When people leave a me a Facebook review and I have worked with them I take a photo from theirsession and put there review on the photo. It makes the review more engaging in away because It gives a face to the review, so you can see more of that sessions photos.
I have recently been hiking as you can tell. Here is some back story on why. So we used to live in town where it was flat, easy to bike around and hang with friends, then we moved to a hill in the country so biking went away. Also after High school I slowed down physical actives ( gym class hero) I never did any school sports, only baseball little league for a year in 5th grade and when I was younger soccer, I did baseball camp for a few years. I was also the frisbee kid from playing catch to disc golf. I still play disc golf sometimes. I had this book of parks in Columbia county that my dad got me and started using it for my hikes, all these places I never knew about. Hiking has also thought me things such has be prepared before you leave, water, hiking stick, phone, charger and tell people where your going. If you are lost keep going because a road/trail will end up some where, Or go in the direction of where you came from. Having someone to go with you is a good thing because you will not be alone if you are lost or if some thing happens. Luckily I have not seen any bears yet " knock on wood".
I was just thinking another good thing about going hiking or exploring a new environment is that it makes you feel good and can help get your mind off things and see things you would not expect.
Recently I have volunteered my time at the Kinderhook Library for there Kinderhook walks. The walks are a guided tour to historical sites in the town of Kinderhook. My job is holding the gimbal with the phone and mic which is being lived streamed on the Facebook page. Its fun for me because I get to learn about how to use a gimbal and more about live streaming video. The reason its live streamed is because for the people who can't walk with the tour and the people who are no longer in the area but are still interested in learning about the area. Its interesting learning about history in a small town that is close by. There will be more hopefully.
I do like helping out the community and getting to know people. Not everything has to do with being paid sometimes its good to network and or trade skills. Also its good to give back to people.
Delmar ny - Five rivers is a big and cool place if your into nature and wildlife. There is the public learning center where you can see real stuffed animals and live small animals and learn about Five rivers. Dad and I had to do a delivery in the area so we stopped here because my dad worked there many years ago before it was so big as you see today. It was very hot so we just walked around Beaver Pond.
Around Beaver Pond there are a few look out areas that are over the water and a few bridges to walk over the pond. As we were walking we saw a blue heron and a few turtles and fish. It is a cool place to go, its about an hour away.
Before I tell you about this project I want to talk about my photographs recently. I am know for doing a lot of Black and White photographs but as you can see my last project, hiking and this project are in color. With picking to edit a photograph in black and white can give you a diffrent story and feel.
This project just came to me one day, there is no real back story. I went to go outside and photograph things like I normally would. I then remembered we had a light box for tracing with that has not been open. Thats where the idea kinda came from, I tried with a few leaves. Then once I saw how the photos came out, I went around the whole yard and up and down the road picking leaves. Drove around a little as well finding leaves that look interesting to the eye. My favorite leaves are the ones that look like they have a disease or dying. Seeing the details in the leaves is also pretty interesting, seeing how nature works. As I was looking at the images I was thinking how cool it would be in a healthy restaurant. My dad really liked how the photos came out and wanted me to get a bunch printed for my new show in his store, since my show has been up for well over a year. Hope you go and see the show at my dads store.
The show will be up for a while, come and check it out.
