
I can’t seem to get a wide open shot, so I settled for open wide. Prompt: Shoot wide open today. Make a creative photo that uses a shallow depth of field to good effect. Continue reading

Barbra, the second ewe to lamb in our second batch, had her lambs resting about one minute outside the house door. Prompt: Constraints can unleash creativity. Walk one minute in any direction, then stop, find a subject, and make a photo. Continue reading

The adult rams are all out on pasture together. We’ve carefully hoarded a pile of dirt for them, and it has become the focus of much pushing and shoving. Each of the boys wants to become the top ram by occupying the highest place on the hill! Continue reading

Here are some of our pregnant (or hopefully pregnant) ewes on pasture. Continue reading

This is early morning on Garvin Mesa. Some of our lambs are playing on the rock wall. Prompt: Sunday challenge time! Make a landscape photo (natural or urban). Create something that you’d want to put on your wall. Continue reading

Here’s an early morning Lambscape picture! The lambs are learning how to play on the rock walls. It’s great fun! I always worry they’ll fall or get hurt, but so far, they’ve all done just fine. Continue reading

This is Ewe Lamb 218, one of Beatrix’s twins from this year. Prompt: Black can be dramatic. Go for as much black in a photo as you can with lots of oomph, character, and depth. Continue reading

Some of the ewes yet to lamb are just huge! Meanwhile, the older lambs are really growing. Just look at that face! These are twin sister lambs out of Beatrix. Lamb gangs are forming up now, too. This ewe was checking out my lamb bag, but I caught her. Plus, a lamb was investigating the… Continue reading

Today, we welcomed a lovely set of twins into the world. As a bonus, here’s a self-portrait, with sheep in the background grazing on our front lawn. Continue reading

Turns out, I can’t control the shutter speed on this camera very well. I have a one-second exposure or much longer; otherwise, it’s automatic. This ewe was playing with the lambs during the evening lamb races. Prompt: Make a photograph with motion blur of one kind or another. Use a slow shutter speed, pan, or… Continue reading