Thursday, January 5, 2012

Week One - Day Five ... 'for men'

Seriously, who doesn't like feeling clean?

- dan
Week One - Day Four ... Billiards Anyone?
Just playing a little with lighting and f-stop .. I like the reflection and the fact that the background is so out of focus ... not my best shot but, overall, not bad for day 4!

- dan
Week One - Day Three ... Feliz Navidad!

See?  I told you there was more to life than just sitting on your butt in your second floor office didn't I?  I actually like this shade of blue.. I like how it makes the other colors stand out -- and I am really looking forward to putting the Christmas stuff away :-)

- dan
Week One - Day Two .. A Few Blue Markers

I will admit that I need to get out of my office more often :-)  I promise.. I will find something that is blue in another room by tomorrow :-)

- dan
Week One - Day One ... A Blue Stapler

Ok.. it might not be much but .. it is blue and I do stare at it every single day :-)

- dan

Week One - The Color Blue

Week One .. our theme, 'The Color Blue'


In the interest of full disclosure I have to admit that my attempt at Project-365 didn't get off to a thunderous start...  in fact, truth be told, I forgot :-(

Never being one to back down from a challenge I grabbed my trusty Sony a550 and tried to make up for lost time... and so began my quest for items that were blue.  Some items were obvious but I quickly dismissed them as too boring.  Plus, given the weather here in January the odds of getting a great 'blue sky' shot were slim and none :-)

So, instead, what I have done is searched the house for things that are, of course, blue.. and, what follows, is my humble foray into 2012 and my attempt at Project-365.

- dan

Welcome to 2012!

2012 has arrived!

For the last several months I have been promising myself that this will be the year of growth and change..  one of the areas in which I intend to grow is my skill as an amateur photographer.  In trying to come up with ways to hone my picture taking prowess I took to the internet and discovered something called 'Project-365'.

Project-365, for those unfamiliar with the term, is a photography challenge.. one that pushes your skill and creativity every singly day for a whole year.  The idea is to come up with a theme, 52 in total, and take a single photograph each day that represents the theme of that week.  Themes can be anything.  From ideas as simple as 'the color red' to 'high speed, stop motion photography'.

To begin my challenge the first thing I did was to build a spreadsheet, one row per week and one column for each of the 7 days - and yes, weekends count!

What will follow is my photographic journey through 2012 .. I hope that you will find it as interesting as I will and, just maybe, inspiration enough to take on the challenge!

You don't have to wait for 1-Jan 2013 .. grab your camera and join me!

- dan, a.k.a.  The Dark Knight