So today Frank became an alcoholic... and Bob is worried! He started with one glass, then progressed to drinking straight from the bottle. Bob says it's time for an intervention!
P.S. The photos are part of my Photo-A-Day for 26-July-2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
25-Jul-2011
So yesterday, July 25th, I went to hobby lobby and picked up my two new friends, Frank and Bob. They will be my photographic subject for the next 365 days. I'll consider today to be day 1! I will make additional posts from flikr of the photos I took. I dont quite know how to get the code to post.
I basically did this the "Ghetto" way. My background was two pieces of white foam-core boards placed at a 90-degree angle to each other. My lighting consited of natural lighting coming in the sliding-glass window, my SB-600 Flash unit bouncing off of a 42" white reflector, and a floor lamp from walmart that has an ajustable reading lamp (this helped light the background to make it blend better.
I basically did this the "Ghetto" way. My background was two pieces of white foam-core boards placed at a 90-degree angle to each other. My lighting consited of natural lighting coming in the sliding-glass window, my SB-600 Flash unit bouncing off of a 42" white reflector, and a floor lamp from walmart that has an ajustable reading lamp (this helped light the background to make it blend better.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Off To A REALLY Bad Start...
So I havent been able to take pictures every day... BAD! I'm trying to get to where I can. It's one of those things where I have to make myself. I havent been working out like I told myself I would either. All things I need to start doing, and NOW!!! Thank goodness I'm MAKING myself pay off credit cards so I'll have more money later! I have a few unedited pictures at home that I can work on. I may do that when I get home. Need to set myself a reminder so that I will do it though!
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Off to a Bad Start....
So I walked around my house yesterday, and boy... I didnt see one thing that was worthy of a photograph... I need ideas! So I didnt get a picture yesterday. Tonight, I go to church, so hopefully I will find plenty of things to take a photograph of.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Photo-A-Day
I need to do my best at ceasing to be lazy... Seriously. This is my attempt. I've found that my problem with things is that if it looks harder than extremely easy, I quit. This is how I've done everything: Fitness, health, activities, photography... the list goes on. I'm making several changes in my life, one being my Fitness (starting to run or do a P90X workout every day). The other is to start taking more pictures. I'm not going to get any better and I'm not going to learn anything by leaving the camera in the bag.
Yesterday I started taking pictures every day, trying to find new subjects to photograph every day. One day I may take a walk through the neighborhood and try to find something interesting. Below are two photographs: one from yesterday, and one from today. I may not be able to do the post-processing and uploading every single day, but I'll at least try to take at least some pictures of one subject every day.
I'd like to get better at getting sharper shots, not blurry like I have been getting. Sometimes I can hit the nail on the head, but I've got no clue as to how I managed it. I know I need to take classes, but other things come first (like paying off debt!).
The picture above is of my baby, my 2.5-year-old, 17.5lb "miniature" dachshund, Bruiser. I took this photo on 11 July 2010. I opened the window to let him look out (Which I usually never do because he barks at everything. The light coming in through the blinds created good lighting for a puppy-portrait. :)
I took the photo above on 12 July 2010. This photo is of my view from my back sliding-glass door. The clouds outside were really pretty, beautiful even! I love it when the clouds are fluffy like this! Much better than a boring clear blue sky.
During this session, I got to play with my aperture and shutter settings to get a photo that didnt have any blown highlights by using the highlight viewing mode on the camera. The photo seen here didnt have any blown highlights. I did a bit of post-processing to get the colors to pop. The only thing I didnt like is that I couldnt fix the fact that the sun was behind the fence, so the fence is dark. Maybe I should crop it to where only the top of the fence is showing, cutting out the burned grass?
Yesterday I started taking pictures every day, trying to find new subjects to photograph every day. One day I may take a walk through the neighborhood and try to find something interesting. Below are two photographs: one from yesterday, and one from today. I may not be able to do the post-processing and uploading every single day, but I'll at least try to take at least some pictures of one subject every day.
I'd like to get better at getting sharper shots, not blurry like I have been getting. Sometimes I can hit the nail on the head, but I've got no clue as to how I managed it. I know I need to take classes, but other things come first (like paying off debt!).
The picture above is of my baby, my 2.5-year-old, 17.5lb "miniature" dachshund, Bruiser. I took this photo on 11 July 2010. I opened the window to let him look out (Which I usually never do because he barks at everything. The light coming in through the blinds created good lighting for a puppy-portrait. :)
I took the photo above on 12 July 2010. This photo is of my view from my back sliding-glass door. The clouds outside were really pretty, beautiful even! I love it when the clouds are fluffy like this! Much better than a boring clear blue sky.
During this session, I got to play with my aperture and shutter settings to get a photo that didnt have any blown highlights by using the highlight viewing mode on the camera. The photo seen here didnt have any blown highlights. I did a bit of post-processing to get the colors to pop. The only thing I didnt like is that I couldnt fix the fact that the sun was behind the fence, so the fence is dark. Maybe I should crop it to where only the top of the fence is showing, cutting out the burned grass?
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