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Photo 365: Day 191 – Daily Shoot Assignment – Self-portrait

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Today’s daily shoot assignment: Who are you? Make a self portrait today and show the rest of us what you look like.

I didn’t see this coming from Daily Shoot…with self-portrait theme. I was debating myself if I should do self-portrait or something else. But in the end decided to go with the assignment. I think it’s always good to know the face behind the camera 😉

With my star helpers (read that as family) still vacationing, it was a bit of challenge setting this up. Used a stuffed doll to set the pre-focus, then used timer for this self-portrait shot. Last weeks ‘differential in light” assignment definitely helped me today for this shot.

I used my classic N6006 camera for this pose.

Photo 365: Day 190 – Daily Shoot Assignment: Glass

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Today’s daily shoot assignment: Glass is a material that’s used in so many different ways. Make a photograph of a glass subject today.

I decided to go with abstract photography theme with todays daily shoot’ ‘Glass’ assignment.

We have this long stemmed glass that we had bought years ago and as I was deciding on pov while shooting this glass, looking it from the top presented an interesting pattern. It felt to me like a flock of tiny butterflies flying…

Towards the center – No it’s not self-portrait 😉 That’s my camera on tripod.

Photo 365: Day 188 – Daily Shoot: Differential in light

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Today’s daily shoot assignment: Look for an area with a big differential in light. Make a photo exposed for the brightest area, isolating a subject.

Yep that’s me staring at the monitor – you may call it a self-portrait 😉

I had a totally different idea for today’s daily shoot assignment with something to shoot in the backyard and that changed with the rain this evening. So as I was looking for differential in light indoor, I saw our bright monitor and decided to go with this self-portrait to incorporate the idea for today’s assignment – I have to admit, self-portrait was the last thing I had in mind.

I shot this in manual mode and took the meter reading based on the monitor (brightest area) and isolating the subject (that would be me).

This is SOOC and I like the way it turned out.

Photo 365: Day 187 – Daily Shoot: Blue

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Today’s daily shoot assignment: Today’s theme is the color blue. Blue sky. Blue plate. Blue M&Ms. Make a photo of something blue and post it today.

For today’s daily shoot assignment, I want to shoot the blue sky but to make it a bit more interesting decided to add a blue subject – that’s how I ended up shooting my tennis racket against the blue sky.

My tennis racket haven’t seen daylight in years now…until this evening 😉

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Photo 365: Day 186 – Eyes

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Not much inspiration for today 🙁

When there is nothing else to shoot…shoot a macro. That’s what I decided this evening.

I found these evaporated water bubbles inside our Aloe Vera gel bottle and to make this shot more interesting, I left a Nemo cup (from Disney On Ice) behind the bottle. Nemo has these gigantic eyes and that’s the reflection on these bubbles.

Used couple of homemade reflectors to lit the shadows.

Photo 365: Day 185 – Daily Shoot: July 4th

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Today’s Daily Shoot Assignment: It’s Independence Day in the U.S (fireworks!). Make a photo with celebration as the theme, wherever you are.

When I think of July 4th, what comes to my mind is fireworks. Though I enjoyed watching fireworks this evening, I had my shot done this AM in my garage 😉

Here is how I did this for those interested – had the sparkler stuck on a flower pot filled with dirt. I had this done with my garage door closed to shoot this in complete darkness. I used 150mm Sigma lens for this shoot and had my camera turned to manual mode @f/11 for 1/3sec exposure. Before lighting the sparklers, I pre-focused  on the sparkler. Then lit the sparklers and fired off the camera using a remote. Originally I tried with 1sec exposure but I felt it was a bit overexposed, hence shot it with 1/3 sec exposure.

This is my first fireworks shoot and I am satisfied with this shot.

Photo 365: Day 184 – Daily Shoot Assignment: Sign

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Today’s daily shoot assignment: Find a sign in front of a vista that tells a story.  Make a photograph and post it.

I went on a sign hunting this afternoon for today’s assignment – sort of 😉

I stopped by the library and saw lots of signs around the library – from no parking to no skate boarding. What caught my eyes was the “Walking path only” sign with an inviting wooden structure behind it.

As it was quite a sunny day, I took my polarizer filter and neutral density filters with me for my assignment shoot. I want the sky to look blue and cut down the light – so had the polarizer filter on my 50mm lens and adjusted until I got the desired results. I like the way it turned out for this assignment shoot.

Photo 365: Day 183 – Daily Shoot: Water

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Today’ daily shoot challenge: Refresh from the summer heat today. Make a photo of water in motion. Freeze it or let it blur!

When I saw the daily shoot challenge this AM, I decided to shoot water spray from garden spray nozzle. So when I got settled in to shoot later this evening the real challenge was to hold the spray nozzle in place. With the family already on vacation, had to get a bit creative this evening.

At one point I thought may be I should tie the spray nozzle to a post. Luckily I was able to keep the nozzle steady by resting it against a flower pot.

I decided to go for the water blur challenge. Had this shot with Nikkor 60mm macro @f/36 for 1/3sec exposure. I like the way it turned out for today’s post.

Photo 365: Day 182 – Daily Shoot: Construction

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Today’ daily shoot challenge: Construction seems to be perpetual: streets, sidewalks, buildings. Make a photo of something under construction today.

Construction – that sounds easy, right? That’s what I thought so too.

Took my P&S camera during my afternoon walk at work and took couple of shots of building constructions – I wasn’t quite pleased at the outcome. So on my way from work took a detour and visited this tiny two way road close to home which has been closed for re-pavement. It was quite sunny and had revisit later this evening to shoot for today’s challenge.

I should have taken my polarizing filter – the sky looked flat. So had to use couple of PS actions to bring out the subject.

I am starting to like this Daily Shoot challenge – keeps me stay focused.

Photo 365: Day 181 – Something Circular

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Decided to join DailyShoot challenge – today’s challenge: Make a photograph of something circular and crop it within a square frame.

When I saw this challenge this AM, many composition/ideas came to my mind. Got back from work and when I saw the kiwi fruit, I thought I found my subject. So I want bring out the details in kiwi fruit – had this sit on a green plate and shot this using Sigma 150mm macro lens with natural window lighting. Used couple of homemade light reflectors to lit the shadows.

The End 😉