wonderful morning of shooting on a crisp, April Saturday with eight students who chose just one focal length lens to use on their cameras. For many, it was a challenge to be without a zoom lens, but the assignment offered photographers an opportunity to use their feet to zoom and provided them with the […]

Categories: Scenic, Travel • Tags: Annapolis, artistic, birds, Blue Ridge Photography Workshops, Maryland, Nikon D800E, photography, postaday 2013, sunrise, water

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