Day 54: Into the mist....

I saw a photograph of a pier in New Zealand that had the mist rolling in and I've wanted to duplicate it since I returned.  This may get blown up and hung on the wall.

Manual: Page 38, Step 5: Focus

Images:  Sally Mann, What remains.  Kinda dark but wow.

Day 53: From the rear...

I've decided that 365 days of photos is hard.  Its hard if you have a job, a family, a life of anykind.  I'm enjoying the heck out of it, but its hard.  Today we went to my husband's uncle's home (that's a mouthful) to watch the football game and then have a Hanukkah dinner - today is the 3rd night.  As I hadn't managed to take a photo yet today, I ran around their house snapping anything that looked good.  The only time I didn't have my camera a hawk flew 20' over my head - talk about luck.  Out of the 100+ photos I took the one of the backside of the pansy with the sun through the petals was what I liked the most.  Surprisingly, so did my husband.  I have added the front for your enjoyment as well.  you tell me if I chose the right photo.

BOTH ARE TOTALLY UNEDITED

Manual & Images:  I'll catch up tomorrow. I promise.

Day 52: When ya gotta go....

Tomorrow is The White Rock Marathon.  Every corner I turned this afternoon was another bank of port-o-potties.  What a fun sight, but I guess when you gotta go, you gotta go.

Manual:  Again skipped it, but I am reading Understanding Exposure  Again, so I'm getting lots of setting help.

Images:  Steve Murray

Day 51: Hi-Yo Silver, Away....

I love this ornament.  I know its not the Christmas-y type of ornament, but if you haven't figured me out yet you should know I always stray from the norm.

ALWAYS.

Manual:  I skipped today - I'll catch up tomorrow.

Images:  Spooky Rach's Cemeteries.  I love cemetery pictures.

Day 50: Science Fair

I am actually too old to have experienced a science fair, but this is the calm before the storm at my children's schools.  Shortly after this quiet scene, class by class of elementary students brought in their project boards and then it was just plain nuts.

Manual: Page 37, Step 4: Frame the Photograph

Images:  Do science fair pictures count?

Day 49: Footbridge

I have plans for this footbridge.  On the right day, with the right stuff - some bracketing and bam an HDR, this day was just not it, but I like this view.

Manual: Page 36 Step 3: Check Camera Settings

Images:  Back to Bryan Peterson & Understanding Exposure.

Day 48: Decisions, Decisions

It was a hard decision today to choose a photo, my husband and I didn't agree on which one to choose. So I posted both, maybe you'll tell me which one you like better and why.

Manual: Page 36: Step 3: Check Camera Settings

Images: A wonderful fun photographer with a great eye who does family & wedding portraits. Ashley Truckey.

Day 47 - Duck, Duck, GOOSE!

So lucky that my camera was on, the lens cap was off and it was set for high speed shots, otherwise the top shot would be the one that never was. Today was so incredibly cold, wet and dreary I almost didn't shoot anything, but braved the cold lake wind for a few (hundred) shots this afternoon. Lot of noise due to the million percent humidity, but these were my favorite shots of the day.

Manual: Page 36, Choose Shooting & Focus Modes

Images: Some of my Flickr pools. AWESOME!

Day 46: We learn from our mistakes right?

They say we learn from our mistakes. Well, I hope that is true. This is a mistake. 1) It has been raining all day long. Hard to do a lot of shooting that way. 2) It's also colder than the Arctic. Ok, that might be a slight exaggeration, but its cold. I spent about a 1/2 hour in 1000% (no that is not a typo) humidity to get this - the problem, the water content in the air which was not fog, just made a lot of noise on the exposure. I took all of 17 shots today - nothing was exciting me through the lens.

Unfortunately I also found that I lost 95% of my fragile & pretty Christmas ornaments since they've been used last. So the nasty fabric ones that the kids & cats couldn't break are on the tree. Nothing to take there. Maybe tomorrow will be more inspiring.

Day 45: Frosted Glass

It was cold last night. When my children forced me out of bed to make their breakfast this morning I noticed everything was frosted over. This is the top of a glass table that probably belongs in an old time ice cream parlor. It makes me cold just looking at it.

Manual: I skipped it tonight - I cleaned the entire house and can't find it - Oops!

Images: Some art photos that I'm not sure who to credit. Great portraits.

Day 44: On a Clear Day....

This reminds me of a song from a movie from 1970. The movie was, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, staring: Yves Montand, Barbra Streisand, Bob Newhart, Jack Nicholson. But the words of that song always enter my mind on a day like this, it was cold too and that just added to it. By myself, thinking about any and every possibility available. Those are the days I like. The ones where you imagine anything can happen.

Because it can.

Manual: Page 34, Point & Shoot Photography Step 1: Turn on a Camera (I think I've got this down.)

Images: Daniel Beltra - amazing. I so want to get the opportunity for some arial shots. Its really too bad I'm afraid of heights.

Day 43: Trim the Tree

Day 42: Light the Night

Today I was overwhelmed by a fellow 365'er who said my photos were poetic on her blog post today. Thank you Marianna - a very talented photographer herself I might add. I have to be honest though, I did feel a little pressure to perform. We had our first snow of the season - something we don't see often in Texas and not this early in the season. I tried all morning to get a shot and nothing & I mean nothing came out right.

After a failed science project, I tried again. I took off with what will now be known as my lucky hat and my tripod. None of these has been edited, which for me make this even better, although I did crop the 2nd photo. I knew when I took the above that it was what would be posted, so I packed up and got out of the cold. I hope you enjoy them. I am very pleased with my first true night extravaganza.

Manual: Page 32, Adjust Viewfinder Focus

Images: My fellow 365'ers. You guys are awesome!

Day 41: Rain, Rain Go Away

Remember the Calgon, take me away....well, I'm there. Between a crazy work schedule today, a sick husband and science project work - no manual reading.

Enjoy!

Day 40: I was moving when I took this.

Sometimes the photos we almost didn't take are the ones that turn out well, to surprise us. I took this out the open window of the car as my husband was driving down the street. I didn't think, I didn't look at angles or lights - I saw something I liked and snapped. Sometimes that's what makes a photo worth it.

Manual: Page 31, Removing Memory Cards