Saturday, January 8, 2011

Forecast said Fog...

For the last week, I've been driving into work at 7am through a blanket of fog.  Over and over I told myself I'd be out with my camera on the weekend to capture the images I saw on my way to my tiny cubicle.

The forecast said fog... but what I got was just a light mist.  :(  Oy!
I'm coming back here when I have a cloudy sky to do a time lapse.  Can you see it?  Picture it this way - the sky is a deep blue littered with chubby white clouds, the land is a brighter green and I stop down the aperture so more of the image is in focus.  It will be like a tiny strip of land sandwiched between moving clouds!  I'm so excited to get started!

I'm posting this as an example of how important speed is to a photographer.  Right before I pressed the shutter release, there was a beautiful hawk sitting here.  It would have been awesome... alas, I was not fast enough.  

Tilted horizon + low POV = a fun picture!  If I had the fog I was looking for, or a different sky, I think this picture would have been much better.  I still like it though. :)  

Friday, December 31, 2010

Farewell 2010

My New Year's Resolution for 2011 is to become a positive person and focus on the good more than the bad.  So... I've chosen to look back and highlight the best things that happened in 2010.



Top 10 of 2010
  
My life:

Mom mom (left) and I smile for the camera after I ran in the 2010 Stockton 1/2 Marathon.  Thanks to a fellow runner for snapping the picture.

Meredith Goodrich (left) and I give our "Rock Band" pose.
 I take the drums and vocals while she rocks the guitar
  1. Seeing my picture published in Newsweek Magazine
  2. Running in the Stockton 1/2 Marathon
  3. Singing Karaoke at a bowling ally in Sacramento
  4. Dressing up like a Rock Star and taking pictures with my best friend
  5. Making two dresses with my mother the day after Thanksgiving
  6. Making Thanksgiving dinner (with my mother’s help)
  7. Running 5 miles with my Aunt at the Asparagus Run in Stockton.
  8. Going to Temecula to visit with my friend from college
  9. Playing with my new timer on my camera (time-lapse)
  10. Watching House with my cousin


Music (discovered):

  1. Human Nature by Michael Jackson
  2. Aphrodisiac by Bow Wow Wow
  3. Get Back by the Beatles
  4. Me and Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin
  5. Next to Normal (Broadway soundtrack)
  6. Untouched by the Veronicas
  7. Turn the Page By Metallica
  8. This Thing Called Love by Elvis Presley
  9. Her Name is Alice by Shinedown
  10. Welcome to Mystery by the Plain White T’s