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Self-Portrait

May 21, 2022 by Marilyn Botta Leave a Comment

This is a self-portrait that I took in April, 2022. I think it is very reflective of how I feel. It is a close-up of me taken with a macro lens and a tripod in my studio. I got the idea by looking at similar images on line. I would like to take this kind of shot of a model, and hopefully I will, but for now I am my own model. Unlike many of the photographers I see posting on Facebook, I do not have a bevy of people waiting to get their portraits done. I guess if I make a request on FB for models, I should be able to get people to pose for me. I did get a few people and I love how those images came out (Beth, Susan, and Gerry). The black and white images of Gerry are, in my opinion, some of my best work. He was a good model. It would be super if I actually got paid for things. But, for now, I am happy just getting to apply my art to anyone who will model for me. They are actually doing me a favor, and if they want pics and will pay me, all the better.


Filed Under: Portraits Tagged With: art, black and white, close up, images, macro lens, model, portrait, pose, self-portrait, studio, tripod

Donna’s Big Birthday

March 19, 2019 by Marilyn Botta Leave a Comment

Donna, one of our favorite people, celebrated a Big Birthday. She is so well loved that I cannot even count how many friends came to wish her well. I tried to capture everyone in the party as best as I could, but it was almost impossible. I decided to at least get a group shot at the end of the evening. I gathered everyone who was still there on the front lawn, set up my camera on the tripod, and got in the picture. The evening was so lovely, the food was wonderful, and most of all it was in celebration of a specular lady. Happy Birthday Donna and many more. 









Filed Under: People and Events, Uncategorized Tagged With: birthday, camera, capture, celebration, food, front lawn, group, happy birthday, party, people, photographs, photos, spectacular, tripod, wonderful

Regal Cinema at Night

March 27, 2018 by Marilyn Botta Leave a Comment

It was a beautiful night in February, very unseasonably warm. So, I grabbed my tripod and camera, with the intention of taking some shots of the Regal Cinema at night.




Filed Under: Landscapes Tagged With: beautiful, camera, February, night, Regal Cinema, shots, tripod

Supermoon 2018

February 9, 2018 by Marilyn Botta Leave a Comment

Supermoon 2018 – My friend Fran called me to ask me to go with her to Savannah Rapids early in the morning of the lunar eclipse to capture the beautiful large, bright, moon  I arrived at her house at 5 am with my camera and tripod. I didn’t think it was going to be so cold but my car registered in the 20s. I was not dressed for the cold weather and had no hat or gloves (couldn’t because I needed my hands to hold tripod and 150-600 long lens). I captured some amazing images later in the morning when there were some semblances of light around the moon. Almost had frostbite on my hands, but luckily it all worked out and here are a couple of the best shots.



Filed Under: Landscapes Tagged With: bright moon, cold, freezing, long lens, lunar eclipse, moon, Savannah Rapids, Supermoon, supermoon 2018, tripod, yellow moon

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