Day sixty - Leap

Day fifty nine - Stalking Venus

Day fifty eight - The missing frame

Day fifty seven - Cracked

Mother nature that green-eyed slut

I had an eventful week eight. I spent considerable time combating a stomach ailment which caused me to drop the ball on my bug-a-day project but I lucked out on this one. I happened to spend my fifteen minutes outside at daybreak before my body started mimicking the destructive winds that unsettled our night. I came out of hibernation Thursday evening to greet yet another blanketing of snow and capture that days image. I'm feeling better now but still subsisting on a diet of toast and milkshakes. So much for eating paleo.

That awfulness was bookended by a weekend class I was taking in printmaking. It was great to get out and about in other areas of the city. It made for some fun photos. I'm still balancing the desire to get out there, diversify and capture more interesting stuff with just getting out and being quick about it. Thus far I think I've been successful.

I'm noticing a pattern that proves to trust your instincts. More often than not what I've discovered is that my best photo for the day is the first one. Maybe not the first subject. But once I hone in on something that I take several snapshots of, I find that I choose the initial photo to post. Interesing I think.

I had an apiphany as well. I'm seriously considering that I could take up photography as a profession (after some schooling of course). I'm really warming to the idea. I hope I'm not deluding myself thinking I have 'the eye' for photomaking. Now if only I could find that pile of money I misplaced.

Cutting room floor (Week eight, days 50-56)



 The sidewalk furniture just beat this one out. I seem to like capturing things behind glass.



 I like how the angle of the fence pulls you into the image of the horse as well as all the horizontal and vertical lines.



 The spots of red move your eye around this photo. Its livlier than your brain wants you to think.



 The curving sweep is good but I couldn't get past the center of the aloe being like a bullseye.



 I really liked this one but couldn't resist the first blubs of the season.



 Needed a bluer sky, also the horizon bisects the photo.

Day fifty six - Spring has sprung

Day fifty five - Sun falling on snow

Day fifty four - Sail away

Day fifty three - Boston camo

Day fifty two - Electric hum

Day fifty one - Life on a chainlink fence

Day fifty - Primaries

Day forty nine - See bees?

Anticipating the loveliness

Funny how beautiful newly fallen snow only lasts for a few magical moments then it turns into something very undesirable. Unfortunately the freeze, thaw, snow-a-bit-more cycle we've experienced is leaving a landscape of crunchy, pock marked, filthy-ness that is starting to annoy me. I can't get away from it and it isn't very inspiring. Not getting much love from mother-nature. I plug on anyway anticipating the loveliness we'll see in the coming weeks.

I am posting my cutting room floor a bit early this week as I have a weekend drawing class that I must devote more attention too.  Here are the photos that didn't make the cut this (or last) week.

...photos to come. (Week 6 days 36-42) (Week 7 days 42-49)

 

Day forty eight - Meter meter on the wall who's consuming most of all?



Its fantastic that the flash caught the cog and turned it into a jewel.



Day forty seven - Mecca

Day forty six - Faded granduer

Day forty five - Don't tread on me

Day forty four - Cupid and a cow

Day forty three - Look ma, no hands

Day forty two - Confused palms and crunchy snow

Day forty one - Shelton

Day forty - So:lo

p.s. Happy birthday little brother

Day thirty nine - Blank no more

Day thirty eight - White

Day thirty seven - Wascally wabbit dogs

Day thirty six - Formative years

TGFS

This was a good week of photo taking for me, lots to respond and react too. It was bloody great to have a fantastic snowstorm this weekend. The grey sky and stark white landscape was beautiful while it lasted. It shall all be a figment of our imagination by tomorrow with our returning Colorado sunshine.  Starting week six off on a techno beat with a trip to the B-note in my home town. DJ T.S. Heritage spins DJ Lance -- most definately good times. Unfortunately all the photos are inside so they won't make it to the blog, but I think I captured the afternoon quite well. Thanks for the invite! And btw, I know day twenty nine has two posts. I truly think both represented the day, so it's my blog, my rules and every once in a while I can break them.

Here's week five's floor (week 5 days; days 29-35)-