18/365 {Graphic}

I think this works for the "graphic" theme because of the way it is framed and the colors. I loved this one anyway!

17/365 {Graphic}

Shh... don't tell, but I'm kinda cheating on this day. I've been so sick the last few days with a head cold and had no desire to leave the house all day, so this one was actually taken the day after.

I LOVED the color of these chairs and set them up like this for this look. I could have had them all be the same color, but I liked that I had only one orange one in the picture. I also liked the white background to make it simple. I was going to crop out the edge of the building, but in the end I liked that it added a little something.

16/365 {Graphic}

Love the repetition and framing of the mirrors in this picture! I had an idea for this picture when I first saw the room, but when I went to take the picture, one of my friends gave me an even better idea to include more of the mirrors in it. I think our ideas together made it a fun picture!

15/365 {Graphic}

I'm having a really hard time with this "graphic" theme, so I am just going to do things a little different than I had planned. This week was originally going to be finding letters out of things, but I don't know if I'm creative enough to come up with that stuff, and I'm not sure that it's interesting enough, so I'm just going to wing it this week... we'll see what else I can come up with. Heck, I might even change the whole month!

Fun in Vegas! Loved this wall, so I had to include it in today's 365 Project. This kinda goes with the repetitive lines/graphic theme.

14/365 {Lines}

I procrastinated again and had little light to play with for my daily picture (taken at 11pm), so I had to get creative with this one. I immediately liked this one when I saw it in camera because of the obscurity of it. It's totally the feeling I was going for. Although is it too obscure? Can you tell what it is?

This week has been a hard one to try to fit the "lines" theme. I'm glad it's a new one tomorrow!!! Oh, and I can't wait because Monday and Tuesdays pictures will be in VEGAS! I'll be there for the WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International) convention! I hope I learn lots and come back inspired!

13/365 {Lines}

I wanted to play with long shutter speeds, and I have another picture idea in mind, but didn't have much time to play with it. This one took me about 10 mins, so good enough for today.

12/365 {Lines}

11/365 {Lines}

Love the lines in this picture and the contrast of the blue sky to the lighter stadium. I took another picture without the power line in it, but I actually liked this one better. I think the line added *something*. Not sure what it is.

This was another picture from today. It didn't really fit the theme, but I had to include it because I just liked it so much. Almost looks like water, huh?! Who knew the red hill had a lake up there!?

10/365 {Lines}

So I took a bunch of pictures today but either I didn't like them enough or I didn't think they fit the "lines" theme. This one I'm just going to make it fit my theme. How? Well, here's my explaination... There's defintitely some horizontal lines in it, not as prominent as I was thinking for this subject, but the "line" that really draws me through this picture is the dots going diagonally through it. I know it's not an actual line, but as far as this picture goes composition wise, I think the dots draw your eye through it in a pleasing way. But really, I just liked the picture, so even if it doesn't totally work for the theme, I'm using it for today anyway!

Ya know, maybe I like it so much because it reminds me of my first house! It was turquoise (much brighter than this one) and it had a cute little mail box by the front door, much like this one, but without the cute floral decoration. Sadly, our old house is no longer that bright, fun color, the current owners repainted it after we sold it... now it's just boring brown! I liked the old charm!

9/365 {Graphic- Lines)

I think the lines in this one are very subtle, but still work for the theme. Definitely some good Visual Mass (silhouette figures and light/dark areas of the photo), but I think this picture wouldn't work as well without the very subtle lines leading up to the end of the tunnel and the people there- two of my kids and my husband. I also love the light reflecting off the water.

March {Graphic- Lines} 8/365

I chose this picture because I have been learning about visual mass and how your eye is drawn through a picture. When I think of your eye being drawn through a picture I think of lines creating the flow in it. This is not the only way, but since this week is about finding interesting lines, I think this works for an example of lines and having dynamic visual mass. It's not perfect, but I like it.

7/365 {Details}

Aaralyn reading. If I knew how to do anything with the video I took, I would post the video of her reading this book, but I'm still working on that. Eventually I'd like to be able to do videography too.

6/365 {Details}

Love doggie wiskers... and noses!

Picture SOOC. ...Okay, minus the rounded edges and my watermark. You know what I mean...

5/365 {Details}

Learned how to do some fun things in photoshop tonight while I was playing.  I thought this effect made this picture look like it had oil spilled on it.

4/365 {Details}

Just me...



I guess I can include this in my pictures of "details" because it's such a close picture, you can literally see the pores on my skin, well, okay not really on this size of picture, but the original you could...  I don't think you really want to see those details, so we'll just leave it this size...

3/365 {Details}

Some details of stuff while we were out and about today...



This one was my pick, but Dave liked this one better...



...so I'll just post them both.  Who said I was only limited to ONE picture a day!?

2/365 {Details}

Details around the house...


One of my favorite kid books. I don't think my kids get the humor in it yet though...

Is there really a human race?

Is it going on now all over the place?
When did it start?
Who said, "Ready, Set, Go"?

Did it start on my birthday?
I really must know.

Do I warm up and stretch?
Do I practice and train?
Do I get my own coach?
Do I get my own lane?

Do I race in the snow?
Do I race in a twister?

Am I racing my friends?
Am I racing my sister?

If the race is a relay, is Dad on my team?
And his dad and his dad?  You know what I mean.

Is the race like a loop
or an obstacle course?
Am I a jockey,
or am I a horse?

Is there pushing and shoving
to get to the lead?
If the race is unfair;
will I succeed?

Do some of us win? Do some of us lose?
Is winning or losing something I choose?
Why am I racing?  What am I winning?
Does all of my running keep the world spinning?

If I get off track
when I take the wrong turn,
do I make my way back
from mistakes?

Do I learn?

Is it a sprint?  A dash to the end?
Am I aware of the time that I spend?
And why do I do it, this zillion-yard dash?
If we don't help each other, we're all going to...

Crash!

Sometimes it's better not to go fast.
There are beautiful sights to be seen when you're last.

Shouldn't it be that you just try your best?
And that's more important than beating the rest?

Shouldn't it be looking back at the end
that you judge your own race by the help that you lend?

So, take what's inside you and make big, bold choices.
And for those who can't speak for themselves,
use bold voices.

And make friends and love well,
bring art to this place.
And make the world better
for the whole human race.

February {Details} 1/365

Feb 21-27 Details from everyday life

Love this frame. Thanks Nicki!

Yearly Schedule

Here's how I think I will take pictures for the year. I've given each month a general theme and each week in that month has a more specific theme so I will have a variety of pictures. I also hope having to concentrate on a certain theme each month will help me become better in all areas of photography and learn to notice the details in things I might not otherwise notice. I'm really excited to be creative and see what I can come up with!!! Wish me luck!

For Each month I've divided the weeks up and given them each a theme, so the numbers below each month represent what week it is, ex: March 14th-20th the general theme is graphic pictures that month, that week's assignment is to take pictures of something that has a pattern in it.  Make sense?  The next week, March 21st-27th I will be finding interesting shapes to take pictures of.


February- Details
Week of 21-27 Finding the details in everyday life

March- Graphic
28-6 Repetitive or interesting lines
7-13 Hidden Letters
14-20 Patterns
21-27 Interesting Shapes
28-3 Artsy/Graphic

April- Living
4-10 Plants
11-17 Flowers
18-24 Animals
25-1 Other

May- Focus/Depth of Field and Focal Length
2-8 Blur (out of focus, motion blur, surface blur, etc.)
9-15 Shallow DOF
16-22 All in Focus/Different Focal Lengths
23-29 Bokeh

June- Light
30-5 Studio Lights (indoors and outdoors)
6-12 Natural Light
13-19 Dramatic Lighting
20-26 Sunflare
27-3 Lighting Placement (backlit, side light, etc.)

July- People
4-10 Kids
11-17 Expressions
18-24 Details (feet, hair, eyes, smile, etc.)
25-31 Portraits

August- Creative
1-7 Textures (surface texture and photoshop textures)
8-14 Be creative using Photoshop
15-21 Creative Lighting
22-28 Creative Angles

September- Locations
29-4 Yard/Neighborhood
5-11 Inside (our house, inside a building, mom's house, etc.)
12-18 Urban Locations
19-25 Landscapes/Outdoor Locations
26-2 Grunge/Vintage

October- Emotions
3-9 Happy
10-16 Lonely/Sad/Dreary
17-23 Energy
24-30 Dark/Scary

November- Holidays
31-6 Halloween
7-13 Other
14-20 Thanksgiving
21-27 Christmas

December- Colors
28-4 Orange
5-11 Green
12-18 Blue
19-25 Red
26-1 Multi

January- New
2-8 New Start
9-15 New Life
16-22 New Goals
23-29 New Friends

February- Random/Favorites
30-5 What I Learned
6-12 Before and After (Photoshop, skills, etc.)
13-19 Anything
20-26 Favorites from the Year

The Daily Click Project

I'm starting this project to see how much I can learn in a year of taking pictures. I think my biggest hurdle is always WHAT to take pictures of! I will definitely have to get creative and find the art in everyday things! I think this project will push me to become a better photographer and hopefully I will learn something new everyday!

So here's to an entire year of daily picture taking! My goal is to upload pictures as regularly as I can, hopefully every day, but at least every few days.