day 25...09-27-09

ipheel crappy iphone photo

slept for nearly 20 hours straight on sunday...and i snapped this photo

day 24...09-26-09

red white and blue landscape

out Saturday shooting stuff, and found this odd patch of ground with the wind blowing this hopefully non-toxic (because I was standing in it) white powder substance across the the field.

day 23...09-25-09

not a good day for photography my friends...

day 22...09-24-09

framed self portrait

oh yeah today was one of "those" days when the 24 hour period passes by and you let it pass by thinking I'll get the shot later...I'll work on it later, right after I finish with this... and at 11:55pm I still didn't have a photo to post. So into the bathroom I went, camera in hand.

I know some people have 365 projects that feature only self portraits and I'm not sure I could do it. In a week I'd be bored by the limits of the subject matter. On the other hand, it would force me to find creative ways to approach the same, always available subject. So I'll keep exploring my options in the until then...today is done

day 21...09-23-09

road apples

I was stopped at a red light while on my way to work Wednesday morning. With the windows rolled down, I was grooving and singing to the music that was playing, sippin' a mango madness Booster Juice. All of a sudden out of the corner of my eye I saw objects falling from the sky. They landed on the ground with a thud thud. I looked up...way up. A giant apple tree stood on the corner releasing her autumn bounty to the street corner below. When the light turned green, I turned the corner and stopped rather than proceeding straight through to my destination. This project has demonstrated to me that my routine daily life is rich and ripe with beautiful moments and opportunities for great images if I stop and take notice of the little details around me.

day 20...09-22-09

In hounor of the the release of an awesome new iPhone photo app created by Chase Jarvis (check him out he is an amazing photog) called Best Photo, Dave and I decided today's shot should be taken on our iPhones. The cool thing about this app is that you can edit right in your phone then email, twitter, facebook, or upload to your website directly from your phone, all at the same time. So here is mine.

day 19...09-21-09

This is Victor, a homeless man I talked to for more than 45 minutes this afternoon. He shared with me all his wisdom and experience. He talked (a mile a minute) of God and Satan and the Vietnam war. We exchanged gifts, I gave him my pocket change and he gave me this photo. People walking by gave us plenty of odd looks. Some thought he was weird and some gave me looks of pity like I was being forced to endure his soliloquy on the glory of God. There was really no need, I was there by choice and he brightened my otherwise gloomy day. Does God not teach us to love all people? He lives this life by choice and he speaks what he believes, what he knows to be true. I'd rather spend time with a person like this than someone who's deepest desire is to impress me with a fancy car or an expensive watch.

day 18...09-20-09

I have not perfected this technique, but this is still way cool. This is how I shot it no photoshop involved, no tripod either.

day 17..09-19-19

Sunset Street

I shot this through my windshield while stopped at a stop sign.

day 16...09-18-09

I'm trying to make nice with my tripod.

It's not that I don't appreciate you my three legged friend, it's just taken me a really long time to realize and accept that the burden of hauling you around is worth the results when my shaky hands cant do the job and my exposures are long. You are relatively light, easy to manipulate and I love your trigger head. We had fun together last night and I promise we will play more often.

day 15...09-17-09

The Claw!

I giggle when I see these machines, thinking of those little green guys from Toy Story (seen it about a zillion times) all excited to be the chosen one, lifted to freedom and a new home.

day 14...09-16-09

I couldn't decide which one to post. The photo above although poorly edited has a more obvious appeal because we can identify it and flowers are generally pleasing. The abstract shot below I love because well it's just kinda cool.

check this out
10-traits-you-should-possess-if-you-want-to-be-a-good-photographer

I'll admit I have a little { ok a lot} of trouble with #5

day 13...09-15-09

I shot this on my way out of the library tonight after Camera Club. It's not a super strong photo by any means but I shot it with "my purse camera" and I posted it more because I saw an opportunity and I stopped to capture it, rather than letting it pass by and that is one part of the whole lesson to be learned by this project .




Shot this one just cause it made me laugh, another random opportunity. She was set up on the grassy meridian just outside the Tim Horton's on 8th St. reading a book and enjoying her timmies. Right after this I witnessed a nearly massive accident. I was in the passenger side and had my camera on and in my hand with the window rolled down, as a car turned left in front of us on College Dr. on to Preston and was almost t-boned by the car in the lane to the left of us. I watched in slow motion as the the car beside me missed the other car by mere feet. I was paralized and did not get the near miss shot, but the whole time I was wondering if I would be in the right place at the right time to shoot the impact and the aftermath if it happened... nope not this time, thankfully. It would have been nasty.

day 12...09-14-09

pool of creativity is shallow and time is short so here it is...I could almost shoot this subject 365 days of the year.

day 11...09-13-09

okay here's a landscape...
now I'd better get out and shoot today's photo before today is all gone.
note to self: remember to check your iso every now and again

day 10...09-12-09

I tried for a landscape, I really did. I shot a few, but I just like the close up stuff better. This is a rail, you know train tracks.


just thought I'd add this one because it's amusing, at least to me it is.

day 9...09-11-09

as seen on the drive to Edmonton...

day 8...09-10-09

hard boiled

whoops this is what happens when you leave the stove unattended, thankfully I caught it before the smoke detector did. Egg salad anyone?

new eyes

a week in

to this creative exercise

and i am beginning to look

at everything in my world

with new eyes

day 7...09-09-09 theme shadows

We picked the theme shadows for today...thankfully it's a beautiful sunny day with lots of shadows following me around. I headed over to university this morning after I dropped Kaylin off @ school. I had 30 minutes to shoot and get to work on time.
I had several shadow shots to choose from, but what I love about this one, is it's shadow but with detail, texture and colour, almost the antithesis of shadow.

For comparison here is a few more shadowy versions...

day 6...09-08-09 theme - ant's view

outdoor ed

Drove down a back alley on my way to work this morning and this what I found..
opportunities are everywhere if your eyes are open to the possibilities

Here's another I shot this morning. Apparently I'm working my way through the primary colours this week first week of school :)

day 5...09-07-09

and here it is, your moment of zen...





this is what i shot...

day 4...09-06-09

ineffective

This project is going to be much more challenging, in so many ways, than I first anticipated. First, in finding the time each day to photograph stuff. Second, the going about finding stuff interesting enough to photograph. Third, assuming I've conquered challenges 1 and 2, narrowing down shots taken to just one post for the day. Fourth, avoiding the temptation to use a good shot taken on a day other than the present one because the 1st and 2nd challenges were not fully realized.

In light of challenges 3and 4, I will post any other daily shots I feel are worthy of sharing simply because otherwise all these thousands of photos I take are just digital garbage taking up hard drive space and temptation to cheat will be minimized. Not that I would cheat, that would defeat the purpose of the whole exercise.

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day 3...09-05-09

me, self portrait

my liver is just fine thank you. why yellow? why not

day 2...09-04-09

da dat da...da da... I'm loving it!

Not everyday promises the opportunity for outstanding creative achievement in photography and I make no apologies for that. The point is to get out there everyday and shoot something.

day 1...09-03-09

It may be day 246 of 2009, but for me this is day 1 for this project, and I'm okay with that. Starting late is better than never starting at all.


This project was the idea of my friend Dave, who's 365 blog you can find here. I said why wait till January, let's start it now. We are inspiring and challenging each other to keep up with with it and improve our skills and creative eye. If you'd like to do your own 365 project, feel free to send me the link and I'll post it here.