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A Photo A Day

"A Photo A Day" is a not-quite-daily presentation of a photo and commentary by Scott Shephard

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"A Photo A Day" is a not-quite-daily presentation of a photo and commentary by Scott Shephard

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26.10.03 Teamwork
26.10.03 Teamwork
about a week ago

I don’t think you could pay me enough to do this work. I’m glad someone likes it . . . .

26.10.02 Concrete & Sequential?
26.10.02 Concrete & Sequential?
about a week ago

Can something like this lawn be considered a work of art?

26.10.01 Abstract & Random?
26.10.01 Abstract & Random?
about a week ago

This is a “drone’s eye view” of . . . what?

26.09.30 Alien Landscape
26.09.30 Alien Landscape
about a week ago

There is certainly a paradox here given the vast amount of water that laps shores that are considered semi-arid desert.

26.09.29 What Are They Hiding?
26.09.29 What Are They Hiding?
about a week ago

Here’s a look at the Watertown, SD, 14th Ave. water tower.

26.09.24 No Children Were Harmed in the Making of This Photo
26.09.24 No Children Were Harmed in the Making of This Photo
about 2 weeks ago

Ibby enjoys the traffic-free road at Little Bend Recreation Area (Lake Oahe, South Dakota)

26.09.23 I'll Be Dammed!
26.09.23 I'll Be Dammed!
about 2 weeks ago

Forgive me for my dam obsession.

26.09.22 First Light - Makoshika State Park (Montana)
26.09.22 First Light - Makoshika State Park (Montana)
about 2 weeks ago

The “Golden Hour” strikes again!


06-18-15 A Tree Grows in the City

June 18, 2015

By Scott Shephard

Yesterday I wrote extensively about a bright photo of yellow and purple orchids. Today I will say little about this stark black and white image of a sun-touched tree in downtown Chicago. But I have a question, given what you learned yesterday, is that "high key," "low key," both, or neither?

Canon 20D 1/100s f/5.6 ISO100 75mm

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21.12.29 Glenyce Jane at 8 1/2
December 29, 2021
21.12.29 Glenyce Jane at 8 1/2
December 29, 2021

This is the first in a series of 3.

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December 29, 2021
20.12.20 The Tetons and the Snake River (Ansel Adams)
December 20, 2020
20.12.20 The Tetons and the Snake River (Ansel Adams)
December 20, 2020

Ansel Adams changed both the world of photography and how we view and preserve wild, natural places.

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December 20, 2020
20.12.13 Winter Shelter
December 13, 2020
20.12.13 Winter Shelter
December 13, 2020

Monochrome has its virtues.

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December 13, 2020
20.01.26 The Little Silver Trailer (And My Favorite Girl)
January 26, 2020
20.01.26 The Little Silver Trailer (And My Favorite Girl)
January 26, 2020

The trailer was a kind of space capsule and the photo is definitely a time capsule.

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January 26, 2020
19.01.07 Irene Bernice and Glenyce Jane
January 7, 2019
19.01.07 Irene Bernice and Glenyce Jane
January 7, 2019

I will put down my drone and occasionally use my “real” camera from time to time

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January 7, 2019
08-22-18 The Treasure in Greyhound Gulch
August 22, 2018
08-22-18 The Treasure in Greyhound Gulch
August 22, 2018

The stories they could tell . . . .

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August 22, 2018
08-03-18 "Shhhhh!
August 3, 2018
08-03-18 "Shhhhh!
August 3, 2018

I generally do what Ibby tells me to do

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August 3, 2018
07-29-18 North of Deerfield
July 29, 2018
07-29-18 North of Deerfield
July 29, 2018

Can you see me in this picture?

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July 29, 2018
07-28-18 Whitewater
July 28, 2018
07-28-18 Whitewater
July 28, 2018

I’m getting a little too old for this kind of thing . . .

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July 28, 2018
04-22-18 Sunday Morning  - El Triunfo, Mexico
April 24, 2018
04-22-18 Sunday Morning - El Triunfo, Mexico
April 24, 2018

The endless search?

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April 24, 2018


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