Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: post office

Now part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Glen Haven, Michigan--just like it says on the sign. Another photo taken last February....

Stopped at the Dimondale post office the other day and found these lovely irises along the wall.

Before they reorganized the local Post Offices a few months ago, Fawn--who delivers the local rural route--would sort down her mail at our post office. Nowadays she's working out of Grand Ledge, but a year ago she was still based in Mulliken. This is her vehicle, parked under the tree behind the Mulliken Post Office. ========== The biggest danger to a daily photo project is boredom. Back in January I briefly discussed my photographic geography . Last June 11 I shot a few dull pix in the yard for 366 Snaps , then moved downtown and did better. But I was getting bored with this everyday stuff. The day before, as we've seen, I wandered around the local farm country. How about if tomorrow we wander Grand Ledge? And maybe a vacation this week? Please? ========== This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps . Number of project photos taken: 26 Title of " roll :" Miscellany, mostly birds Other photos taken on 6/11/2012: Didn't do a proper Daily Flower Census, but I took a few pix of this pretty rose . Then I got some nice bird photos with the Nikon 1. We still had the baby raccoon .

The building beyond the PO was Forrest Meier's barber shop for well over five decades. Just wanted to mention that. I picked up my mail last March 13 and wandered behind the Main Street buildings to shoot a few pix of the tracks and trackside structures. Then I circled back to Main. This photo could be considered a complement to my Creative Taxidermy pic from January 7 --I was at the same location, but facing west instead of east. Then I crossed the street and caught the Farmer's Tavern Coca-Cola sign photograph that got posted to 366 Snaps . That sign tells a lot about Roger and Sandy Sain, who own the restaurant--and an antique business on the side. By the way, I'd photographed the sign before , with my (then) brand new Nikon D300. And before that , with the D70. Farmer's Steakhouse is endlessly photogenic . ========== I bought the D300 late in 2007. It was a significant upgrade from my D70, and the learning curve was pretty steep. Eighteen months later I was taking decent photos but was often fighting with the camera. At that point I took a rather long sabbatical from serious photography (not the camera's fault; my job turned unusually chaotic and my hobbies suffered). In mid-2010, when I resumed my photography habit, using the camera came easy. I can list several reasons for that--the break helped, as did the prior experience, and my attitude had changed for causes unrelated to either. Another reason was my then-new 16-85 mm VR lens. I love this lens. ========== This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps . Number of project photos taken: 17 Title of " roll :" Downtown Mulliken Other photos taken on 3/13/2012: none.

Where my mail box lives. And further evidence that I was experimenting with filters and effects in Photoshop Elements a year ago. ========== This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps . 366 Snaps project discussion here .

Last January 31 started ugly--my day's first photo was of ice and slush on the drive--but later the sun came out and brightened things up enormously. Since I check my mail daily, post office box photographs are a daily temptation. I scratched that itch regularly over the course of the year, but never posted the resulting pix. This was my best effort, and could easily have been my January 31 daily. ========== Nothing much to say about the padlock photograph I actually posted. The light was great. I thought I might expand on the idea over the course of the year, but didn't follow through. ========== This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps . Number of project photos taken: 8 (every one of 'em worthwhile--I have good days, and bad days) Title of " roll :" Post Office and Shed Other photos taken on 1/31/2012: none.