Saturday, April 30, 2011

Day 117 of Project 365

117/365 - April 30, 2011
Spinning Lights
I made a trip to the dollar store to look for props. Here is one of my finds. A lighted top.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Day 115 of Project 365

115/365 - April 28, 2011
Fire
Today I followed the How to Photograph Fire video. http://www.learnmyshot.com/How-to-Photograph-Fire

My safety buddies at work would be proud of me for the safety precautions I took making this shot. I put a large glass cutting board on my stove top grates. The black paper on top of that and a 11 x 14 piece of fame glass on top of that. The I got out the fire extinguisher and waited until I could remember the acronym for using it before I started: P A S S
Pull (the pin)
Aim
Squeeze
Sweep

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Day 114 of Project 365

114/365 - April 27, 2011
Shower Art
I watched a video last night. You can watch to see what I was TRYING to do. http://www.photographytalk.com/forum/tips-and-taking-photos/43478-photography-tip-masterclass-water-splash-photography#43478

This took two hours to set up and take down which did not make Phillip happy when he came home after 12 hours at work and could not get in the shower because it was full of tripods, cameras, flashes, light stands, fruit and me! I used a studio light to light it from behind. I took the cover off my big reflector and set it in front of the studio light for a back ground and to diffuse the light. I used the pop up flash on my camera and my Speedlite as a slave flash from the side.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Day 113 of Project 365

113/365 - April 26, 2011
Self Portrait #4
I'm using my lens hood, the AF-ON button for focusing and the focal point selector button to select my finger knuckle to focus on. I REALLY need to find something to take a picture of!!!

Monday, April 25, 2011

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Day 111 of Project 365

111/365 - April 25, 2011
Dr Seuss
Don't you just expect to see Thing 1 and Thing 2 to go running through here.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Day 110 of Project 365

110/365 - April 23, 2011
No ma'am, I was not playing in the dirt.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Day 109 of Project 365

109/365 - April 22, 2011
Second Chance
The pelicans were nice enough to hang out at Sylvan Beach again today during lunch to give me a second chance at them.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Day 108 of Project 365

108/365 - April 21, 2011
Day 1
Day 1 with new lens. Focusing issues, light issues, no time issues. Off to Canon class. Hope to do better tomorrow.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Day 107 of Project 365

107/365 - April 20, 2011
Sweet Ellie
I know I have done this before but I just loved this one with the long lashes and crazy red hair.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Friday, April 15, 2011

Day 102 of Project 365

102/365 - April 15, 2011
Glowing Keys

Day 101 of Project 365

101/365 - April 14, 2011
Wildflowers
These were on the side of the road near my home. They were just too pretty to pass up.

Day 100 of Project 365

100/365 - April 13, 2011
Judy, Judy, Judy!
This is my favorite picture of the whole night photography class. Judy looks like a tripod sales person.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Day 98 of Project 365

98/365 - April 11, 2011
Everyone's Home
Finally everyone is home and we can all relax.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Day 97 of Project 365

97/365 - April 10, 2011

Live View & Histograms
Employing a couple of the lessons learned the last couple of days, I took this picture basing my settings on my histogram readings and using the magnified Live View to bring it in to focus.

Day 96 of Project 365

96/365 - April 9, 2011
Just How I Feel!
After reviewing and processing several hundred pictures from our Saturday shooting, this one best described how I felt about the whole bunch. If there was ever any doubt of what a thousand or two dollars can do for your photography, try an L series lens for a half hour and all will be explained. How disgusting. I could (and in this case did) crop to the size of a postage stamp and be left with tack sharp/no noise images. I knew trying out that lens would do nothing but depress me. Big sigh.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Day 93 of Project 365

93/365 - April 6, 2011
Back Scratcher
Millie and Ellie have quite a system of scratching each other's backs.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Day 92 of Project 365

92/365 - April 5, 2011
Barrel Horse
Well she looks like a barrel with legs anyway. Since she has waited this long, I hope she waits until Sunday to have the baby so I won't miss anything.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Friday, April 1, 2011