Day 30

Day 30.  Had to return the 85mm today.  Went during lunch and took some shots of my coworker.  Good news is I've decided to buy the 85mm now.  LOL.

Day 26, 27, 28, and 29

Been a bit slow on updating the blog, but have been taking the pictures.  I rented an 85mm f/1.8 for the weekend so I had some fun.  Also, I've been slowly getting my my lighting "studio" set up.

Day 26.  This isn't necessarily the best photo, but it looked like my cat was giving me the finger.  So I went with it.  Broke out the nifty fifty for a change.


Day 27.  Like I said, I rented the 85mm f/1.8 for the weekend.  Took this at my friend's dry cleaners.  I like the colors.


Day 28.  Got some white seamless paper in the back, gelled Yongnuo 560 flash guns for the blue effect.  And my wife at 8 months.
 

Day 29.  Went out to downtown Glen Ellyn and took a picture of the cinema marquee sign.  Added some processing to give it that old look.

Day25

Sunrise...

Day24

Hmm, time to go to coinstar. 

Day 23

Steamed veggies for din din.

Day 22

My attempt at being "creative."

Day 20 and 21

Day 20, I took a picture at a red light of the snow truck next to me on my way home from work.  That was not a fun drive.


Day 21, took a picture of my shoes on the treadmill.  Played with some off camera flash.

Day19

Just got an umbrella and light stand for my ghetto studio lights.  Decided to take a self portrait.  Still learning.

Day 18

BORING!  This is the steel art on our living room wall.  Flash on cam, bounced on ceiling.

Day 17

I got this as a gift when I was a teaching assistant almost 10 years ago.  It's a kaleidoscope.  Pooh is the subject.  First picture done in Lightroom 4.

Day 16

Just took this randomly through my front window.  It ended up looking kinda cool so I figured I'd use it for my day 16.  Definitely starting to struggle with the creativity.

Day 15

Nothing special, just my headphones, and my somewhat forgotten Canon PowerShot SD800 IS.

Day 13 and 14

Was busy the last couple of days.  I did manage to take some pics, but didn't have time to upload them.  So I'm still chugging along, although day 13 was definitely a close one.  Fortunately, I took a pic as I was leaving for work in the morning from my car.  Saw a neighbor shoveling the snow and thought it might be a good pic, and it turned out ok, I think.  I left some of my dashboard in view, for a perspective effect.



Next up, for day 14, we have the cake from the baby shower.  It was made by the local bakery near our house, Sauers.  Was pretty tasty too.

Day 12

Snapped a pic of this huge tree outside my office as I left home from work.  Played around a bit in post.

Day 11

Doin' some light reading.  I like how the collar seems to pop out.

Day 10

Jelly beans.  Need I say more?  Off camera flash handheld to the left, bounced.

Day 9

The inside of my car.

Day 8

Forest Preserve HDR composite of 7 images.  I like the icy look of the water.

Day 7

I had a few pics to choose from, but decided to go with this.  Straight out of camera, no processing.  I was pretty impressed with this pic, but then again, it's not the most amazing picture.  But a good way to finish off my first week :)

Day 6

Today I had a long day, didn't get home till 8pm. Ate, relaxed and couldn't figure out what to shoot. So I decided to shoot the ceiling fan. Look at the middle, and guess who?

Day 5

Messing around with my flash off camera, and some split toning + soft post processing in gimp.

Day 4

This was my first try for doing a longer exposure.  I was in the car, warming up the engine.  Placed the camera on the dashboard and shot some traffic.  I darkened it too much in post and I think I can still improve on it.  But here it is.

Day 3

Remember when your parents said, you'll learn to appreciate it?  Well I guess it's true.  Haven't played since college but still brings back some memories.

Day 2

My wife and I are expecting our first child, a girl, in late February. There will probably be a lot of baby themed pics this year lol.

Day 1

Picture of my guitar to start off 2012