I went to see my grandpa in the nursing home yesterday, but since he wasn’t feeling or looking his best, I’m not going to post any photos of him. But I did notice his roommate’s teeth lying on the counter, with his roommate no where to be found. By the way, who intentionally puts a gold tooth in their dentures?
Category: photography
Day 14: Brand New
This week’s photo assignment from the blog I follow, Digital-Photography-School.com, is “brand new.” Since the YMCA recently updated their branding, and everyone at the Y walks around with shirts that say “A Brand New Day,” I thought this was a perfect example.
Day 13: That Darn Cat
After at least 30 minutes of trying to shoot my cat, (with the camera, of course) I started to lose patience. Words like, “Sit still!” and, “I hate you!” began flowing from my mouth. Jerod started cursing her too once she broke the skin in four places on his hand. Of course I don’t really hate her. She’s really a very sweet cat, most of the time. She just doesn’t like to have her picture taken. I’ve learned my lesson – next time I’ll wait until she’s sleeping. This is one of the few decent photos I ended up with.
1/125 sec, F8, ISO 200
52mm wide-angle lens, external flash fired
I was originally going to post this photo to show you all the ridiculous amount of ice on the inside of our windows. But it’s not the greatest photo, which is why I spent the evening chasing our cat. No wonder our heating bill is so high!
Day 12: Speaking of Icicles…
On Tuesday there was one icicle about 3 inches long hanging from this roof at work. This was the scene the following day. They were dripping a lot throughout the day, but it’s hard to say if they were melting or growing.
Side note: I’m already learning from this 365 day project. I’ve learned that I don’t always like the aperture open as far as it will go. Looking back, I think this photo would’ve looked better if all the icicles were in focus, not just those in front. What do you think?
Day 11: Snow is Here to Stay
I didn’t spend much time outside in the sub-zero temperatures yesterday, so I just snapped a few quick pictures of the pretty snow outside my work. The icicles that started forming in the morning got much bigger throughout the day – it was interesting to watch them grow.
Day 10: Peaceful Snowfall
Before the 6 inches of treacherous snowfall, before the morning commute with dozens of car wrecks, before the school cancellations and the worrying, was a peaceful snowfall. I’m glad I could capture the beauty of it rather than the danger.
Day 9: Evergreens
On Sunday we took our Christmas tree to a city park for recycling. It’s always fun to see the huge pile of trees.
Day 8: Rough Sport
Last night we went to our first Missouri Mavericks hockey game. Three good fights broke out; I sort of captured one of them in the photo below. It was kind of like watching soccer and boxing on ice. We had a great time!
Day 7: Dirty Jobs
Every couple of months we have the joy of cleaning out our turtle tanks. I say “tanks,” because they started biting each other a few years ago so I had to separate them. Now I have two of everything, so it’s double the work to clean the tanks. What a fun way to spend Friday night, right? P.S. If you’ve never seen my turtles before, check out the April 2010 archive.
Photo 1: I begin by scraping the algae off the basking ledges.
Photo 2: Next I get to clean out their water filters.
Photo 3: Last night we had a little accident. We had the water heaters laying on the floor with the power strip off, but someone (ahem, a turtle or cat) walked over the switch and turned it on. A few minutes later I smelled something burning and ran into the room to find the carpet burned all the way to the mat. Anyone know how to repair this? If not…there goes our deposit.
Photo 4: About 2 hours later, we finally finish filling the tanks. (And of course we have to thoroughly clean the bathroom.)
Day 6: Helpless
Today marks the one-month anniversary of someone stealing my wedding ring. Here is my first attempt at a self-portrait, attempting to portray the emotion I felt when I realized my most valued possession was gone.
Photographic Rhodes 