Author: Michael Mellen

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

All Hallows’ Eve with ‘Jack’ I decided to do a little Halloween photo-shoot. I bought some pumpkins, one larger and a few smaller ones, for a little seasonal set-up. Carving pumpkins isn’t quite my thing and I wasn’t sure exactly what kind of face would look good for a jack-o-lantern. I wanted a plain basic…


Blue Ridge Parkway on Film

Using Film Shooting with an old film camera isn’t as easy as using the newer digital cameras of today. These old cameras don’t focus for you, and if your eyesight is as bad as mine, it is a challenge to bring your subject into sharp focus. The camera doesn’t provide exposure settings for you either….


September in the Ocala National Forest

Well, I did something that I probably should not have done. Since I had worked a lot of overtime lately, I bought that new lens that I have been wanting. A super wide angle, Canon EF 14mm f/2.8L II and tonight was my first time using it. So where did I go? I went to…


Blazing Florida Sunset

A Florida sunset taken from the Mavic Mini 2 drone Blazing Florida SunsetImage No 531 Tonight’s beautiful sunset on 9/22/2021. This evening I didn’t go out for a shoot, and you might know we had the most beautiful sunset that we have had in a very long time! I was determined to capture it somehow,…


Beach Bugs in the Sand

On one recent morning, I drove to Marineland in hopes of capturing another sunrise. I had been to this beach countless times before photographing the coquina rocks but this was the first time that I have encountered tiny little bugs biting my feet and ankles. I walked into the water to try to get these…


Images for the month of August 2021

The month of August was named in the honor of Augustus Caesar, the first Roman Emperor.  Augustus was Julius Caesar’s grandnephew and he had defeated Marc Antony and Cleopatra in 30 BCE. The first part of August had been a very successful month for photography. Marineland “Ocean Storm”Image No 514 On a stormy evening, I…


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