Photo of the Day: A Great Gift

On By LindyIn charity, photography

I served as the photographer for an important event at the American Cancer Society yesterday – they received a check for $100,000 from Black & Veatch for our Kansas City Hope Lodge, a facility where cancer patients can stay free of charge during treatment. I got to hang out with the Secret Service and this famous man below. Do you recognize him? (Hint: If you live in Missouri or you’re big into U.S. Politics, you should probably know him.) Shamefully, I probably wouldn’t have recognized him if he strolled by me on the street until yesterday.

Speaking of donations to the American Cancer Society, Relay For Life is just one week away and I’m still fundraising! If you’d like to purchase a print of one of my photos, please visit my etsy site. 100% of proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society Relay For Life.

This famous man had a wonderful speech about the importance of cancer research funding at yesterday’s American Cancer Society 100th Birthday Celebration in Kansas City. The big question – who is it?

Photo of the Day: Waterfall Garden

On By LindyIn nature, photography6 Comments

If you took a guess at yesterday’s photo, the correct answer is the Chapel at Powell Gardens just outside of Kansas City. Powell Gardens is home to this chapel, several types of flower gardens, fountains and water gardens, vegetable gardens, trails, and so much more. It’s such a beautiful place to visit that I’ve got about a week’s worth of photos to show you!

The waterfall garden at Powell Gardens. The bright green sculptures are lily pads made of LEGOS – part of their Nature Connects exhibit this summer

 

Photo of the Day: Free Love Van

On By LindyIn photography, street photography1 Comment

I’m a day behind on posting a photo, but yesterday was so busy. We started the day at 5 a.m. when we woke up to participate in the Hospital Hill run with a few friends. My husband and I ran the 10k in about 57 minutes, which I thought was pretty good considering all of the hills. I placed 169/1189 women. Check out my friend Julie’s blog to see photos and read more about it. After that our group had brunch at a cute downtown restaurant, then we went with Julie to the Liberty Arts Festival. The weather was gorgeous, and we enjoyed that the festival wasn’t overwhelmingly large. Although we didn’t purchase anything, it was fun to look at all the local artists’ talent. And all of that happened before 1 p.m. Below is my favorite piece of “art” from the art fest!

Two little girls decorating a chalkboard van at the Liberty Arts Festival

Photo of the Day: Celebration at the Station

On By LindyIn night photography, photography2 Comments

I’ve always struggled with getting good fireworks photos, but I think this year’s Celebration at the Station was a success. I used a tripod and had my camera setting on a high ISO, wide aperture, and fairly slow shutter speed (1/6 sec.). This is one of my favorites from the evening. What do you think? Is there anything I could have done to improve it?

Fireworks at a Memorial Day celebration at Kansas City’s Liberty Memorial

Photo of the Day: Roman Architecture

On By LindyIn photography, travel

Now that they have returned safely, I can finally say that my parents have been on a Mediterranean cruise for the past 10 days. From the brief photos I saw at the airport last night, it looks like I definitely need to add Greece to my bucket list. The cruise started and ended in Rome – one of my favorite cities. I was there exactly two years ago … though it barely feels like two months ago. Italy is one of those countries I think I could visit over and over again.

The pantheon in Rome, Italy, taken May 2011

Photo of the Day: Stars and Stripes

On By LindyIn night photography, photography

Happy Memorial Day!

Kansas City’s Union Station during Celebration at the Station yesterday evening. This was the 11th year for the annual Memorial Day celebration.

If you’d like to purchase this photo for a good cause, you can do so at photographicrhodes.etsy.com. 100% of proceeds benefit Relay For Life! (Choose “photographic print – you choose” and indicate that you’d like today’s photo.)