Friday, January 31, 2014
Self Portrait - Frozen Lake
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
New Project
When I finished the 365 photo project, I planned on taking and posting a picture a week. But, as the days were going by, I realized that I was finding hard to plan days to take photos. What I know is that wherever I go I take my camera and also always have it handy in the house. So, I have decided that instead of taking one photo a week, I will post photos as I take them whatever the date. January is William's birth month and I have taken lots of pictures of him, so I will be posting those here.
January 8th, 2014 William's 7th Birthday
William had a busy day. He went to school and Cub Scout Meeting. So, at the end of a long day, we took him to Abbeez for dessert.
William had a busy day. He went to school and Cub Scout Meeting. So, at the end of a long day, we took him to Abbeez for dessert.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Monday, January 13, 2014
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Monday, January 6, 2014
Day 365 - Reflections on my 365
When I first started this project on January 1, 2013 I knew very little about photography. I had owned my Canon Rebel for less than a year and only had a very basic knowledge of it. At the end of 2012, I heard about a 365 photo project that might possibly help me learn and practice my photo skills, and that's what prompted me to do it.
When I first started, I:
- only took pictures in JPEG,
- only used Aperture Priority mode,
- didn't know a thing about shooting in Manual Mode,
- used "Picassa" to edit my photos (yikes!!!).
- had no clue about self portraits (Before this project it NEVER occurred to me to be in front of the camera and/or photograph myself),
- didn't own a tripod, a cable release or a remote shutter.
While doing this project, I:
- began to shoot in RAW,
- learned how to shoot in Manual Mode through a tutorial I found in Click It Up a Notch,
- took a Lightroom class at a local photo store and now use Lightroom as my main editing program,
- learned to be more comfortable with self portraits. I reluctantly did it the first time, but made that a regular part of the project.
So overall, this project was a very positive one. There is still a lot to learn, but I'm so pleased with everything I have learned so far. I would love to continue taking and posting a photo a day but I don't have the same amount of time I had before. I now have a job!!! I work for Ted Morton Photography. I feel very lucky to be working in a field that I really like.
I was planning on starting a 52 week photo project the first week of the new year, but it has been very busy so far. So, as soon as I get started I will post it here.
The only thing I wish I had done different in this project is to have spent more time documenting my kids' lives and learned more about taking more portrait photos in general. So, I think I will include more of those in the new project.
I would like to thank all the 365 online photography friends I met through this project. I don't think I would have ever completed it without their frequent positive comments and support.
Although there were many photos I wasn't very proud of in this project, there were some I liked a lot. Here are some of my favorite ones:
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