Christmas Time

Egg Nog?

Dancing and Dinner

This last week I made a pre-Thanksgiving Feast with two of my favorite people. While we waited for the duck to finish and the other guests to arrive, we decided dancing would be a good way to fill the time. . .

38 Years

My Parents celebrated their 38th wedding anniversary this last friday. 

Heres to 38 more. 

Day 30

Well, friends. We've reached the end. At least for now. Perhaps I will start one of those crazy 365 photo a day things. . . I may need help with suggestions though. I'm always open to suggestions. :)

Anyways, heres the last photo. For this challenge that is.

Day next to last

Black & White

I know I kind of cheated here. But I just learned how to do this trick so I'm a little excited. Also, Madelyn informed us a few weeks ago that she would be having a Belle themed birthday party this weekend, so it didn't seem right that the dress should be black and white. . .

Day 28

Hands

 Uncle Jeremy was nice enough to have a tea party with the girls this weekend. 

[50mm f/2.8, 1/30s]

Dear Followers

I feel I should inform you, mostly so I can feel better about my own mistakes and forgetfulness, that the last few photos for this 30 day challenge will be be postponed for the weekend. In my rush to leave for the weekend, I forgot the right equipment which enables me to post. My apologies. I will post the last few photos as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Day27 (already?? )

From a distance

the moon looks remarkably small. . . 

[taken with my 18-55 f/3.5 and 1/100s]

Day 26

Close up

Study in Tomato with a 50mm.

Day 25

Something Pink

It's really just "something colorful" but the pink's supposed to be the focus. 

[Taken with the 50mm at f/1.8 and 1/45s using my brother's uber bright fireman's flashlight as extra lighting]. 

Day 24

This is my cat. Her name is Bridget, but we sometimes call her "Pokey" because she doesn't know how to retract her claws all the way. She's kind of ornery. She refused to have her picture taken-- it was kind of like trying to photograph a two year old. But she's very soft. . . and can be very nice. When she wants to. . . 

. . . she also thinks she owns the house. 

Day 23

Sunflare

Day 22

Bokeh 

I won't lie, I was not excited about this assignment; I even switched this with another day so I could put off doing it. I'm not sure why I wasn't excited about it--probably just because Greenville goes to sleep with the sun every night and there are no lights. Anywhere. So I had to create my own. 

Using a bike light a completely open aperture and a relatively slow shutter speed, this is what I came up with. 

Day 21

Faceless Self-Portrait

I feel like I've been doing a lot of faceless self-portraits over the last few weeks so I thought I would tie it to something specific about today. Turns out, I spent most of the day asleep. . . 

[50mm f/2, 1/15s and all natural lighting]

Day 20

Flowers!

[50mm f/5.6 and 1/750 and 1/1000s]

Day 19

Something black lurks in the darkness. . . 

But he appears quite soft and cuddly in the light. . . 

Day 18

Shoes

Goodbye good and faithful shoes. You were truly awesome and wonderful and I am very sorry you were un-fixable. Know that you were greatly loved. So long. 

Day 17

Technology:

In one of its simplest forms. 

Day 16

Long Exposure

My first attempt at this. Apparently my job for this week will be finding/making some better lights. These were taken with a 18-55mm at f/4 and 20sec exposure. Since I have no flash I just used a halogen bike light. . . Even after reading tons of sites and "how to's" on this stuff I still feel like I have no idea what I'm doing. . . 

Day 15

Well. Yesterday was supposed to be silhouettes. And not only did I totally forget to do it yesterday, but today when I went out, I kind of failed. But here's what I got. I did learn some valuable lessons today though. 1) timing is everything when it comes to natural lighting. 2) long skirt + flats+ overgrown field = irritation. and 3) self portraits without my remote are much more difficult than they need to be. . .

Day 14

 They say I have my mother's eyes. . . 














[Taken with my 50mm at f/1.8 and 1/45s using a camping lantern for lighting].

[Taken  outside around midday using the 50mm at f/4 and 1/350s]

Day 13

[taken with my 18-55 at f/5.2 and 1/8s using just the kitchen lights]

I'm not sure that these items have anything in common except that if you were to some how manage to make a meal including vanilla, blackberry jam, pureed pumpkin, anchovies, graham crackers, box mac-n-cheese, black beans, clams, Nutella, pickled asparagus, wild rice and whole wheat penne, you might be in need of some Citrucel. 

Day 12

Sunset 

Day 11

"Mr. Blue I told you that I love you, please believe me. Mr. Blue I have to go now, darling please believe me. . . Mr. Blue don't hold your head so low that you can't see the sky."

Three Dangers

Day 10

Do you remember when those logs allowed us to sit in the sky? Do you remember how we would race each other up there? How we could sit up there for hours with nothing but sunshine and Legos? Do you remember? We were much younger then. Yet I don't feel so old or grown up now. . . Are we grown?

The remains of our fort.

(f/5.6, 1/350s with an 18-55mm)

Day 9

Someone You Love

Madelyn

I know this is kind of cheating, but this was only taken a couple weeks ago and since I got so behind I figured it'd be better to just post this than try to track someone down and convince them to let me take their picture. Anyways, this was taken outside in the evening with my trusty old 50mm.

Day 8

Bad Habits

I have a bad habit (along with getting behind on my own schedule. Sorry--I'm about to put up three days of photos) of biting my fingers when I get anxious. 

Day 7

Fruit Smoothie! 

Take one fresh peach, a few frozen strawberries, blackberries, yogurt and a little vanilla. Shoot with a 50 mm using all natural lighting between f/4 and f/1.8. Mix in blender until it reaches a smooth consistency. Add a straw, finish  with your favorite/simple editing techniques and enjoy. :)

Day 6: from a low angle

Boxers or briefs?

Day 5: From a high angle

[shot with a 50mm at f/1.8 and 1/125]

Day4: Clouds

Tip of the Day: The perfect ice cream depends not just on the cream or the milk, but on the alcohol. 

Today's assignment was simply "clouds."  Shot with a 50mm at f/22 and 1/350. 

Day 3: Something Green

Day 2

I know. I'm not off to a very good start with all of this. Three days in and I'm already two days behind. I know. At any rate, here's yesterday's challenge: "what I wore today." 

Day 1

A thought occurred to me the other day as I perused various photography sites that I, too, was capable of doing one of the ubiquitous "photo a day" challenges. ("Is this what four o'clock in the afternoon is for?"). So here I am. And here I, and my photos, shall frequent for at least the next month.