First, I’ve gotta say, its been a looong time since I’ve been out to a bar or club to see a band and play darts or pool so know that these photos are a few years old. 🙂 A friend and former co-worker of mine is a drummer and one of the bands he plays with is The Signal. When we still worked together I would go to their shows with other friends and co-workers, enjoy the music, enjoy the drinks and take some photos. It was fun and I grew to like taking photos in the dark bar setting because I got to use my fast prime lenses with no flash. It was a good exercise in finding the best exposure and keeping a still, steady hand.  ...

Welcome to my first ever Photos of the Week post! The focus for this week is one of the favorite subjects for many photographers (myself included), flowers. All of these photos were taken within the past week to ten days with my trusty old Pentax *ist DS.  Yes, its the same Pentax *ist DS that got soaked during the trip to Orlando a couple years ago.  It may have lost its ability to auto-focus but it still takes great photos, works with all my lenses and just keeps going. So, on to the photos…   The first one, the yellow rose, was taken a couple weekends ago at the Whetstone Park of Roses annual Rose Festival.  That was actually...