Old car

Alrighty, time for something that's NOT from my photography class. We went to a car meetup a couple of weeks back, and there were some lovely classic cars there.

I mostly meant to get the purple, open top in the front, but that yellow one with the flames is pretty great too! If I had been thinking, I would have aimed for both of them instead of cutting off the front of the back one.

Shoes!

Another 2-post day! I haven't been posting my 30 Day Challenge pictures, but since today's was especially fun, I thought I would do this one. Today's photo task? Shoes!

Opened toed sandals, high heels, kitten heels, boring-but-comfy low heels and my ultra-reliable runners. What do your shoes say about you?

What is it?

This was part of an assignment for our photography class to photograph 12 still lifes - in the kitchen! Can you guess what I've done here?

I've put some rock salt (Coral) in a wine glass. I really like how the salt is sharp, but the glass itself is already starting to blur.

That's a different view!

This photo was also from class. The assignment had to do with context, although I can't remember why I thought this would fit the bill, but it's a neat look.

Here's another one looking straight up the side of an object, in this case, a tree!

Exploring something common

For this class assignment, we were asked to explore an object from 6 different views. I chose a garbage can, and here are a couple of my pictures.

First, the can in a fairly standard shot. Terribly exciting, isn't it?

The second is looking up the side, from the bottom. It almost evokes skyscrapers. If I were to do it again, I would go from the middle, rather than along the side, so you wouldn't see the sky and other background elements. 

 

The third is a macro of a single bolt. Once again, if I did it again, I would go in the middle to leave out the background.

Lake Abraham

1 picture looks so lonely, so here's a second, very different photo to keep it company.

This is a view out over Lake Abraham. A beautiful day all around.

Welcome!

Here we go, the first post! My goal in this blog is to post a picture that I have taken, every day. The picture won't always have been taken on that specific day - if I aim for that, I think I'm setting myself up for failure right from the start! Some days I just won't have the time or inclination to take any pictures, but I have a lot of interesting shots from the past that I can share with you.

Without further ado, picture 1!

This one comes from a photography class I've been taking. The assignment was to photograph the images evoked by a poem. The line I was trying to capture here says "More than all these, ah yes,/More than all these". Like grains of rice, or sand. I love how sharp some of these grains are in the center. I really feel like my macro skills are coming along quite well - now to work on the lighting skills to go with it!