At 5:30, I read the topic for today- Dutch Angle, which means a photo taken at an angle. Miles was especially cooperative and gave me 5 minutes in Papa’s office chair to snap some photos. I used my flash- and most of these are SOOC- or almost- a rarity for me.
For Henry, happiness is riding a merry-go-round for the first time. . .
and loading a wheelbarrow up with rocks!
Happiness for Miles is dyeing Easter eggs!
Happiness is having two little boys to love!
So far this morning we have just been hanging out. Miles helped Papa clean the deck and re-hang the bird feeder. Henry explored every room, especially all the stairs.
Here is Miles playing with a gift bag after checking out his new clothes.
And here he is again watching his beloved Thomas the Train.
Miles playing with his fishing pole game.
Henry enjoying his milk (and tortellinis).
Tomorrow is the Big Day! The grandbabies will arrive with all the noise and confusion they will bring. We are so excited! The Easter Bunny has been busy- and I thought these shiny eggs would make an interesting photo for today. I set them on the bathroom counter (great light!) and snapped away. Yes, that’s me (and yes, that’s my bathroom!).
Thank goodness for Easter decorations! I have something new in the house to photograph. The topic today is middle, so I focused on the middle bunny. I knew that when you are looking at depth of field, there is more in focus behind the subject than in front. This photo really demonstrates that principle- a good reminder for me!
Deja vu? I know I have photographed these blinds before, but this is hopefully at a different angle. The topic today is Up and Down, and the blinds seem like a perfect choice. I chose a black and white treatment for interest.
Today I start Karen Russell’s Snapshots of a Good Life class! I’ve wanted to take this for so long- mainly to improve my family photography. I’m excited to begin and there will hopefully be a positive impact on my Project 365 photos. I’ll keep you posted!
The sun is shining today making the cheerful daisies in our front yard even more brightly yellow.
We are getting ready for the arrival of the grandbabies next week. The family is on vacation with my daughter’s in-laws right now- and most of the family is sick! I’m going with the theme right today, cube, and this is one of the most obvious cubes in my house right now. I hope we won’t need it!
The sunshine finally broke through the clouds this afternoon, bringing beautiful light to what has been gray and dull and turning it green and golden. Photography has not been my focus today, so the afternoon light was such a welcome diversion. I grabbed my camera and took a few shots of the light shining through the branches of the maytens tree.
My daughter’s family will be here one week from today! Today I am starting the babyproofing- Henry at 15 months is very active and into everything. I also am getting down some Easter decorations and getting organized for the egg hunt. Today’s Flickr challenge is oval, an easy topic for today.
The topic today is medicine cabinet. I took 3 photos of some essential oils using my speed light and added grunge in Snapseed on the iPad for a textured effect. I then added a watermark using :::TaDa!!!::: PHOTOSHOP TOUCH- all on the iPad!!!!! The test is whether I will be able to upload to WordPress.
Woo hoo- did it! I see the photo is smaller and doesn’t appear in the slideshow at the top- but that’s a small price to pay for the convenience of traveling with one iPad instead of 2 laptops! 🙂
On the road is the theme today- and the constant drizzle made getting out on the road pretty unappealing. I moved one of our bikes into the driveway and sat in the garage to take a quick photo. My aim was to import the photo into the iPad, edit it in iPhoto, and upload it to Flickr and my blog. Importing it to the iPad was a piece of cake, but I was pretty clueless about editing it in iPhoto. I played around with it, uploaded it to Flickr, and then tried to do the blog. WordPress wasn’t my best friend today, so I finally threw my hands in the air and am blogging old school- on my laptop. And since I am on my laptop, I did a few edits in Aperture and Photoshop- I just can’t help myself!
And here is a new and improved version edited later on the iPad with Snapseed!
My paper white stems grew really fast and quickly bent under the weight of the flowers. They are still graceful, however, and I often notice the new shapes as they fold and droop lower and lower. Today’s theme is mono, so I converted a photo I took this morning of my droopy stems to a black and white.
BTW for anyone interested in the Zone System, I metered off the green leaves at +1 (Zone 6)- and still had a few blinkies on the edge. It was probably a Zone 7.
Here is the black and white version.
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