Started to get back into photography after thinking about what I can do to keep my mind stimulated in my retirement years. So I purchased a Four-Thirds size Olympus EM-10 Mark IV camera. I just love the old school look to the camera's design. It's very compact and feels good in the hand(s).
Below are some practice shots I took to get to know the camera. As of late I have been investing time manipulating ISO, shutter speed, and aperture settings, as well as post-production modifications with exposure, contrast, and color saturation.
In the early go I was content to shoot stills of flora and set portraits.
I also wanted to try monochrome, which I've had a fascination with since forever. Maybe it's an outgrowth of my love for black and white film noir.
The shots were taken at Ogunquit, Maine along the Marginal Way on a cloudy, blustery day, as well as on the Ogunquit pier...but there was some "collah" to be had.
Very recently Evangeline and I had the opportunity to visit the New England Botanical Gardens at Tower Hill in Boylston,MA, on our own, and again with our granddaughters and son-in-law Paddy.
Various Greco-Roman structures in the forest lend a mystical quality to exploration
along the foot paths.
Round 2 with the Egan girls and dad:
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