Missouri side of Old Chain of Rocks Bridge

This bridge is part of Old Route 66.

Mississippi on the Rocks

Clouds

This is a shot of the clouds on my drive home from school.  This is not the original of course, but I think a more interesting version.  Taking notes from Leanne’s photos til I can find my own niche.  Trying to figure out how someone else does something, I feel, helps me improve my own skills with the software.

St. Louis at Night from the Mckinley Bridge

www.facebook.com/myphotographertonya

I was practicing my night skills when I captured this one.  this is the view of St, Louis from the McKinley Bridge.  If you look close you can see something in the water…I still wonder what it is…there has been talks of sharks in the rivers lately!

Black and White

www.facebook.com/myphotographertonya

We had recently applied a chalkboard wall in my son’s room and he and his 3 step-sisters created this chaos of art on it.  It is multi-colored but I liked it black and white.

Spring’s First Lily

www.facebook.com/myphotographertonya

 

One of the first pictures I ever took with my Inspire.  It is now on my Google homepage.  I was never so amazed that a phone camera could take such great photos!

Boy in the City

www.facebook.com/myphotographertonya

I took this one quite a while back on a day we spent in downtown St. Louis.  This new architecture was located directly beside old architecture…a theater and my son had walked up the ramp to look at the waterfall on the other side and I just loved how massive the structure was next to his tiny little frame.  Again another photo taken with my Inspire.

Blooming Tree

www.facebook.com/myphotographertonya

It was the beginning of Spring this year and I just got my new camera…a FujiFinepix HS20EXR…not top of the line, but it is a decent enough starter camera for me.  The particular branch belonged to a tree that lives in the front lawn of my son’s Elementary School.  It fascinated me that it started out white but just a few short weeks later it turned pink then green…never did bother to find out what kind of tree it was.  I desaturated the colors just a little to give it more of a classic timeless feel.  Slightly somber.

Will and Giulia in the Garden

 

This was taken a couple Summers ago in St. Louis’ City Garden.  This is my son Will and his friend Giulia.  Still one of my favorites that I took with my HTC Inspire.