Andrea James

Photography

Pic of the Day: Getty garden flowers 2

One of the thousands of lovely flowers in the Getty Center gardens. — Andrea James Facebook group Andrea James YouTube channel Andrea James on MySpace

Pic of the Day: Getty Center sculpture

The Getty Center has a lovely new sculpture garden. We got there at the perfect time in terms of light. — Andrea James Facebook group Andrea James YouTube channel Andrea James on MySpace

Pic of the Day: Getty garden flowers 1

I snapped this one after the sun was just out of the gardens, which allowed all the subtleties in the white petals to show through. — Andrea James Facebook group Andrea James YouTube channel Andrea James on MySpace

Pic of the Day: Getty Center ocean vista

Pic of the Day: Getty Center ocean vista

I went to the Getty Center yesterday with a pal, and we shot some lovely stuff. I’ll post one a day over the next week or so. — Andrea James Facebook group Andrea James YouTube channel Andrea James on MySpace

Pic of the Day: Messing with daytime flash settings

Pic of the Day: Messing with daytime flash settings

From Garden photos I have been trying some new things with flash use during the day, to make the background fall off a bit and give some depth of field. This was taken in broad daylight in my garden, to…

Pic of the Day: Iridescent beetle

Pic of the Day: Iridescent beetle

From Garden photos From Garden photos I found this amazing iridescent green beetle in my garden today. I couldn’t get any shots that captured how brilliant the shell was. It looked like a flying jewel. Update: Regular reader Michael correctly…

Pic of the Day: Hungry hummingbird

Pic of the Day: Hungry hummingbird

From Hummingbird The hummingbirds have been very shy lately, flying away if they see me come out the door. The girl decided she was over all that flying away and kept eating, which is unusual mid-day. — Andrea James Facebook…

Pic of the Day: Blue eyes toward blue skies

Another picture of my little cat, checking out the scene in the garden. — Andrea James Facebook group Andrea James YouTube channel Andrea James on MySpace

Pic of the Day: Rose closeup (wet)

Same rose as yesterday, but misted and completely backlit. — Andrea James Facebook group Andrea James YouTube channel Andrea James on MySpace

Pic of the Day: Rose closeup (dry)

/> I have been playing around with extreme closeups of backlit flowers. This one was dry. Wet to come. — Andrea James Facebook group Andrea James YouTube channel Andrea James on MySpace