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Santa's nose...of course! It's cold out there delivering all those packages ;) This pillow has been around for a long time. I just love his sweet little face.
Poor man hacks: I cut my own star out of card stock, centered it on my lens, and then screwed my UV lens filter on over it.
A fellow flickr-ite from Pittsburgh just threw me into a photog dilemma. I'm 99% sure that he was just doing a zombie/turkey joke about the Turkey Trot which John is attending. But now the cat is out of the bag.
My husband is TERRIFIED of birds. Thank you, Margaret and Roger. This makes my life so fricking enjoyable. I learned today that Penn Ave. is lined with bird seed mid-afternoon. Someone at the bus stop must really like birds. I'm going to see if it's a daily thing.
Anyway, for the 3 minutes that I believed that there would be zombies turkeys set free and now my lingering "For everything holy, that'd be AWESOME!", I gave some serious consideration to packing up my photo gear, figuring a route to the start of the race via holiday buses and then on foot, and battling for the best shot. Yes, just to see my husband's face when he realized there were zombie turkeys chasing him.
There's a *twinge* of guilt; this would be more believable if I could stop cry-laughing.
John got another small taste of what I do after he goes to bed. There was a lot of me cursing, screaming at bokeh and my lens which was NOT working with me. John stood with his nose against the wall for a good hour (on and off).
I knew he was getting frustrated, me even further frustrated as jerk cat kept attacking the bokeh.
So I also know that I've been driving him nuts with not doing working at home work. Just transitioning. The library didn't work for me, so now we have to figure out how I can work at home without neurotically cleaning and being attacked by cats. My studio is hard right now because I'm also in framing mode (aka WHEN DUST ATTACKS).
But after hiking through the neighborhood, sweating, in pain with computer gear in tow, I was thankful just to sit in our dining room with our animals with pictures for my new job. And I have John and my family to thank for it.
I wish you could tell just how tiny these deer are. The largest one is about as long as one joint of one of my fingers...perhaps just about an inch.
The bokeh is our Christmas tree in the background, and I got the star shapes by placing a piece of black cardstock with a star cut-out in front of the lens.
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I ran a star-bokeh roll through my Canon EOS1000F, then shot over it with my Lomo LC-M. The concept work, but it needs a bit of refinement to get better stars!
166/365 I WILL go to Paris someday... Someone kindly brought this keyring back for me, but its not quite the same as the real thing :)
Its actually snowing. Strange, strange weather. LAST DAY of school tomorrow for two GLORIOUS weeks. I can't wait :D
Pentacon 50mm f/1.8 with DIY star shaped 'bokeh filter'.
Small torch to the left of keyring, fairy lights in background.
Christmas is forever, not for just one day,
for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away
like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.
The good you do for others is good you do yourself...
~Norman Wesley Brooks, "Let Every Day Be Christmas," 1976
I hope everyone is having a wonderful Holiday season and that you're busy making memories! I wish you Peace, Joy, Lasting Happiness, and Love this season and all through the New Year!
mcp theme {twinkle twinkle}
star light, star bright,
first star i see tonight,
i wish i may, i wish i might,
have this wish i wish tonight.
11/2/2014 Single In February Challenge
Playing around with a star shaped mask in the lens to create star shapped bokeh. Also have an "It's in the eyes" challenge for another group so combined the two for this shot.
Purple monochrome treatment because that is my daughters favourite colour.
Also just a hint of star bokeh glistening off the far eye.
Nero is kind of a "bull in a china shop"! So, it is a miracle that he was so calm in this "straight jacket" of Christmas lights! Very surprising to me...
I guess it made him go a little cross-eyed, though! Ha! Ha!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Star-shaped bokeh
Create your own bokeh at www.diyphotography.net/diy_create_your_own_bokeh/
ISO 100 f/1.8 1/20s 1 SB-26 @ 24mm 1/64th power with CTO gell inside of pocket soft box.
Picked up a Nikon 85mm f/1.8 today and I thought I would try it out tonight.
I like this View
Today i got my lensbaby :). I was obsessed with lensbaby from long time ;) and grabbed it.
It needs lots of practice :)... so for some time i will shoot only with lenbaby :)
Thanks to my friends Rakesh, Niharika & Rukhmini :) - Niharika purchased it... Rakesh transferred money to her & Rukhmini bought it to india :)
26/10/09: I bit the bullet and submitted this image for the bokeh brief. Wish me luck!
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Opinions desperately needed!
I'm thinking of entering this into the Bokeh category of Canon's Photo5 competition. The brief required us to use a supplied bokeh hood with a star-shaped cut out to create an image. This meant that any lights or highlights that were out of focus would be given a star shape. It was suggested to photograph at night to get the most visible effects, but I decided I wanted to try things a little differently and use more available light on my scene.
The question is, is the star-shaped bokeh visible/effective enough to catch a someone's eye (especially the judges!)? When seen large a significant proportion of the blurred background is made up of tiny stars (even closer detail, like the right cheek of the nearest clown when the red paint hits the light), but are all my white stars on a pale background obvious enough to satisfy the brief? Is it going to grab someone's attention at a thumbnail size enough to make them want to open it up and see that the bokeh is actually there?
YAY Christmas lights are going up all over the city and everyone is starting to get into the Christmas spirit. I made a star filter for my 50mm and shot the lights on our balcony through the glass. I love doing this, so fun! Happy Bokeh Wednesday!!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!! I'm freeeeeeeeeee!! I did it!! I can't believe I have finished my 365 project. I am filled with so many emotions; happiness, relief, sadness, pride, success, awe, amazement. It's been a long year, and I have found this project such a struggle at times. I've had days when I really could not be bothered one little bit, and other days when I just had so many photos I couldn't choose (hence why I actually have more than 365 photos)!
I started this project last July, when I got into photography. I always enjoyed taking photos, but didn't realise how much I LOVED taking photos, and suddenly this new passion was unleashed. I got my first DSLR on my birthday on July 5th and haven't looked back since. I can't believe how taking a photo every day had changed the way I look at photography so much. My previous experience with photo taking was: compact on auto, aim, and shoot! My ideas have changed, my creativity has grown (I didn't have any to start with!). My camera skills were poor. I still have so much to learn, but I feel so much achievement looking back on my earlier photos which (let's be honest) are pretty rubbish!! And although most of my photos aren't brilliant, there are one or two that I am so totally proud of, and demonstrate to me that I do know what I'm doing most of the time.
It would have been nice to have a collection of completely amazing photos, but a) I'm not good enough yet for that, and b) sometimes it's more about what the photo says rather than the skill of it. I have enjoyed capturing my everyday life with my two gorgeous daughters. I will look back on these photos with fondness.
Doing a 365 project is all-consuming. I wouldn't be able to relax unless I knew I had my PAD for the day. My camera literally came everywhere with me, as if carrying two small children around, a huge changing bag and buggy wasn't enough to lug around with me, the camera had to come too. Driving home from somewhere with family in the car, thinking 'oooh this would be a perfect PAD would you mind honey just pulling over while I pop out'? Meanwhile two moany children and grumpy husband in the car because we're missing dinner. It took up my evenings- having to scroll through the photos I took that day to choose which one would be 'good enough' to go online for all to view and judge. Not that I have that many followers. Asking David, this one? Or this one? You sure? I think I prefer this one.... or what about this one?! I'm surprised he didn't throw my camera out of the window!
I couldn't have done this without my family. They are my inspiration. They are the ones who ignited my joy in photography. And I really wouldn't be here without David. On those days when I really, truly, did not want to take a photo or was just out of ideas at 10 at night he would help me create something. I probably would have only reached day 100 if he hadn't helped me. Through days of sickness, tiredness, joy, sadness, it's all there.
This project has given me a new lease on life, it has helped me find my joy and has allowed me to start my own photography business last September which has gathered a lot of interest, and I am still amazed by all the shoots I have done for someone with no prior knowledge or training. It really does go to show if you have a passion for something, anything is achievable. I hope in 5 years time to be totally amazing at what I do!
I will definitely do another 365 project one day... but not for awhile. I am looking forward to making a book of this project so I have something to keep and show my family, but mostly I am looking forward to having my evenings back and relaxing for a bit!