08 Jul 2014
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Tags: 365, 365 day, black & white, closeup, macro, nursing, photography, photography project, stitches
Gonna just go ahead a say it…I kinda phoned in today’s picture. I was getting ready to leave school tonight (around 8:00 pm) and realized I hadn’t taken a picture today. Crap! If it gets dark, my options get really diminished because I’m not working with a flash right now. I started wandering the halls again, and ran into a bulletin board framed in these patches. Ta-Da! :) Done!
Some other random thoughts of the day:
I’m really enjoying this creative side of me. I used to be really opposed to digital photography, (“Film or nothing!”) but I gotta give it credit now. I’m able to take HUNDREDS of pictures a day if I wish vs. worrying about the cost of developing my film.
Down side to all this…organization. Seriously. I’ve spent hours, and I mean HOURS, trying to figure out the best way to organize all the photos I’ve been taking. Add to that the constant updates to Facebook, Flickr, and now my blog.
I hope I don’t sound like I’m complaining. I don’t mean to. It’s just…time consuming. Some of it I really enjoy, while some of it is just work. I’m really enjoying the creative side of digitally altering my photos. I’ve created some really dramatic, off the wall pictures, and I love it! :)
Thanks again for joining me in this journey. I started this blog for myself, but I’m really enjoying the fact that others like it too! :)
So thank you.
07 Jul 2014
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Tags: 365, 365 day, closeup, flower, macro, photography, photography project
I decided to play with an abstract photo for today. I really like the textures and vibrant colors of this one.
For the past month or so, I have been going to Open Mic Night @ Eddie’s Attic every Monday night. Today was no exception. :) I have also noticed that there seems to be a lot of neat things around that place, and have been wanting to go early and take some pictures. After walking around for a bit, I soon realized this area is downtown Decatur. So to answer my earlier noted interest…YES!…there are a lot of neat things here.
I got some really interesting shots today, and this one is no exception.
Good pictures, good music, goodnight!
07 Jul 2014
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Tags: 365, 365 day, closeup, green, leaf, macro, photography, photography project
I decided to take a trip to Jones Bridge Park today in hopes of getting some inspiration from the good ole Chattahoochee. I did…and didn’t. I was thinking that there would be more of an opportunity to photograph interesting things at this park…but I seemed stumped. It may be that it was a Sunday afternoon and the park was VERY full. It may be that I was not properly dressed to get up close and personal with the river. It may be some underlying apprehension to push myself into uncomfortable situations to get a good shot. Not sure.
Either way, it was hot and I didn’t feel like I was getting what I wanted so I left and headed to a place I knew I would get something I liked. I went back to The Forum where I had taken some great flower shots recently. Success. This brightened my spirit and I ended the evening with some delicious Chipotle. Yum!
The funny part of today’s adventure was that I actually did get some good shots at Jones Bridge Park. My photo of the day came from there! :) Along with some others that I’d love to alter and see what I can get. It’s all a matter of perspective I suppose.
05 Jul 2014
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Tags: 365, 365 day, closeup, macro, photography, photography project
Another day, another picture. Today I hung out with some old TSS friends. After sitting inside for a while I decided to take a moment and be anti-social. I had noticed a neat looking wind sculpture in the yard when I got to the house. Stepping outside I snapped some pictures at different angles. Pretty neat looking but kinda hard to photograph. :) There was this crazy white square structure in the background that kept distracting my focal point.
Thinking about it now…I should of tried taking a picture from the other side of the thing. Ah well. I like the balance of this shot.
04 Jul 2014
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Tags: 365, 365 day, closeup, flipflop, macro, photography, photography project, pool, summer
Happy 4th of July!
Today started out pretty low key. I didn’t have any plans for the holiday, just kinda playing it by ear. Niki decided to head to a friends pool and I tagged along. Not that I really wanted to swim (I may be a pisces…but I don’t really like to play in water). :) I decided it would be nice to get out of the house and get some fresh air. I brought my book and my camera and off we went. That’s where I got this picture.
The afternoon was very relaxing and afterward we ran some errands and then headed to Niki’s friends house for a cookout. Even though I didn’t know many people there it was still a good time. Kinda made me miss my family though. (Niki’s friends have a very large, close family) We hung out there for a little while and then went to meet Amber for some firework watching. Love fireworks!! Again I was reminded of Florida as I thought of Siesta Beach’s great firework display.
All in all, fun day.
01 Jul 2014
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Tags: 365, 365 day, closeup, macro, mustard, painting, photography, photography project
Again, another unproductive photography day. I had class tonight…and I took some pictures of the paintings in the hallway at school. There are some really textured acrylic paintings that I was trying to get some dramatic shots of but I wasn’t really liking the results. This was another painting in the hall. I think it was a birdcage…but this shot is a close up so it’s hard to tell that. I like the mustardy color.
30 Jun 2014
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Tags: 365, 365 day, caterpillar, closeup, macro, photography, photography project
Yea! Another fun macro shot. I’m really loving this macro photography. Luckily, I have a lens that allows me to play around with it. :) I seem to be getting some better shots lately…although it’s still kinda tricky.
I was exploring the yard again today. This time, I was headed over to search Rachel’s sunflower for bugs. She was telling me the other day that she was having a general bug problem, and that got me thinking, “Ooohhh…bugs!”. Unfortunately, there were no bugs today. So I started looking around, trying to find something fun to photograph. Suddenly, I spot an unusually bright spot on the wood fence. Looking closer I saw him: a funny looking spikey/fuzzy caterpillar.
29 Jun 2014
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Tags: 365, 365 day, closeup, dice, gaming, macro, photography, photography project
This was the only picture I took today. Luckily, it came out well. I went over to a friend’s house to play a zombie-based role-playing game for many, many hours, and it was a lot of fun!! Playing games like this really sparks up my dice addiction. I want to go get more dice now…it was so hard not to stop at the game store. :) Lucky for me, it was late and the store was closed.
I took this picture after we were done for the night, and I realized I probably wouldn’t have another opportunity to take a picture. Hoping nobody would think I was weird…I snapped a picture that I think captures my evening perfectly. Anyone who has played games like this knows what went down today. (…and i didn’t die!!)
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