Day 62

After the movies tonight I sat in my drive way just thinking about the world. This sunset accompanied me and made everything that much more peaceful. The perfect companion to a beautiful night.

Day 61

Instead of shooting random things in the light box, I am now starting to do some work for my dad. He owns a bike shop in downtown Statesville. He wants pictures of some of his vintage parts. Do you think that this would match the shops website? Check it out here http://www.firstflightbikes.com/ and comment below.

Day 60

Perfect angle for a sunset picture. Just behind the trees so that the sun doesn't blind you but you can still see it. It makes for a perfect sky.

Day 59

I tried to get an HDR picture today but the light was bad for the sky. So I broke out the light box again and found my remote controlled car to photograph. The lighting is really neat on this picture and it makes the car look calm. Just like it is about to attack.

Day 58

I took this picture at my grandparents house. They had some really nice flowers and I took advantage of this while we were over there for lunch this afternoon. To accomplish this picture I first took the picture on a Canon XSi camera. Imported them via card slot on my laptop. Opened and edited it in Adobe Lightroom. Then exported it to Picasa. Then finally posted it to my blog. This is better than what I was doing before but it is still not ideal. I am really liking lightroom and all the plugins that are available for it. I found one for HDR images that seems to work quickly and effectively so I think I am going to try that next. I also overhauled the blog today in case you are reading this in a RSS reader. Check it out if you are. It looks a lot better than before thanks to Blogger's new editing features they recently added.

Day 57

I have downloaded a trial of Light room. It is a professional photo managing software. I had to install a plug in to be able to post to my blog from Light Room But it seems to be working. I previously used Picasa and it worked beautifully but I wanted to be able to have more control over the photos in post production and being from Adobe, Light room has pretty good editing software built in.

Day 56

I was setting up a soft box for my dad. He has lots of old bike parts that he wanted pictures of. After I finished setting up I grabbed the first thing that I saw. This is the results of the trial run!

Day 55

I must have the perfect angle for sky pictures from my house. I can step outside right now point my camera up and snap a good photo.
I have to work on exposing the trees just as well as the sky so that you can see them but that would take some HDR (High Dynamic Range) work and I don't have the software to pull it off very well. Photoshop wont cut it on this one.

Day 54

As a photographer i see the lines in everything. Notice those rocks behind the dog? That is an an example of leading lines. It makes you want to look at the dog. Lines draw your eye across a picture and even a page in a magazine. Next time you pick up a good magazine notice that it has lines in it everywhere and you tend to follow a path that was already set.

Day 53.5

I don' really like feet but I do like leading lines. The black and white thing is fun to play with but I think I am going to stick to color. It holds more challenge to me so I enjoy it more.

Day 53

Once again this is a result from taking pictures for my photography class. The black and white pictures don't look bad at all. The only thing is that when you shoot black and white you don't have the option to put in a little color. You can only mess with contrast, highlights and shadows which limits the creativity through color. You really have to pay attention to the lighting in the pictures. Surprisingly the underside of his chin and neck are lit with out the use of a bounce card or flash. This surprised me because the sun was coming from the opposite direction of these highlights. I'm not complaining though. It makes the picture that much better.

Day 52

This picture was shot in black and white, not converted in post production. My dog Gus still seems to be the most emotional character in my family. He always has an expression that makes you laugh or cry. This picture was taken while I was out looking for photographs emphasizing lines for my digital photography class. This picture doesn't really fit that criteria but it is still a great photo.

Day 51

This is my first attempt at actually staging a picture knowing that I would photoshop it later. I added the bullet and a little smoke. What do you think? I think it turned out fairly well and was worth the effort. The results look kinda close to reality right?

Day 50

The sunsets at my house have been progressing in the same way every day. First it is a nice yellow/bronze color. Then it moves slowly through orange into red. This makes the timing of photos from about 6:30 to 7:30 crucial to the color of the photo. I'm not sure if this happens everywhere or if it is just some weird angle for my neighborhood.

Day 49

I love how random snapshots sometimes end up being really kool.

Day 48

This is a macros picture of some flowers next to my driveway. I thought that the stigma on the flower made for an interesting composition as well as the detail on the petals of the flower. I stopped to smell the roses you could say and was rewarded with a nice picture.

Day 47

Like the sink picture this picture this photo has a good lighting. The back lighting and silhouette technique is a really old trick but it works well.

Day 46

A simple picture that has a lot of emotion from my partner in crime. He was very willing to pose for this picture because he was half asleep but I'll take what I can get.

Day 45

This picture demonstrates how lighting can affect a mood in a picture. Even though it is of a sink; this sink is one of the most majestic I have seen in a while. This is only a simple snapshot of what walking around the house can get you. Comment below for picture ideas. Anything around the house will work because I am becoming hard pressed to get photos that still look good and have a variety of subject matters.

Day 44

The more I take night shots the more I enjoy them. They say that partaking in a 365 day photo shoot often shows you what kind of photographer you would like to be and I am starting to think along the lines of Night photography. The city lights and light painting is right up my alley.