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    • A Little Bit of July

      Posted at 9:47 pm by Kris McNeil, on July 31, 2018

      The 365 Blog Circle is a collection of friends working through their 365 photography projects together. We are posting favorite shots on a monthly basis. Welcome to our July round up! 

      So with retirement comes lots of time to do whatever the heck we want. And this leaves me scrambling for editing time. Yikes! I worked on the shots I took at Cibolo Creek Ranch, which is where we went after the astrophotography workshop in June. I wanted to stay out in west Texas a couple more nights to practice the things I learned at the workshop. By day we did tours of the ranch land which was vast and beautiful in only the way west Texas can be.

      I’ve been playing more with my Instax wide film camera and decided to upload a few of my favorites from the summer. I have joined Susannah Conway’s August Break 2018 (#Augustbreak2018 on IG) and I think I might do the project with instant film. Of course, my usual m.o. is to start these month long projects and punt after 10 days. We shall see!

      Ahhh so what was good for July editing?

      182.365.2018 Starlight Theater, Terlingua, TexasI finished up my shots from Big Bend and Terlingua.
      And did these from Cibolo Creek:

      184.365.2018 Cibolo Creek187.365.2018 Pollinators196.365.2018 Cibolo Creek Ranch

      A little Instax love.200.365.2018 Handstands203.365.2018 Backyard Magnolia

      We went to Space Center Houston one afternoon. We hadn’t been there in years, so it was a lot of fun. It’s such a treat to go places with my grown up kids. 204.365.2018 Redstone Rocket - NASA Rocket Park - Houston Texas
      (not my kids)

      207.365.2018 Red Schwinn - NASA Bikes
      The bike is part of NASA’s free range bike program. They have been in partnership with Schwinn since the 1960s to have bikes on the NASA campus that people can just pick up and ride from building to building. We saw them everywhere. They’re quite delightful.

      Well the blog circle people are either moving or traveling or super duper busy this month. Isn’t summer always like that? We think we have all the time in the world and then it’s time for August. This month is just me and Elyse, so we’re playing catch instead of going in a circle. She is on the move again! Go see her beautiful stuff.

      I hope this finds all of you well and happy this summer. XOXO

       

       

       

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    • 7 on 7 july 2018

      Posted at 5:36 pm by Kris McNeil, on July 7, 2018

      7 on 7 is a photographic blog circle of friends posting 7 photos on the 7th of the month. Grab a cup of coffee or a glass of wine and walk through our circle with us. It will do your heart and soul some good.

      In mid June I got to attend another of Jason Weingart’s photography workshops. The first was the bluebonnet workshop I attended in April. This time my husband and I drove out to Terlingua, Texas so I could attend one of Jason’s astrophotography workshops. My daughter-in-law met us out there and she and I did the workshop together. It was a little cloudy for us both nights, but it was such a blast.

      Why Terlingua? The light pollution is so bad in the states that the places where we have truly dark night skies are somewhat limited, and as you can imagine, somewhat remote and out west. This is a map where you can see how bright the places you live and visit are and you can see why we had to drive across Texas to find some dark sky.

      astro night 2Even as the sun was going down, the stars were appearing. astro night 2-2We got a fly over from the International Space Station.
      My nerd heart rejoiced.astro night 2-8Middle of nowhere.astro night 2-10Andrew the good sport.astro 2At the Terlingua Cemetery. Even with the clouds rolling in, it was beautiful.

      After the workshop, we treated ourselves to a couple nights at Cibolo Creek Ranch so I could practice a little more star shooting after I’d slept a little (I’m too old for this back to back all nighter stuff). The skies cleared up while we were there and made for some nice nights.

      cibolo night-3From Cibolo Creek Ranch. cibolo morning-3Leaving from Cibolo Creek at 3:00am to drive back to Houston.
      You can see the lights of Presidio, Texas over the hills.
      cibolo morning-4Here comes the sun and I say it’s alright.

      As of now our little circle is a bit on vacation with the 4th being just a few days ago. I admit I lost track of days since we just got off some traveling ourselves. Whew! Busy days.

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      Posted in 7 on 7 | 7 Comments | Tagged astrophotography, Cibolo Creek, Jason Weingart, Terlingua
    • A Little Bit of June

      Posted at 9:20 am by Kris McNeil, on July 1, 2018

      The 365 Blog Circle is a collection of friends working through their 365 photography projects together. We are posting favorite shots on a monthly basis. Welcome to our June round up! 

      Go go go! June has been a busy month. My husband retired and we have been on the move. It’s been a fun time for us.

      anniversary_2018_06_03_02
      We celebrated our 29th anniversary in early June. Time flies. Time flies. 

      DSC05508We spent the weekend in Houston and saw Paul Simon.
      He’s still got it after all these years.

      We also took a road trip out to Terlingua Texas where I attended another of Jason Weingart’s photography workshops (more on that in the next 7 on 7 post later this week). Texas is a biiiiig state, so we took our time getting across it. We stopped in Fredericksburg, Texas for a couple nights and hiked at Enchanted Rock. The view from the top is one of the prettiest in Texas.

      Enchanted_Rock_2018_06_07_032Enchanted_Rock_2018_06_07_029Enchanted_Rock_2018_06_07_023

      We also visited the Garrison Brothers distillery and Becker Vineyards.

      Garrison_Bros_2018_06_07_20
      Garrison_Bros_2018_06_07_36

      Yum and Yum.

      We took a little detour on the way to Terlingua to go see Prada Marfa just to say we did.

      Prada-1-3

      Prada-5Prada-4Bags and shoes

      Prada-3Did I mention Texas is a biiiiig state?

      And here is a tease for 7 on 7 where I’ll tell you more about the workshop I went to.

      astro-1The stars at night are big and bright… 

      I know you totally clapped.

      Keep going around our circle to see the amazing work of my 365 friends. Next up is the fabulous Alyssa Kellert. 

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