Project 365 - day 12

Breakfast in our house usually involved two girls and one cat. They just looked too sweet this morning so I had to capture it.

Project 365 - day 11 - Pictures from a Car Window

The other day, we had to drive 2.5 hours to Denver to pick up the girls skates. Usually, while we are driving, I will see the most amazing scenery. Being on the interstate, we can't just pull over so I can take pictures, so I decided to just pick up my camera and see what happened (I couldn't open the window because we had some pretty decent gust of wind going (it's not unusual to drive in 40-60+ wind gusts.

One segment of our drive takes us through a mountain range.  It was quite a bit snowy and foggy:

I loved the way the clouds were swirling. They are obscuring the mountains a bit.

Project 365 - day 10

Yesterday I was trying to take a lovely picture of my pummelo. As I was trying to get a picture with my macro lens, I realized the cat was taking an interest in my fruit. So, I can't just post one picture, but the series.

Project 365 - day 9

I'm still posting pictures from this past weekend...which is probably good since I'm lacking motivation to take pictures at the moment.

Here is a sunrise picture I took from a friend's back porch in Denver.  The funny thing was, when I was taking the pictures I didn't think this picture had caputured the pinks of the sky as well so I took one from another angle that I thought was perfect. Once I loaded them, I discovered that this one was the best of the three. I love how the pink is reflecting off the house and how the sun is backlighting the pine needles of the tree.

Project 365 - day 8

This past weekend, the girls competed in a skating competition. I took a ton of pictures during the weekend, and I'm going to use these pictures over the next few days.

The pictures were taken from a distance, and the judges were on the opposite side of the rink so it was harder to catch the pictures I might have liked.

Practicing a backward crossover during warm up.

Practicing a snow plow stop during warm up.

Project 365 - day 7

I belong to a quilting group - quilting ministry actually. We make quilts for people who are sick or need love and support after losing a loved one. I tend to be pretty private about anything religious. So it took me a few weeks after learning about this group to decide to show up. But, I learned that while the group is based on the tenants of prayer, it's more a giving group than a religious group.

At quilting yesterday, I decided to bring my camera and see if I could capture the feeling of the group, the camaraderie, the feeling of peace that I get when I work with these women.

I missed noticing how the light in the background of the first picture would affect the overall affect. Playing with the color, adding black and white, and softening the edges seemed to help.

Project 365 - day 6

The other evening, we were celebrating my daughter's birthday. While I'm not sure I love this picture, I do love the joy in her face when she saw the picture my parents had sent her of her face superimposed in a Harry Potter uniform and holding Hedwig.  What I love most is that she couldn't decide which she was more excited over, the picture or the money that came with it. If you click on the picture, it should enlarge it so you can see her expression.

Quilt shop pictures

I was at the quilt shop and took pictures of a bunch of the fabric. These are two of my favorite pictures. I wish I could have gotten back just a little further from the sewing table, but the darn wall got in my way.

Project 365 - day 5

See day four published below this one.

Today, as we were driving home, we saw a herd of antelope eating lunch in a field. Since I had my camera with me, I pulled over and got a few shots. Some day, I'll read the book of instructions with my camera so I know what I'm actually doing, but for now, it's more 'point and shoot.'

I couldn't decide which picture I liked better...the one that shows that these antelope are hanging in a field in the middle of town or the one with the pretty mountains in the background that make it appear that I'm hiking in the wild.

Project 365 - day 4

I missed posting this yesterday, so you will get two posts today instead of just one.

I took two pictures I really liked. So, you get both for Friday's picture.

This was our sunset Thursday night. While it was not intentional, I like how the buildings are all in the shadows to help the colors of the clouds pop.

On an almost daily basis, we have a cat that comes to visit our house. Thankfully, the cats have only met each other without a house between them once (which resulted in a few scratches), but they do try to fight between the doors. This is our cat Spots showing her opinion of our guest.

project 365 - day 3

This picture was taken one evening as our cat decided to run out for one last tour of the yard to make sure everything was safe. Our cats had been indoor cats when we lived in Michigan, now they are pampered indoor/outdoor cats. They are allowed to go outside while we are home and as long as they don't leave the fenced yard. I quickly ran out without my coat to snap a few pictures of our little huntress. I also didn't have the right shoes to walk in snow, so my framing is a bit off. But, I love her focused attention on checking the yard to make sure it was free of the cat who visits sometimes.

I can't frame this one right, and the sun had gone down enough to change the lighting, but I love the way she has pounced on the snow.

365 project - day 2

We are currently renting a house this year. I'm not sure if its insulation or the way we are heating the house, but our bedroom window has ice crystals on it. I've been staring at them for several days - intrigued. I decided to try to take some pictures of them with my macro lens.

The first picture I took was the crystals filling the camera. It reminds me a bit of a frosted shower door.

By changing the angle, I captured the blue sky behind the ice crystals.

This was one of the first pictures I took. It really captured the definition of the crystals.

Project 365 - Day 1

A friend of mine is doing Project 365. When I learned I was getting a camera for Christmas, I decided that I was going to do this too. I'm not sure I'll make everyday, but I'm hoping to manage 3-4 times a week.

A friend of mine is doing it, and so it seems a great idea to do also.  Here is her explanation of the project: What is project 365.

Here is my first picture.  This is a sunset from our back yard.