The Changing Seasons Monthly Photo Challenge is a blogging challenge by Cardinal Guzman. Each month I will post a photo that I think represents the month.
I shot twice as many photos in February than I did in January but very few of them were outdoors. For me, February has no meaning. It's what I would call the forgettable month. We had more snowstorms than in January but the snow mostly fell during the week and melted by the weekend. I didn't get to shoot any snow scenes.
My weekends were packed with activities. Either I was taking a course or there was a birthday to celebrate or a high school play. This past weekend I helped a friend by shooting interior and exterior photographs of her home. She's downsizing and she and her husband are selling their home and moving to another town nearby. One cool thing about this area of New Jersey is you have many choices of historic towns each with a unique character.
In the third weekend of February, my wife's best friend returned from India with the flu and we were all exposed. My wife was the first to succumb. I took her to the urgent care but as you can expect, the waiting area was full of sick people. So of course despite my normally strong immune system, I am home sick with the flu for the last two days.
So here is my jumbled gallery of photos for February.
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- I used an HDR technique for these residential real estate photos.
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- My niece, Maya, is now thirteen.
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- I had my first siphon brewed coffee at Rojo's in Princeton.
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- I experimented.
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- I applied a Kodak Tri-X 400 film preset to this image before exporting from Lightroom. Too much?
Max a.k.a. Cardinal Guzman
6th March 2017 at 6:09 AMNice gallery. I've never seen a coffee brewer like that before. Did it taste any different?
Khürt Williams
6th March 2017 at 6:16 AMHI Max. Well ... it was certainly a good brew. The siphon produces a delicate, tea-like cup of coffee. Personally, I could not tell the difference from a standard pour over like a Chemex, but definitely smoother than a French Press.
Max a.k.a. Cardinal Guzman
6th March 2017 at 6:50 AMI mostly drink espresso. I'm not a big fan of the French press.
Khürt Williams
6th March 2017 at 7:24 AMIn this area, only specialty coffee shops serve espresso (and cappuccino, latte, macchiato, etc.) Princeton has two. Four if you include Panera and Starbuck (puke). The rest served brewed coffee.
Max a.k.a. Cardinal Guzman
6th March 2017 at 7:26 AMStarbucks is not somewhere I'd go for a coffee. Did it once, never again.
Khürt Williams
6th March 2017 at 8:11 AMStarbucks may be the worst thing that ever happened to coffee. When traveling, if Starbucks is my only option, I switch to drinking tea.
Max a.k.a. Cardinal Guzman
6th March 2017 at 8:15 AMI totally agree.
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Parul Thakur
24th February 2017 at 7:32 AMBeautiful pictures. The reflection in the camera lens is very smart shot and those giggles with cake on the face is just so natural.
Khürt Williams
24th February 2017 at 9:43 AMThanks Parul. My niece's uncle tricked her with a hug and when she turned around he had a handful of cake and whipped creaming waiting. Great moment.
Parul Thakur
24th February 2017 at 9:50 AMHa ha! Such a fun thing. So glad to be connected again. I wasn't getting your posts on reader so I followed via email. Love your photography and feeling good to be around again 🙂
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