Brief interlude at Hoover as the western shadow crept across the eastern shore of the lake. The weather was brisk as the cold shadow enveloped the fishermen testing both their luck and ability to continue into the dark as the sun’s warming rays angled away from their shore.

D300 with 14-24mm, 70-200mm, and 30mm f4.

Part of my Labor Day was walking through Barnes and Noble with family, watching the grandkid’s excitement at every book they found. It was a relaxing time as I enjoyed a 6-year-old’s feverish search for the best books he could find for his reading level and hi solder sister’s rediscovery of books she’d found at six.

I never go to the bookstore without investigating two aspects of the publishing industry.

How many catch lights in the eyes of the models on the magazines published for women and what is the source and who is the photographer for the most recently published books? I can’t even enjoy a simple day at the bookstore with my family without exploring good photography and advanced techniques.

Later, when I went out for the daily photo shoot, the covers of books was on my mind as I watched two fishermen “drowning worms” in a familiar inlet on Hoover Reservoir.

I’s purposely carried only my Canon G9 to simplify my photo search with the limitations of a point and shoot camera. The restriction can be liberating although it takes a radical mindset to think that less is more.

I’ve often seen the tips of inverted rods with plastic lines passing through the final eyelet.  This particular arrangement of color and background with light focused through the open space above a thin inlet at sunset seemed perfect for a book cover photo.

G9, 7.4mm, f3.5, macro focus, ISO200, -4/3 exposure, RAW, ACR, blacks increased, slight vignette.