Raining Dreams Photography

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~ Just as there is never One Rain Drop Never should there be just One Dream ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ Inspiring the Few Who Seek It ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ Furthering Futures with Images that Inspire ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ Never just One Goal. Never just One Aspiration. Never just One Rain Drop. Never just One Dream
~ .Raining Dreams. ~

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    The Light of the Tree By: James A. B. Burning bright as the sun shines comforts this tree with its comforting warmth of life. I guess I can be called a tree-hugger but I’m not as diehard tree huggish as some out there but, I do appreciate scenes like this that brings an idea of perfection all of the world.That perhaps in this moment no wrong is being done to one another and no bad thing is being thought about or embraced.Ahhhh Peace High-res

    The Light of the Tree

    By: James A. B.

    Burning bright as the sun shines comforts this tree with its comforting warmth of life. I guess I can be called a tree-hugger but I’m not as diehard tree huggish as some out there but, I do appreciate scenes like this that brings an idea of perfection all of the world.

    That perhaps in this moment no wrong is being done to one another and no bad thing is being thought about or embraced.
    Ahhhh Peace



    Architecture at its Greatest By: James A. B. I wonder if there are architects out there that seeing a building like this, yes a building like this-This Crushed Can looking building actually sits the place of Seattles Space CenterGetting back, I wonder if architects see this building and get mad. Mad because it broke all the rules!Or, are there architects out there that rejoice the rule breaking? It seems that in this world of consistent change and fast moving, and everything being instant, Rules are Being Broken.We have “rules” or perhaps suggestions in photography, but honestly, breaking them is more fun, and it seems to be the thing to do these days….Creatively speaking that is ; ) High-res

    Architecture at its Greatest

    By: James A. B.

    I wonder if there are architects out there that seeing a building like this, yes a building like this-

    This Crushed Can looking building actually sits the place of Seattles Space Center
    Getting back, I wonder if architects see this building and get mad. Mad because it broke all the rules!

    Or, are there architects out there that rejoice the rule breaking? It seems that in this world of consistent change and fast moving, and everything being instant, Rules are Being Broken.

    We have “rules” or perhaps suggestions in photography, but honestly, breaking them is more fun, and it seems to be the thing to do these days….

    Creatively speaking that is ; )

    All Points Lead to the Needle “They say” that in composition it is a good idea to have your subject pointed out such as in leading lines or having elements in your environment point to your primary subject. Well that is precisely what I tried to do in this photo… By the way who are “They” anyway…. So take a look- the edge of the architectural building points to the needle, the trees at the top left point to the needle, the two shiny pillars point to the needle, even the trees in the background and the path of the sidewalk all point, and lead the eye to the needle… Accident? I think not. High-res

    All Points Lead to the Needle

    “They say” that in composition it is a good idea to have your subject pointed out such as in leading lines or having elements in your environment point to your primary subject. Well that is precisely what I tried to do in this photo… By the way who are “They” anyway….

    So take a look- the edge of the architectural building points to the needle, the trees at the top left point to the needle, the two shiny pillars point to the needle, even the trees in the background and the path of the sidewalk all point, and lead the eye to the needle… Accident? I think not.

    Does Practice Really make Perfect? I have been practicing more with my compositions lately, especially when it comes to portraits and landscape photography. One classic composition style is to have leading lines within your photo and if you can have those lines lead to something magnificent then your creating a quality photo. Well it is common but this evening in Seattle I had to take much of the most glorious opportunity to take some night photos, because A: there were finally very interesting clouds in seattle (very rare- usually its just a straight blanket of clouds) and B: there was a pretty intense sunset happening. Now typically in Seattle you can find interesting things all around you but they are usually walking around (if you know what I mean). Seattle is just like any old city with sky scrapers and automobiles every where. So when I ran across this architectural gem I had to figure out how to make a decent shot of it. So, none other, did I practice the compositional rule of leading lines. I hope you enjoyed it. High-res

    Does Practice Really make Perfect?

    I have been practicing more with my compositions lately, especially when it comes to portraits and landscape photography. One classic composition style is to have leading lines within your photo and if you can have those lines lead to something magnificent then your creating a quality photo.

    Well it is common but this evening in Seattle I had to take much of the most glorious opportunity to take some night photos, because A: there were finally very interesting clouds in seattle (very rare- usually its just a straight blanket of clouds) and B: there was a pretty intense sunset happening. Now typically in Seattle you can find interesting things all around you but they are usually walking around (if you know what I mean). Seattle is just like any old city with sky scrapers and automobiles every where. So when I ran across this architectural gem I had to figure out how to make a decent shot of it. So, none other, did I practice the compositional rule of leading lines.

    I hope you enjoyed it.

    Tough to Tell I think one of the many things that is challenging for a photographer these days is “editing the pics” not necessarily post processing but editing in terms of picking out the “Best” images to display to the world. From perusing flickr, google +, etc I see that some have mastered this and from perusing my own catalogue I see that I have much to learn and much to practice. It is a practice and an art to display a picture that just works that only took 3 minutes to post process and then an image that you’ve been trying so hard to “just work” for hours maybe even days that you post that you should have never posted. When it works it works, and you shouldn’t have to think very hard about it—- thats what this pic was, it just worked. I felt like I needed to do so much to it - just because, thats what we do as photogs, but why? when it works it works, the end. High-res

    Tough to Tell

    I think one of the many things that is challenging for a photographer these days is “editing the pics” not necessarily post processing but editing in terms of picking out the “Best” images to display to the world.

    From perusing flickr, google +, etc I see that some have mastered this and from perusing my own catalogue I see that I have much to learn and much to practice.

    It is a practice and an art to display a picture that just works that only took 3 minutes to post process and then an image that you’ve been trying so hard to “just work” for hours maybe even days that you post that you should have never posted. When it works it works, and you shouldn’t have to think very hard about it—- thats what this pic was, it just worked. I felt like I needed to do so much to it - just because, thats what we do as photogs, but why? when it works it works, the end.

    Branching Off of Yesterday Branching off of the motif of my Seattle Weekend. Here is a classic reflection off of the Seattle Space Center of the ever more impressive landmark of the Seattle Space Needle. It was of course a reasonably clear night in Seattle. And anyone from here would tell you that either you have Too Many Clouds in Seattle or Not Enough of Them… here is a case of not enough of them. So I tried my darndest to get the most of the frame here in this pic with what I had from the environments. High-res

    Branching Off of Yesterday

    Branching off of the motif of my Seattle Weekend. Here is a classic reflection off of the Seattle Space Center of the ever more impressive landmark of the Seattle Space Needle.

    It was of course a reasonably clear night in Seattle. And anyone from here would tell you that either you have Too Many Clouds in Seattle or Not Enough of Them… here is a case of not enough of them. So I tried my darndest to get the most of the frame here in this pic with what I had from the environments.

    Monsoon Rains to Sunshine Skies This weekend me and the Lady went up to seattle, Why? Well this weekend was the only Sun we’ve seen in the past 3 or 70 weeks!?!? its been doom n gloom around here. So what better than making a weekend out of it. The sun was out, the heat was raging awesome at a cool but warm 70+ degrees. My burns on my forehead state that it was a pleasant weekend outside This photo is the first edited photo from the weekend. I finally was able to take the Nikon D800 outside and play due to the decent weather… I know its “weather sealed” but I didn’t want to take the chance in the monsoon rains we’ve been having. So far I am loving this cam. High-res

    Monsoon Rains to Sunshine Skies

    This weekend me and the Lady went up to seattle, Why? Well this weekend was the only Sun we’ve seen in the past 3 or 70 weeks!?!? its been doom n gloom around here. So what better than making a weekend out of it. The sun was out, the heat was raging awesome at a cool but warm 70+ degrees. My burns on my forehead state that it was a pleasant weekend outside

    This photo is the first edited photo from the weekend. I finally was able to take the Nikon D800 outside and play due to the decent weather… I know its “weather sealed” but I didn’t want to take the chance in the monsoon rains we’ve been having.

    So far I am loving this cam.

    Let’s Reminisce Christmas for a Moment, Shall we? I love this time of year, its funny how its among the most stressful time of year, but with the perfect balance of sugar from all the cookies and bing crosby singing some odd melodies that we for some reason think make the most sense are uplifting.  After listening to Frosty the Snowman, I’m like, I’m 28 and I like this… is there something wrong with me?  Then I step outside and I hear other older than me humming even a stranger song like that Hippopotamus song, we listen to this stuff and we think thats ok/normal is that not weird to anyone else? Don’t even get me started on putting a live, huge tree in your house this post may get to be pages long. Now don’t get me wrong, I love Christmas time and all it has to bring.  It is the best time of the year, just funny how the traditions are and how they came about.  Its just funny how it seems that the public masked its stress with sugar and upbeat n’ uplifting tones… Monochrome This photo was taken at Gas Works which is oddly enough a park in Seattle.  Best view of Seattle in my opinion and the best place to bring a special lady ;-) especially at dusk.  Just be sure not to forget the blanket… High-res

    Let’s Reminisce Christmas for a Moment, Shall we?

    I love this time of year, its funny how its among the most stressful time of year, but with the perfect balance of sugar from all the cookies and bing crosby singing some odd melodies that we for some reason think make the most sense are uplifting.  After listening to Frosty the Snowman, I’m like, I’m 28 and I like this… is there something wrong with me?  Then I step outside and I hear other older than me humming even a stranger song like that Hippopotamus song, we listen to this stuff and we think thats ok/normal is that not weird to anyone else? Don’t even get me started on putting a live, huge tree in your house this post may get to be pages long. Now don’t get me wrong, I love Christmas time and all it has to bring.  It is the best time of the year, just funny how the traditions are and how they came about.  Its just funny how it seems that the public masked its stress with sugar and upbeat n’ uplifting tones…

    Monochrome

    This photo was taken at Gas Works which is oddly enough a park in Seattle.  Best view of Seattle in my opinion and the best place to bring a special lady ;-) especially at dusk.  Just be sure not to forget the blanket…

    The Deck of Wonders Accidental Photos- Those photos that look amazing by accident. Not much post-processing, not much planning, just sort of a “hip-shot” if you will. The photo you get by just pointing around and clicking, talk about a fun-frustrating exercise right? Anyway, this is a pier in the suburb of Seattle that really took my breath away upon this duskly-warm summer evening. The simplicity of wood and light that made this particular accidental photo really pop. I don’t think I even ran it through lightroom let alone photoshop! Talk about perfection of elements all coming together to make one perfect moment in time. Thanks Nikon for capturing this for me. High-res

    The Deck of Wonders

    Accidental Photos- Those photos that look amazing by accident. Not much post-processing, not much planning, just sort of a “hip-shot” if you will. The photo you get by just pointing around and clicking, talk about a fun-frustrating exercise right? Anyway, this is a pier in the suburb of Seattle that really took my breath away upon this duskly-warm summer evening. The simplicity of wood and light that made this particular accidental photo really pop. I don’t think I even ran it through lightroom let alone photoshop! Talk about perfection of elements all coming together to make one perfect moment in time. Thanks Nikon for capturing this for me.