Project 365 - Day One Hundred And Sixty-Three

If I were in the habit of naming my posts anything other than what day I'm at this one would surely be: "Eat Your Heart Out Alice". I brought this cute little outfit and decided to give it its maiden voyage when I caught up with some friends on Friday night. One of my friend's commented that said outfit looked very Alice in Wonderland (a high complement indeed). But instead of showing you the whole outfit I went for a 'my perspective/ sneaky peek' kind of thing.

Image taken 06 May 2011

My intention was for a completely different photograph. I wasn't even planning to take one of myself at all. But after two days at home I needed to go and get a few things... and it ended up taking most of the day.

So this photo was born out of an 'oh-my-gosh-there's-only-half-an-hour-left-of-today-and-I-still-haven't-gotten-my-shot' kind of moment. Not my best shot by any means but I kind of like it... It feels like what Alice might have seen just before she fell down the rabbit's hole.

What did you get up to this week?

Project 365 - Day One Hundred And Sixty-Two

Another rest day -- all the while realizing that I am beginning to run out of things to photograph at home. But my art supplies came to my rescue...

Image taken 05 May 2011

I've mentioned before that I'm a fairly creative person - drawing, writing, painting, sewing - you name it and I've probably at least attempted it at one time or another. Now drawing I'm not so good at - you most defiantly won't see any samples popping up on this blog any time soon. But that doesn't stop me from collecting pencils. Pencils of every description - graphite, charcoal, watercolor one, and colored pencils of every color, size and description. I think I like having them on hand for it I ever get a truly great concept that just had to be expressed instantly. They are like my 'safety blanket' art supplies... It remains to be seem if I'll ever use them.

What about you? Do you have a 'just in case' collection? If so, what is it?

Project 365 - Day One Hundred And Sixty-One

So day one hundred and sixty-one rolled around and I was feeling pretty lousy. Lousy enough to wonder about the actual benefits of the sinuses. I knew I had a busy Saturday looming and I needed to be at my best (again more on that in a later post... don't you just hate being left hanging?). There was nothing for it but to snuggle down in bed.

Yet again it fell to my garden to provide me with something to photograph.

Image taken 04 May 2011

These charming white, velvet-y flowers are basically looking after themselves in a little pot all on their lonesome. I really should give this plant a little more attention. I mean, I didn't even realize there were tiny purple dots on the petals until I was reviewing this shot on my computer screen.

Do you ever miss things in your own backyard?

Project 365 - Day One Hundred And Sixty

Wow!! Sorry for the unintended blogger break there folks (almost a whole week... that's despicable). But between a pretty busy week - more on that in an upcoming post - and horrible sinusitis (it feels like a pressure cooker under my face) I have barely had time to load my photos onto my computer let alone anything else... My poor Google reader is filled to bursting!

But right now I want to talk about the weather. The weather is a bit of a topic in my family (and the source of a few well intentioned jokes). Well I was in the city on day one hundred and sixty getting ready to take my shot of the day and it started bucketing down. You can't see it well in the photo but it was a veritable waterfall. I decided to shoot from the hip and try my hand at a bit of street photography.

Image taken 03 May 2011

It was interesting to watch peoples reactions as they sprinted across when the pedestrian light said go. It was bedlam! Anyone would think people were worried they would melt in the rain or something. So it's blurry and soft in focus but that's because everyone was moving so, so fast.

I have noticed that Queenslands (as a vast generalization - though the same may hold true in other areas) tend to complain bitterly when there's been no rain but the minute the first raindrop falls to the Earth there is bitter complaint about how wet it it... The grass is always greener I guess. But then maybe I don't understand because I'm the type of person who loves to wander/dance in the rain (though I couldn't on this occasion because I had my camera kit with me and cameras and water generally don't mix).

What are your feelings about this wonderful wet stuff?

Project 365 - Day One Hundred And Fifty-Nine

Hello to my new subscriber! Thanks for following. Thank you to everyone for following and/or for reading. I hope you enjoy reading this blog as much as I do writing it! I'd love to hear from you.

So looking back I've noticed that almost all of my self-portraits are of me right next to a fence post. There's a very defiant reason for this... It gave me something to focus on. When I'm setting up the shot I am (obviously) behind the camera - meaning I can't focus on me (if you can follow that logic). So I have always used a fence post as my focal point.

Today I decided to change that. So I headed to a relatively uninhabited park and set about the task at hand.

Image taken 02 May 2011

The focus isn't dead on unfortunately. But I'm hoping to get better at getting it just right. It just take practice and building my knowledge base. So you may be wondering how I focused on something that wasn't there. I carried a broom with me - turning it upside-down, balancing the handle in my camera bag and focusing on the bristles. It must have looked a little strange. A few people walked by stopping to politely ask me why I was carrying around a broom. Rather hard to explain to people who don't understand that a DSLR works differently to a point and shoot camera.

Please forgive my pasty white legs... Now you see why I have worn stockings in all my other self-portraits! I really like this outfit - it really accentuates my curves. My favorite aspect of it is probably the belt. The tan color really compliments the deep purple of the knit dress. Most of all I feel fantastic, pretty, and confident when I'm wearing it -- all you can want from an outfit. I really got into the 'dress up' vibe even going so far as to put on a pair of wedge heels (only for the photo and even then they were so painful!). I think this may become my favorite winter outfit. Do you have favorite seasonal outfits? Or is that just something I do?

So that's what I was doing when news about Bin Laden was announced. What were you doing? What's your opinion about it all? I hope you've had a wonderful day and a great start to the week!

Project 365 - Day One Hundred And Fifty-Eight

Well wow! I can't believe it's May already. Is it just me or is this year absolutely flying? Blink and you'll miss it sort of fast.

Life is pretty fantastic I think. For a great many of reasons one of which being I got to witness a magnificent sunset. And any day I get to appreciate a beautiful sunset it a pretty good day in my opinion. Now I was driving at the time of 'full' sunset so I pulled over as fast (and as safely) as possible in order to quickly snapped a photo of the fast disappearing sun.

Image taken 01 May 2011

Unfortunately I missed the main event but I still like the play of light and shadow. As a happy accident a flock (?) of birds just happen to fly by as I clicked the shutter button. I kind of like how it turned out. What do you think?

How was your weekend? I hope that it was magnificent and that your week is looking fine and dandy.