Casual Day Images: North Iowa

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Sep 30, 2014

Last Day of September

A few shots to share from the iPhone images as September wraps up...

Photo by Deb Rohne. Copyright 2014. All Rights Reserved.

October begins National Blog Writing Month, which I have participated in officially in the past. This year, I will post to this blog for my own amusement pictures and stories according to the following 30 Day Photo Challenge. If you have happened upon this blog by accident, I hope you will join me on this next journey of happy accidents :)

October 2014 - 30 Day Photo Challenge

1. White/Cream

2. Linen/Beige/Taupe

3. Spice

4. Water

5. Morning Light

6. Evening Light

7. Doors & Windows

8. Fence

9. Heart

10. Blue

11. Green

12. Closet

13. Pink

14. Food

15. Books

16. Reflections

17. Details

18. Shadow

19. Brown

20. Movement

21. Shiny

22. Upside Down

23. Sweet

24. Red

25. Earthy

26. Bokeh

27. Flame

28. Hat

29. Flowers

30. Black

31. Halloween (Bonus Day)

Jul 4, 2014

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 12:TREES

Reached into the far recesses of the photo files for these beauties. I know for sure the 1999 images were taken with my first digital camera--the Sony Mavica. I have never been able to resist taking a drive around the countryside after a heavy winter fog has coated the trees with a thick hoarfrost. There is something simply magical about the crystallized branches on a winter morn.

I think that I shall never see a tree as lovely as these trees...

Frosty Morning in North Iowa ~ 1999

Frosty Morning in North Iowa ~ 2009

Frosty Morning in North Iowa ~ 2010**

Vacation spots have provided for a some wonderful tree pictures as well...

Sunrise Over Lake Bryan in Orlando, Florida ~ 2009

Spanish Moss on trees in St. Simons Island, Georgia ~ 2013

[**the 2010 Frosty Morning image is the only one that was edited to enhance the color...the others are not re-touched**]

Jun 30, 2014

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 8:CLOUDS

My favorite formation of clouds come at sunset when the colors are brilliant and rich and you can't tell where one color ends and the other begins or even how to name a specific color. Given the fact we have been experiencing one storm after another here in the heartland, I will begin with those cloud pictures taken this week and follow up with some of my favorite sunsets from the archives...

Hayward, Wisconsin

Disneyworld

What's in a Name? Why Casual Day Images?

Once I made the decision to create a blog devoted to my love of photography, I needed a name.

After spending the better part of a morning trying to come up with a BlogSpot name that was not already taken, I gave up and went for a bike ride. Sometimes, getting up and walking (or riding) away from a problem can give the most clarity for discovering an answer.

About six years ago, I came up with an idea for creating one-of-a-kind jewelry designs using recycled denim jeans. The name I came up with for my line of jewelry was Casual Day Designs.

Upon returning from my bike ride, I typed casualdayimages.blogspot.com into the "Address" prompt of the "Create a new blog" window, and had a winner.

Through this blog, while I wouldn't mind sharing with the world (or anyone who stumbles on this page) my love of photography, I basically created the page for a personal recording of the passion I have for the craft.

I want to resurrect the images that have become buried in the archives of my pictures files as well as be accountable to myself through prompts and challenges to learn new techniques and keep taking Images every Day...nothing formal--just Casual.