I have a friend named Tara. Many of you know Tara too. If you are one of the lucky ones who know her, you know that she is a very, very talented photographer. Her pictures of the beach, in particular, completely blow me away, and when I see that she has posted new pictures of the beaches near her home in Florida, I always have a couple of thoughts in my head:
1. “My God, is that beautiful!”
2. “Tara is so talented!”
3. “I wish I could take some pictures near a beach right now!”
On Monday, I finally had my chance to try my hand at grabbing some of my own gorgeous beach shots. After we set the world record for dropping off a college sophomore, we had a little bit of time on our hands. I decided that since I brought my awesome camera along and only got the two pictures (one of the dorm room door and one of D looking all goofy-like, posing in front of his mountain of belongings), we should go ahead and take the left turn out of campus, drive a couple blocks, and park the car near a beautiful stretch of beach along Lake Michigan so I could pretend to be a world-class photographer. I’m so glad we did.
While we were there, we found out that J had never skipped stones before (what???). Jim gave him a little tutorial and the two of them had some fun trying to see how many times they could bounce the stones off the surface of the water. It was such a peaceful, lovely half hour we spent there: I can’t wait to go back.
My Olympus PEN E-PL1 has some great built-in filters, and I used the pop art, soft focus, sepia, and grainy b/w filters on a couple of the pictures below. Every single one of them is straight out of the camera. Enjoy! (I hope I made Tara proud!)
9 Comments
Tara R.
These are amazing! I particularly like the black and white silhouette. Your beach is every bit as beautiful as mine.
I am humbled and honored that you think of me as a talented photographer. That really means a lot to me.
Mom24@4evermom
Beautiful! Especially the last one. 🙂
Lotus / Sarcastic Mom
Love them! xo
megryansmom
Love!
Jenn
Those are beautiful! Great shots. meliSa!
mishi
So awesome, Melisa!
Heather
These are pretty awesome. I love the first one– such bright color! 🙂
Grandma W
Unbelievable, the day was beautiful for picture taking. Look how tall J is.
Patty @ A Day in My NYC
I an way behind on my Google Reader…so I am just seeing these GORGEOUS pictures! Melisa these are beautiful! I love them! Can I use one as the background pic for my work computer? 🙂