Wine – Jolene's Life in Focus

The Burden of Being Fancy

July 19, 2018July 19, 2018Posted in Travel, United KingdomTagged Bath Abbey, Bath England, Battle Abbey, Beach, boats, cell phone photography, England, footprints, Hastings Castle, Hastings UK, photography, reflection, ruins, sand, seagull, St. Ives, tin mine, travel photography, White Cliffs, Wine14 Comments

When I got my Nikon D800 four years ago I thought, this camera is going to change my life. I dubbed her “Fancy” and vowed to travel the world with her, taking once in a lifetime photographs that would have National Geographic pounding at my door. Today, I just think about how much she makes my wrists hurt and how there are probably thousands of people running around with Fancys of their own, wanting a shot with National Geographic or Lonely Planet.

I’ve learned that I’m lazy. I don’t necessarily want to learn all the nerdy and technical components about photography that will make me better at it. At the end of the day, I just want to capture what’s beautiful about the world around me. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn’t.

More and more often, I take pictures on my cellphone, which is funny because that’s how this whole blog started years ago: cellphone photos. That’s not to say I’ve totally lost interest in Fancy; I’m just a lot more selective about when I take her out. During my last trip to England, I took most of my photos on my phone. I mean, it’s compact; I can easily hide it in my purse when I’m done using it. I don’t have to worry about breaking it. I can instantly upload photos to social media.

So…sorry, Fancy. Here are some of my favorite cellphone photos from England earlier this month.

More Fun with Corks

December 23, 2010Posted in UncategorizedTagged Canon, Canon 40d, Jolene Hanson Photography, Jolene's Life in Focus, More Fun with Corks, photography, sepia, Wine, Wine corks12 Comments

My four-day weekend has officially begun! First order of business – catch up on photo editing. I need to finish the cork photos from Trisha’s house last week. I love the natural color of the outdoor shots, but I’m thinking about using a sepia tone for some of the indoor. To me, there’s a nostalgic feeling that accompanies the change of tone. Eventually, I’d like to narrow it down to the three best and print them on canvas.

Cork Photo Shoot

December 15, 2010Posted in wineTagged Bellingham Washingtin, Cork photo shoot, cork pictures, corks, Jolene Hanson, Jolene Hanson Photography, Jolene Hanson Photos, photo of the day, photography, Wine, Wine corks12 Comments

My friend Trisha has a wonderful tradition. When she shares a bottle of wine with someone special, she and that other person (or people) sign the cork and date it. Over the years, she’s accumulated a plethora of corks and signatures that I thought would be fun to photograph. The photo above is one of many I captured over lunch today.

I learned of this tradition a couple of years ago when I first visited her home. This inspired me to start my own collection. Looking through all the names and dates is kind of like looking through a photo album. I can remember exactly what I was doing and how I felt at the time. There are only two corks which aren’t included in the general population, and those are the ones I brought back with me from Midleton, Ireland (in County Cork, ha!).