Scott Lyerly

Mar 2 Photo

March 2nd, 2016

I went out for a run Monday evening. It was early enough that there was still plenty of light when I left. But night falls pretty quickly in New England in the winter. By the time I was finishing up, the lights had all come on and the sun was almost completely set.

I took this picture as I was walking off the run. Something about the streetlight and the light it cast struck me. The streetlight was a weird amber color, while behind it the sky changed from light blue to deep blue behind the dark trees.

Composition in the picture is pretty unremarkable. What drew me was entirely the range of colors and shadows.
Mar 1 Photo

March 1st, 2016

If you live in a primary state today, make sure you get out to vote. There’s still time. I voted this morning with my older daughter in tow. She’s in middle school and is starting to ask interesting questions about how the whole political system works. (And I’m trying not to be jaded and simply say “It doesn’t.”) So today seemed to be a good day to demonstrate how primary voting works. For example, did you know, in Massachusetts, if you’re affiliated with a party, you can only vote within that party? Or that, if you’re unaffiliated, you can vote in either? I’m happy to say my daughter knows this now. And it was fun to take her and show her how the process works.
Feb 29 Photo

February 29th, 2016

This is a borderline cheat, but that’s just tough. I couldn’t resist. Happy Leap Day. See you in four years.

Shot with ProCam, made slightly less uninteresting in Snapseed.
Feb 28 Photo

February 28th, 2016

I didn’t get out much today. It was a “clean the house” kind of day, and I didn’t think pictures of used Swiffer sheets would be all that compelling. So, in lieu of something interesting, it’ll just have to be something pretty. Here’s a picture of the sunset, as seen through the trees outside my front door.

See you tomorrow.
Feb 27 Photo

February 27th, 2016

One of the camera apps I really like is Provoke. Provoke was created in collaboration with Glyn Evans, one of the founders of iPhoneography. It was meant to evoke the black and white Japanese photographers of the 1960s. It takes incredibly interesting pictures, with lots of contrast, shadows, and grain.

Provoke recently got an upgrade that included a couple of color films. There wasn’t much description as to the inspiration behind these color film options, but presumably they are also inspired by vintage films. The picture above is a sample of what one of the new color films looks like.

The building is the backside of the church that stands in the center of my town. The light hits it in that “just right” way in the afternoon. I snapped this with Provoke and applied no post-processing. WYSIWYG.
Feb 26 Photo

February 26th, 2016

Here I am, finding more uses for the fisheye lens than I thought. Tonight was the annual Sweetheart Dance at my daughter’s school. Actually, it used to be called the Daddy Daughter Dance, but the school changed it up this year so that moms and sons could attend. This year, it was held in the gym (it had previously been held in the cafeteria) and to capture the full scope of the space, I used the Ztylus fisheye.
Feb 25 Photo

February 25th, 2016

This beast is sitting idle for now, and that’s okay by me. It’s a front-end loader with a plow attachment hooked onto the bucket. It’s probably seen some use this winter, but so far, knock on wood, we’ve had, what is for New England, a minor amount of snow. So for now, this beast sits, waiting.

To get the full scope of the plow blade, I used the Zytlus wide angle lens. I then tweaked the look of the picture in Enlight.
Feb 24 Photo

February 24th, 2016

This hangs on our front door. It’s a winter decoration we’ve had up since before Christmas. We’ll take it down when Spring officially starts.

I can’t wait for that day.
Feb 23 Photo

February 23rd, 2016

This view used to include trees. I have some pictures of the space when it was still trees. I walked by it everyday around lunch when I would go out to stretch my legs. Now it’s a construction site. This will be a Hilton Garden Inn when it’s done. Cause that’s just what the world needs…another hotel. Any time I encounter a situation like this, I automatically think of the Lorax.

Today was an overcast day, with a weak sun poking through the clouds. I took the picture using ProCam, with the Ztylus wide angle lens attachment. I imported the picture into Snapseed, where I applied a couple of filters. The first filter was something called Drama, which can really make a sky pop out at you. The second filter was a black and white contrast filter. I like how ominous the result makes the hotel look.
Feb 22 Photo

February 22nd, 2016

Honestly, this is one of the best things about coming home. The fact that I can kick off my shoes and stuff my feet into slippers. I haven’t had a pair of slippers in years. My feet are big, size 14, and I can’t just go into a store and pick up a pair, so I’ve put off getting a pair for years. Imagine my surprise then when I got not one, but two pairs of slippers for Christmas. Now, the first I do when I come home is peel off the socks and shoes and shove my feet into one of my new pairs of slippers.