project 52 – melinda anderson photography

Day 49- I Heart Cake!

The theme for this week’s Project 52 is LOVE, and, in our house, nothing says love more than German Chocolate cake!

f/1.8, 1/250, ISO 1600

Today is my husband’s birthday- number 62! He has always loved German Chocolate cake, first his Grammie’s recipe, and then mine (doctored with LOTS of chocolate chips). It is baking now- and ohhhh I’m starting to smell the chocolatiness- YUM! Happy Birthday, Lonnie! ❤

Photography note: I must confess that I played with photographing the batter dripping off the beater first- with no spectacular results. That is why I used such a high shutter speed and thus had a wide open aperture, causing shallow depth of field. Too shallow for this photo, in my opinion- my punishment for my obsession with drops!

February 18, 2011

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Day 36- Phobia!

Phobias- that is the theme for this week’s Clickin Moms Project 52. This has been a challenge! My worst phobia is definitely claustrophobia- a challenge to photograph! And then there is acrophobia, which I have often experienced on mountain roads. And then there is driving on unknown freeways in heavy traffic, goldfish jumping out of their bowls (seriously…), frogs- I could go on. But then there is the one that I face daily- and often try to avoid- the dreaded SCALE!

I had fun editing this in Picnik and pixelating the numbers!

BONUS photo: Lonnie shopped at Trader Joe’s yesterday and brought home these gorgeous flowers!

February 5, 2011

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Day 27- Huh?

Abstract Portrait? That is this week’s theme of Clickin Moms’ Project 52, and trying to get an idea of what that means and what to shoot has been challenging. Frankly, I’m sick of thinking about it! I actually think that the photo I took of my husband reaching for his Starbucks mug (Day 6) would probably qualify as an abstract portrait, but that was Week One. I am not particularly satisfied with any of my efforts today in terms of the assignment, but I’m hoping that giving each photo a cool title will make it more of an Abstract Portrait.

Since I made Lonnie stand on the dock in the cold, I am including this one: Man in the Fog

And here is iPhones and Coffee: Portrait of a Marriage (subtitled Mocha and Bokeh). . .

And, lastly: Self-Portrait

There- I’m done! Round of applause…

January 27, 2011January 27, 2011

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Day (actually night…) 19- Full Moon

300mm, f/5.6, 1/4000, ISO 640

January 19, 2011January 21, 2011

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Day 12- Looking Up

While walking to my car after my late afternoon hair appointment, I looked up and saw the moon. I whipped out my camera and snapped this shot. I wish I had thought to use a smaller aperture; the moon looks almost full here, but it’s not…

January 12, 2011January 15, 2011

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Day 6- Fog

It is so (insert your own expletive…) cold and foggy here today! After going to the gym, I drove down to the water hoping to catch a view of the bridge shrouded mysteriously in fog- you couldn’t even SEE the bridge! When I got home, I opened the fridge to get milk for my cereal and discovered the milk’s date had passed- YUCK! So I went to the grocery store and drove BACK down to the water just on the off chance a great photo op was waiting for me. Well, there were seagulls, so I got some pretty ordinary seagull shots. I have been experimenting with back button focus (at least I THINK that’s what I’m doing…), so I took a few shots of the railing near the water. I like this one.

I had no coat, and it was freezing- my hands were shaking and contributing to my focusing problems. So I got in the car and made the loop to turn around when I saw a tugboat! That means a ship- another photo opportunity! So, shivering, I got out and snapped a few of the ship through the fog. Interesting results- all shots today are straight out of camera.