If I’m going to spend a handful of cash for some flowers that will be dead in a week (despite the assurances “they’ll look great for two weeks!” – yeah, maybe if you think they look great in a trash can), I might as well take the opportunity to really make them last by getting out the photo gear. Macro photography is a favorite of mine because… well,  there are lots of things that look really cool when...

The kids and I found a this little guy crawling around on some moss under one of the oak trees in our yard. I used two flash units on their lowest settings and fired away. I always find these close up shots interesting because it’s a whole new world when you get so close. Like I said, the ladybug is crawling across some moss but when you get this close, it almost looks like...