Here in Arizona, the valley, where I live, Summer has been ridiculously beautiful and mild and sweet. At least the first three weeks of June were more clement than I can ever remember. The cover of the Arizona Republic said it was the mildest June since 1913.
June 21st, the real first day of Summer, it seemed like it started getting warmer and I know today and last night were pretty suffocating, but tonight there was a dust storm around my house and the air has cooled off a bit. I'm hoping that we get an amazing Monsoon. Ten mile high clouds rising over the Superstitions and rain on the desert with that amazing rain-in-the desert-smell---creosote and ozone. For the cooler air it brings and for the amazing light + skies that rain + clouds make for photographs.
I went and took about a thousand sunflower photos early one (chilly) morning in early June. Here are a couple.
I predict that we will have an AMAZING monsoon this year and that we will have to go out to the dessert and take some infrared cloud and mountain photos. Remember way back in the day when you didn't get to see our photos until you had spent an afternoon in the darkroom? This time of year I really miss those days... Your photos are amazing, btw!
Posted by: becky | 30 June 2009 at 10:29 PM
Are these photos of your backyard flower garden or somewhere else?
Posted by: becky | 30 June 2009 at 10:30 PM
i LOVE sunflowers! pretty photos! :)
Posted by: celisa | 01 July 2009 at 06:52 AM
Wow! Beautifully crisp photographs. Thanks for commenting on my blog...I hope you'll post portraits in the sunflower garden after you make them!
Posted by: Willow Paule | 03 July 2009 at 09:46 AM
thanks Celisa! thanks Willow! :)
Posted by: brenda | 05 July 2009 at 05:10 PM
Becky, they are photos from Mother Nature's Tree Farm on Baseline Road. I will post some of my own when i can....
Posted by: brenda | 05 July 2009 at 05:11 PM