About Janice

I love California, both in and out of my garden. My passions are gardening and photography. My goal is to make Plum Bird Corner a happy place to visit often.

A Nighttime Photography Field Trip

Anaheim-Sation
During a nighttime photography field trip, I took this photo at the Anaheim Regional Transportation Center in Anaheim, California. It was one of the stops on a night time photography field trip I took with my photo class. The station was amazing to see, especially at night.
train-station
Here is the building from the outside. It really is worth a visit, even if you aren’t planning to ride the metrolink train.
Light-on-Table
The original reason for our field trip to Anaheim, was nighttime photography practice during the Disneyland fireworks, but unfortunately the fireworks were canceled because of wind. I took the above photo in Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa. It really is a spectacular hotel.   A few of us went in to have a look around.
another-lamp
Another beautiful lamp inside the hotel. You can tell, that I love lamps. Although we did not see the fireworks, I had no problem finding interesting things to photograph. I didn’t get home until 11:30 P.M., but it was well worth the late night excursion.

My Favorite Color is Today’s Photo Challenge

 

BlueBird

 

 

Today’s photo challenge,  to take a photo of my favorite color sent me scurrying around the house trying to decide which color is my favorite.  I love this beautiful bluebird, but then I also love the yellow of the hibiscus in our garden and drive a bright yellow VW Bug.

yellow-flower

You can see why this challenge is indeed a challenge. We are blessed with so many beautiful colors in this world, it really is difficult to choose a favorite.  When you look around it’s like opening a treasure chest of jewels. I took this last photo today at Dana Point Harbor. Yet another example of our beautiful color filled world.

umbrella
I’m still not certain, but I think blue and yellow might be near the top of the list.

Today’s Big Photo Challenge

tomatoes
A photo Challenge started my day. I was to photograph something Big. I was a little stumped at first, until I looked around our kitchen and spotted these tomatoes on the window sill. I placed them next to a big tomato and I had my photo challenge subject. That was easy I thought. A little later we headed out on our scooter and motorcycle for a ride to the city of Orange.
rubies
After a very enjoyable ride, we stopped at Ruby’s in Tustin for lunch.
Martin-2

 

Here is my hubby after parking his Kymco Scooter. We were hungry and couldn’t wait to get inside.
cinnamon-roll
When seated, we discovered that it was too early for lunch. I studied the breakfast menu and chose this delicious cinnamon role. Not the healthiest decision, but what the heck, it was big and delicious. Right then and there I knew that this big cinnamon roll would be the second subject for my BiG photo for today’s photo challenge. By the way, I did share a little with Martin.

Photography’s Golden Hour

Blue-flowers-2
I took this photo this evening between 7:00 and 8:00. This was the hour before sunset, also known as the golden hour. It is also called the magic hour. In the morning, the hour after sunrise is also a golden hour. During these times, the sun’s angle filters the light, and colors are more saturated and vibrant.
Bougainvillia
Pink-flowers
All of these photos were taken during that Golden hour. By looking on a weather app, I was able to learn that sundown today would occur at 8:00, so I planned to take photos during the prior hour. If this is something new to you, I hope you’ll go outside during that magical hour and take photos. Even if you don’t have a camera, the rich colors are  obvious and a joy to see. Continue reading