Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday
Photograph by Tom Atwood

This rose reminds me of Kathryn Stulken, a member of the Flower Guild at St. Andrew's in Edwardsville, Illinois. Each week guild members create beautiful floral arrangements for Sunday services, and on Easter Sunday, the display is absolutely righteous.

Shutter: 1/2 second; Aperture: f/22; ISO: 200; Focal Length: 55 mm

St. Andrew's - landscape photography

Easter Day
Photograph by Tom Atwood

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Edwardsville, Illinois. 

Shutter: 1/15; Aperture: f/3.5; ISO: 200; Focal Length: 18 mm

A Passing Shower - landscape photography

Fruit Road near Edwardsville, Illinois
Photograph by Tom Atwood

Some days the sky has a lot of energy. Brief storms blow up and blow away. The rain pours, soaks a field, and suddenly gives way to sun and rainbows. Every direction is a picture.

Shutter: 1/80; Aperture: f/13; ISO: 100; Focal Length: 18 mm

Blue - Edwardsville Senior Pictures

AlexWever
Photograph by Tom Atwood

This is one of the first senior portraits I took: Alex Wever  leaning against a lumber warehouse, a kind of blue landmark in Edwardsville, Illinois. In fact, this portrait of Alex is a kind of blue landmark, too. Blue bricks, blue metal siding, blue jeans, blue eyes.

Shutter: 1/125; Aperture: f/1.8 (late in the day); ISO: 100; Focal Length: 35 mm