Photography is my passion.
I am not a professional photographer in any sense of the word. I take some good photos, and I take some not so good photos. But I enjoy taking photographs of all things. I don't really "do" people, however.


I don't have the opportunity to travel extensively, so I have to take advantage of the locations around me .
Many of the photos that I take are taken in my backyard and are of our dogs or our flowers. I'm not totally confined to that, however, and on vacations or day trips I have opportunities to take other photos. And do!

I currently have two cameras - a Canon PowerShot Pro1 and a Nikon D3000. My Pro1 was bought in 2005 and has served me well over the years. Unfortunately, it developed a sensor problem and only works in certain exposures. It is only semi-retired at this point.

In October 2009 I purchased a Nikon D3000, my first real foray in to a DSLR. It's been many years since I used a 35mm film camera, and digital SLR's are just different enough that I have a lot to re-learn.

So, then, this is my way to share my favorite photos.   Most will be posted just as I took them, without editing in some photo editing program. The only "editing" you might see on most of these is the addition of a copyright. These are my photos, and I choose to share them for your visual enjoyment only. Therefore, for the most part you won't be able to download any photos, but you can save the bookmark to the page so that you can return later. If you would like to purchase one of my photos, please contact me at jsandrr@rrandjs.com or enrjyzr@enrjyzr.com or visit my gallery.

You can see my photos in two places: enrjyzr.com and rrandjs.com/photos

At enrjyzr.com there are currently three different sets of photos:
FireInTheSky
AirShow

The photos in FireInTheSky were taken at Daisy State Park in Kirby, Arkansas in October 2009. We had camped for a week while we were there to dig for crystals, and during that time it rained nearly every day. Before a heavy-duty storm passed over, we were blessed with this wonderful sunset. Those photos were among the last taken with my Pro1 before the sensor problem reared its ugly head.

The AirShow photos were taken less than a week after I purchased the Nikon D3000, so, for the most part, I was trying to quickly learn the camera and experimenting at the same time. This photo had me jumping up and down yelling "I GOT IT!"  because I had no idea whether I could capture it or not.  I did!

This is an F-16 at sub Mach1 [almost breaking the sound barrier].  I was standing on a chair and the jet zoomed right in front of us, about 400 yards away.  I know that others have taken much better photos of this event, but the fact that I managed to catch it using a camera less than a week old is pretty good, I think.

The third set of photos are of our dogs. These are some of my favorite photos of them and are all candid shots taken either in our backyard or in our den.

At rrandjs.com/photos are just photos that I have taken that I enjoy. I hope that you enjoy them, too.

 

 

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