{365 Days}: Weeks 6, 7, 8

I've been busy.  But here are some pictures from the last three weeks!

October 3

October 4

October 5

October 6

October 7

October 8

October 9

October 10

October 11

October 12

October 13

October 14

October 15

October 16

October 17

October 18

October 19

{365 Days}: Week 5.5

I was bad and didn't post these on Wednesday.  Oops!

September 23:  My busy schedule

September 24:  Fall.

September 25:  TOMS!  (go get a pair!)

September 26:  Door

September 27:  The hat I was working on at the time

September 28:  My bed.  Where I wanted to be when i was taking this photo

September 29:  The keychain I made for Lacy

September 30:  Resume and a snack

October 1:  Piggy and Girly bear...the consultants I'm planning on taking with me when I go shopping for a wedding dress

October 2:  Anna

{365 Days}: Week 4 and an event

If you're in the Reading, PA area, or really in eastern PA...I mean, really, you can drive anywhere on the eastern side of the state in about 3 hours, and this is worth it.  TRUST ME.  :)

Then go see JAYMAR at the Carsonia Park carnival TOMORROW night!

And be sure to support the PIER food stand, as proceeds are benefitting my brother and cousin's upcoming trip to Namibia!

And now, here are my week 4 shots!  I'm feeling a little bit better about myself and my photography this week.  Probably because of my new site!

September 16

September 17

September 18September 19

September 20

September 21

September 22

{365 Days}: Week 3 (and a rant.)

Feel free to skip the rant and just check out this week's images below, because:

1.  I won't know if you do 

2.  I wouldn't blame you.

I'm a bit frustrated with this project right now.  I know it's only the third week, and I am enjoying it.  But I think the combination of classes, work, and having a photography class, has turned this project into another thing to check off my daily "to-do" list.  I think a lot of it has to do that I haven't been feeling very inspired lately, and that my camera and I just aren't really working together very well at the moment...my images are blurry and not in the sharp focus that I like, which I know has a lot to do with my lighting and the time of day that I've typically been shooting.  My eyes are tired from squinting through my lens (does anyone know any tricks to combat this, by the way?  Sometimes, it takes a second for my eyes to refocus after I've been looking through my camera, and I've had this annoying eye twitch since about May.)  Anyway, I'm not totally unhappy with what I've got for this week, but I am quickly finding that if this project is going to be a positive and growth-filled experience, then I need to make more time for photography in my day to day.  So here's to revelation and growth.  :)

September 9:  My pencil cup (one of those late-night images)

September 10:  Self-portrait (too grainy. bleh.)

September 11:  Hava.  I love this one, especially the color composition.

September 12:  My tea.  Again, a late-night image, and a grainy one.

September 13:  Jae's earrings.  A rare in-focus one.

September 14:  The new pillow covers I made.  A "hmmm...what can I take a picture of at this late hour?" photo.

September 15: Hannah's study face.  Despite the lack of sharp focus, I like this one, I think.

On the bright side, I did develop my first prints in the darkroom today.  That is definitely a highlight of my life according to photography right now.

{365 Days}: Week 2

September 2

September 3

September 4

September 5

September 6

September 7

September 8

{365 Days}: Week 1

As you know, I started the 365 Days project with Madeline Bea photography on Wednesday.  Which means that I'm 4 days in.  But since Wednesdays are hump days, I thought it might be fun to share my week's worth of pictures every Wednesday!  I'm officially loading my photos each day on my Flickr account, but by posting them onto my blog, family and friends who might want to see what I'm up to, but aren't checking Flickr can still see what I've been working on!
To start off, I want to just say that also with this undertaking comes some more exciting news....I'm taking my first official real-life photography course this semester!  While I've always enjoyed taking pictures, I really started picking it up as a real hobby over the course of the last year or so.  Then, after dropping Spanish 201 this semester, I went and got myself enrolled in "Intro to Photographic Media" at an art college over in Beverly, MA.  I had my first class today and let me just say...I'm so excited!  We're shooting in B&W film for the first half of the semester, doing our own darkroom processing, and then switching over to digital and learning the ins and outs of Photoshop with that!  I'm so excited to be able to learn all the basics of technique and all of that, because, while I feel like I've begun developing my eye pretty well, I certainly have a long way to go, and I don't even know half of what my camera can do!  (Plus, I got to buy a great Nikon F80/N80 and I can't wait for it to get here and to start playing and learning about that!)

So....here are a few things that I hope to gain/learn from the 365 project and this course:
1.  I NEED to get my camera off my auto setting and start shooting in manual.  NEED.
2.  I want to continue to develop my eye, and work on always looking for interesting shots and "looking through my lens."
3.  I want to begin to develop a sense of purpose in my photography.  I want a viewer to be able to look at my photos and know the story behind my subject.
4.  I want to understand and be fluent with technical terminology.  Things like aperture and f-stop.  :)
5.  I want to never lose my love of this hobby.  I've had a lot of hobbies over the years, but I really think this is one that could last.

And last but not least....here are the photos from the week!

August 29

August 30

August 31

September 1

That's all!  Hope you're enjoying your week!