Thursday, January 3, 2013

December 31 - 2012

The last picture of my photo-a-day challenge for this month. It's bittersweet.

My prompt for today was "2012". I shot the sun as it went down on the last day of the year. I was lucky that the clouds were out of the way enough for me to be able to capture the orange glow.


As I look back on the past four weeks, I had a lot of fun. I think I met my goal of improvement, particularly in the use of light and exposure times. I also learned a lot more about my camera and am now able to use "manual" mode exclusively. I went over my fifty-frame limit a couple times, but I got back on track right away.

That being said, there are definitely thing I would do differently next time. For one, I would make sure to get them posted online on time so I don't have a huge backlog to catch up on. Trust me, I did take them on the right days, I just didn't ever load the memory card on to my computer. Haha. Also, I would try to plan ahead more so I wasn't left scrambling to get my shot at the last hour.

Thanks to those who followed my progress and I wish you all a happy new year.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, back to our regularly-scheduled programming.

December 30 - Silent

This was taken in the middle of the night with a fifteen second exposure. It was late, everyone had gone to bed, no cars were driving by, and the night was so quiet. It was taken at four o'clock in the morning; the glow of the sky is from the lights of the city in the distance. I never remember how close it really is until I see photos like this that remind me that it's really right there.


Wednesday, January 2, 2013

December 29 - Fuzzy

If you look closely, you can see that the roof of the dollhouse I built ages ago has grown rather dusty. Or, fuzzy, as I interpreted it. Haha.


December 28 - Inside

I spent today reorganizing my books and adding a new bookshelf since one of my older ones was beginning to look a bit unstable. I took all the books off it and discovered that the whole base had collapsed backwards and the whole structure leaned dangerously. The inside struck me as interesting and dangerous, so I used it for my prompt.



December 27 - Aftermath

Behold, the result of all the festivities over the past few days: plenty of dishes left to do. The parties are over, but the mess remains.


December 26 - Chocolate

"Chocolate."


December 25 - Midnight

For today, I had to take the photo between 12 and 1 am. So here we are, peeking under the tree before heading to bed. Who knows what those packages contain?


Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

December 24 - Tradition

Our Christmas Eve dinner wasn't very traditional this year: sloppy joes. Haha. But I still did what I usually do  this day. Namely, attended the candlelight service at my church. It's one of my favorite parts about Christmas.


December 23 - Baking

Ooh they look so yummy! I spent most of the morning baking dozens of cookies and had plenty to choose from for my prompt, "baking," today.


December 22 - Fluffy

"Fluffy."


December 21 - Blocky

Prompt, "blocky", is courtesy of my brother today. The presents under the tree were rather square, so I went with that!


December 20 - Carnage

For my Grandpa's Christmas present this year, my siblings and I wanted to hollow out a book and fill it with his favorite candy. My sister knew we were going to do it this day, so she made "carnage" my prompt. It was hard to destroy a book like this at first, but then I started to have some fun with it. I kept the pages so I can read it if I ever want to and it's not like we were destroying it for no purpose. It was being made into something new.


December 19 - Gold

Continuing with the color themes, today's picture for "gold" is the string of icicles draped over the hutch handle.


December 18 - Red

Today's picture is of the "reject box" of Christmas decorations that aren't put up anymore but mean too much to get rid of altogether. Haha. It had a lot of red things in it. 


December 17 - String

"String" which I braided to use on a present for my sister.


December 16 - Glass

I took this picture for "glass" of my Christmas tree through the top of a cake stand.


December 15 - Gift

For this prompt, "gift", I took some pictures of a present I made for my brother. I sewed him a set of four hand warmers that had the symbols from a video game he really likes on them.


December 14 - Fresh

For today's prompt, I took a walk out in the freezing "fresh" air to try to capture a good shot. Unfortunately, I forgot and left the blue filter on from the night before and ended up with 100 pictures, all tinted blue. Therefore, the one I picked today is black and white.


December 13 - Triangle

The prompt for today was "triangle". It was hard to find things that shape at first, but then I noticed that the ribbons on my board made a bunch of little triangles.


December 12 - White

The prompt for December 12 was "white".