Okay, forks aren't a favorite thing, but I do like to take ordinary objects (like kitchen ware) and take interesting pictures of them.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
October 2
Okay, forks aren't a favorite thing, but I do like to take ordinary objects (like kitchen ware) and take interesting pictures of them.
Monday, October 02, 2006
October 1
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Okay, this is so NOT one of my favorite things, but I had two sick kids yesterday, and there was just time for one shot. This was shot for the dpchallenge contest "Unrelatedness." We had to take a picture of two things that were not related. These two things are not (should not) be related. The score is mediocre, but several people have commented that it was funny. That is good. I like to make people smile.
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Okay, this is so NOT one of my favorite things, but I had two sick kids yesterday, and there was just time for one shot. This was shot for the dpchallenge contest "Unrelatedness." We had to take a picture of two things that were not related. These two things are not (should not) be related. The score is mediocre, but several people have commented that it was funny. That is good. I like to make people smile.
Saturday, September 30, 2006
September 30
I'll spare you the football pics from today. :)
Tomorrow is the first day of October -- my most favorite (or even mostest favortiest) month of the year.
My goal is to take a picture of "my favorite things" (yeah, now that song should be going through your head), or at least things I like.
And there will probably be a fair amount of football and leaf pictures. I'm getting into this football stuff. I've learned alot, and enjoy it (most of the time). Kinda getting tired of post processing 300+ pictures every Saturday night though, only to find 75 - 80 worth selling. But, selling they are, so -- ching ching.
Tomorrow is the first day of October -- my most favorite (or even mostest favortiest) month of the year.
My goal is to take a picture of "my favorite things" (yeah, now that song should be going through your head), or at least things I like.
And there will probably be a fair amount of football and leaf pictures. I'm getting into this football stuff. I've learned alot, and enjoy it (most of the time). Kinda getting tired of post processing 300+ pictures every Saturday night though, only to find 75 - 80 worth selling. But, selling they are, so -- ching ching.
Friday, September 29, 2006
Thursday, September 28, 2006
September 17 and 18
She was pretending to drive, but it looks like she is ready to fight . ..
An attempt at an abstract macro. Or a purple shot.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Saturday, September 09, 2006
September 5 - 9
I have the pictures, I just don't have time to PP and get them posted. So, when I get them done, I'll edit this post and add them.
We are leaving for the beach tomorrow!! WooHoooooo! So, be watching sometime later in the week. Hopefully, I'll have a bunch of new beach pictures to add!
The pics -- (mostly shots from the NC Mountain State Fair)
We are leaving for the beach tomorrow!! WooHoooooo! So, be watching sometime later in the week. Hopefully, I'll have a bunch of new beach pictures to add!
The pics -- (mostly shots from the NC Mountain State Fair)
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
September 4
Happy Labo(u)r Day!!
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I was going to use this subject for my *experiment* where I shoot with my point and shoot AND my rebel and then post them to see fi there is really any discernable difference. BUT, I was tired and didn't feel like doing that. Soooooooo, I shot this and decided to put it in the "simple pleasures" challenge at dpc.
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I was going to use this subject for my *experiment* where I shoot with my point and shoot AND my rebel and then post them to see fi there is really any discernable difference. BUT, I was tired and didn't feel like doing that. Soooooooo, I shot this and decided to put it in the "simple pleasures" challenge at dpc.
Monday, September 04, 2006
September 3
This was a thought for the pastel challenge at dpc. BUT, I hate pictures of toys and trinkets, so I usually try to avoid entering them, myself. :)
It was shot with a shutter speed around 15, handheld, so I had intended to do a "soft focus" kind of thing on it. It was sharper than I thought, so I did a high contrast bw with it. Yes, the highlights are blown. yes, that is on purpose.
Then, just because I want to learn how, I did it using a soft focus technique. I duplicated a layer, then applied gaussian blur at a radius of 5.95. Then, I reduced the opacity to around 50 or so. viola. Definitely something I am going to play with some more.
It was shot with a shutter speed around 15, handheld, so I had intended to do a "soft focus" kind of thing on it. It was sharper than I thought, so I did a high contrast bw with it. Yes, the highlights are blown. yes, that is on purpose.
Then, just because I want to learn how, I did it using a soft focus technique. I duplicated a layer, then applied gaussian blur at a radius of 5.95. Then, I reduced the opacity to around 50 or so. viola. Definitely something I am going to play with some more.
September 2
Run, McKinley, run! This is one of my students (I provide "supplemental educational experiences" for homeschoolers). He had just broken through the line (qb sneak) and was running about 35 yards for a touchdown. I had been shooting pictures all day, and it started raining. I hated to put the cameras up, so I climbed up in the bleachers and shot while M's mom and grandmom "protected" me with their umbrellas. While I like my "field" shots from yesterday a lot better, I'm glad I was in the stands for this one -- I was able to get four or fives shots in the sequence.
Saturday, September 02, 2006
Young Photog -- September 1
This shot was actually taken last week, but I am trying to get back in the habit of posting every day. Bear with me.
I was shooting for a local little league football game, and my son wanted to shoot, too. So, I gave him my sister's boyfriend's camera (thx Martin!) and let him shoot. I really need to look at her pictures and figure out which ones are his. :)
Travis, age 4 years 7 months with "his" first dslr. :)
Thursday, August 31, 2006
August 31 -- A Repost
Today is the memorial service for my friend Connie. While I normally wouldn't repost something, I just wanted to let her *shine* one more time.
My hero
My hero, Connie Lister.
Connie was one of my supervisors at the community college where I work. The woman was a walking stand up show. Wherever she went, we laughed.
Several months ago, Connie went to the doctor. She had been coughing and feeling "puny" for some time, and thought that she had bronchitis that just would not go away.
:(
Can we say lung cancer, boys and girls? crap. Not what we wanted to hear, and definitely not what Connie wanted.
She started her chemo, and it was a good report then a bad one, then a good one, then a bad one. Up and down, up and down. Finally, it simply got to where she could not work.
This picture was made on August 11, 2006 at a "Celebration of Life" party her children had for her at the Basic Skills Building where we work. She is a huge Jimmy Buffett fan (she intended on leaving hospice one night to make his local concert -- 2 hours away), so it was a tropical theme going.
Education was a very important thing to Connie. She loved the students and would always encourage them. As a result, it was announced at her party that a scholarship had been created in her name and would provide at least one (maybe two) annual scholarships to Haywood Community College, for a Basic Skills Graduate (Adult High School or GED), in Connie's name. There wasn't a dry eye in the place. The children also announced that any money from Connie's estate would go to the scholarship instead of them.
Connie, You are and will always be an inspiration to me. I loved the time I wasted (on the clock, no less) while we swapped family stories and laughed until we cried. Your outlook on life always cheered me up, and your sense of humor is one that will never be matched or even rivaled. I could always count on you to be honest about what I was doing, in life and in the classroom. And thanks for all the "pregnant advice" you offered and for all the times you kept me calm when I thought I was approaching a crisis.
I love you.
My hero
My hero, Connie Lister.
Connie was one of my supervisors at the community college where I work. The woman was a walking stand up show. Wherever she went, we laughed.
Several months ago, Connie went to the doctor. She had been coughing and feeling "puny" for some time, and thought that she had bronchitis that just would not go away.
:(
Can we say lung cancer, boys and girls? crap. Not what we wanted to hear, and definitely not what Connie wanted.
She started her chemo, and it was a good report then a bad one, then a good one, then a bad one. Up and down, up and down. Finally, it simply got to where she could not work.
This picture was made on August 11, 2006 at a "Celebration of Life" party her children had for her at the Basic Skills Building where we work. She is a huge Jimmy Buffett fan (she intended on leaving hospice one night to make his local concert -- 2 hours away), so it was a tropical theme going.
Education was a very important thing to Connie. She loved the students and would always encourage them. As a result, it was announced at her party that a scholarship had been created in her name and would provide at least one (maybe two) annual scholarships to Haywood Community College, for a Basic Skills Graduate (Adult High School or GED), in Connie's name. There wasn't a dry eye in the place. The children also announced that any money from Connie's estate would go to the scholarship instead of them.
Connie, You are and will always be an inspiration to me. I loved the time I wasted (on the clock, no less) while we swapped family stories and laughed until we cried. Your outlook on life always cheered me up, and your sense of humor is one that will never be matched or even rivaled. I could always count on you to be honest about what I was doing, in life and in the classroom. And thanks for all the "pregnant advice" you offered and for all the times you kept me calm when I thought I was approaching a crisis.
I love you.
August 30
Okay, a big ole glitch in the whole photo a day habit. I got out and just couldn't get back in. I guess you could say I have taken a few weeks off of photography in general, though I have shot some here and there.
That being said, September is a NEW month and I will be back. muhahahhahahahaha
That being said, September is a NEW month and I will be back. muhahahhahahahaha
Friday, August 18, 2006
August 16
This may hiccup and this picture post three times. Not sure what is happening. This young lady goes to my church and is just as sweet and down to earth as any teenage girl can be. Since I'm just learning to do portraiture, hopefully, I can shoot her again in the future when I know a bit more.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
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