Dad Shares His Wisdom

Photo Information

Taken:	14 August 2007 11:06 near Yorktown, Texas
Camera:	Olympus C200Z
Exposure:	ISO 100
	6.4mm, 0 EV
	f/3
	1/125

Backstory

I know pictures like this are the real reason most of my family ever looks at this blog. I love taking pictures of Dad not only because he’s my dad, but also because completely ignores the camera. Because of this seeming unawareness, he always looks natural. Even shots I compose look like candids.

This one was a candid. He was lost in thought talking about something, and I was able to get him with his trailer, truck, and tractor as a backdrop. This is who he is, and he makes no bones about it.

–25 May 2012

Almost Everything’s Bigger in Texas

Photo Information

Taken:	14 August 2007 11:15 Yorktown, Texas
Camera:	Olympus C200Z
Exposure:	ISO 100
	8.7mm, 0 EV
	f7.2
	1/400

Backstory

Suna stands among the sunflowers that are taller than her. This just can’t have been taken at the farm. It must be somewhere near there because Dad hates sunflowers and would never let them get this big!

Too bad there was no GPS in this old camera.

–6 May 2012

Spider Skull

Photo Information

Taken:	14 August 2007 09:45 near Yorktown, Texas
Camera:	Olympus C200Z
Exposure:	ISO 100
	8.7mm, 0 EV
	f/3.6
	1/100

Backstory

The yellow garden spider is harmless to humans even though her cephalothorax looks very much like a human skull—at least in this picture. I’ve never known anyone to be bitten by one, but I have known lots of people to get freaked out by them. They’re big, fast, and voracious.

There are a lot of bugs to eat on a farm, and I’ve seen one of these babies catch and subdue a full grown gecko that had to outweigh her several times over. She made quick work of it, too.

Garden spiders were thick when I took this picture, which I’m posting even though it’s a little blurry. They were all over the farm, hanging anywhere there was an open space between two solid objects.

–23 May 2012