The Year Of Clouds

Several years ago, I lamented at the first frost that I’d failed to make enough photos of what I’d come to call the “Summer of Clouds.”

With the variety and volume of clouds I’ve seen so far, this summer may turn out to be similar. I’m not going to miss the opportunity again this year.

I spent a lot of time looking over the hay field at the Sharp family farm on Africa Road as the clouds constantly changed shape and intensity.

One of my photography rules is to use framing devices to keep the viewer’s eyes inside the photo frames and ensure constant movement around the subject matter. Today, it was easy to frame the photos using trees in the foreground. The trees both framed the photo and gave it three-dimensionality with foreground objects.

If the photo has depth, it’s easier for the viewer to place themselves in the scene. Depth also provides a way to measure the subject, to see its size and relationship to other objects in the frame.

More clouds from the Sharp Farm are below for paid subscribers.

The Blue Plate Special Returns

I stopped publishing the Blue Plate Special earlier this year when executing all the necessary social media avenues to share the photos and my eating habits became burdensome.

Now that I’m publishing a newsletter every day, I thought it would be time to return to the Blue Plate Special.

There will be a Blue Plate Special in the Monday, Wednesday, and Friday newsletters.

Today’s BPS is a simple set of chili dogs. Nothing special, but I grilled the dogs after slicing them diagonally to open them up to hold more of the chili.

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