There *can* be beauty in an LDS meetinghouse

I have been a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for almost 18 years. I have noticed one reoccurring theme with our buildings - they are poor places to shoot photographs. Drab backgrounds, odd-colored mixed lighting, it seems that things work against you for successful images.

Once in awhile, I am able to catch something worthwhile. I was visiting the Annapolis Royal branch on Sunday, I spied this gorgeous display in the Young Women's room. The sun back-lighting the whole thing made it look extra-special. Of course, I did not have time to capture the scene before sacrament started, so I had to wait until until 1pm. The sun had changed its angle, of course, still not as sweet as it had looked but very worthwhile to shoot.

D60, 16-85mm VR, and some files needed the SB-600.

Playing with my father's airplane

No, I do not have my pilot's license but I did have fun with these files. I happened to have the Nikkor 12-24mm on my D60 when my father came in for a landing over New Germany Lake as the sun was setting. I had all the elements working for me - proper exposure, good composition, and the shutter speed was 1/200th second so the propeller would not be stopped in mid-stream. Anyway, everyone seems to like the late-day drama I captured.....