Todays daily shoot assignment: Insects are everywhere. Photograph a bug in your environment (no spiders – they’re arachnids).
I had trouble finding a bug in my backyard this evening. So I’m posting this shot that I took about a month ago.
Todays daily shoot assignment: How does your garden grow? Make a photo of something growing in your or someone else’s garden today.
Marigold is my subject for TDS: garden assignment.
Since I already had shot marigold for my 365 project, decided to go with a different POV to add some depth to the marigold bloom. Used Sigma 150mm lens for this shot. Shot this @f/11 for 1/13sec exposure.
Todays daily shoot assignment: Beauty is all around us. Make a photo of some naturally occurring beauty in your area today.
Todays subject for TDS assignment is Hot Cayenne pepper grown in my backyard with sweet bell pepper in the background. Not sure if it’s a beauty but it’s 100% natural/organic 😉
I had a hard time setting composition for this shot as the pepper seems to be growing in the shape of a boat. When I downloaded my picture my composition ended up looking like a snapshot 🙂
Todays daily shoot assignment: Go anti-bokeh today. Use a large depth of field (higher aperture numbers) today to tell a story on multiple layers.
Another project I started this season – plant propagation from stem cuttings.
We have an Arabian Jasmine plant that we bought couple of years ago that has a wonderful smell and that’s one of my wife’ favorite plant. I tried with propagation last year with no luck – I think I started late in the fall and I don’t think the temperature was right in our basement (where we baby our tropical plants during winter season).
So I started early this year and I am already seeing new growth. Will have wait and see how my other plant propagation will do this season 😉
Today’s daily shoot assignment: The world is always in motion. Make a photo that conveys a bit of your own motion to your viewer.
As I was thinking about TDS assignment what popped in my mind was sous-chef action 😉
So decided to do another self-portrait for this assignment with me julienning carrots for stir fry this evening.
Had to set the camera on the tripod and had it pre-focussed on the carrots sitting atop the chopping board. Then had it shot using delayed timer feature. Used 150mm Sigma macro lens for this shot with window lighting.
Today’s daily shoot assignment: Make a photo that uses negative space to good effect. Give your subject room to breathe, and balance it within the frame.
Moonbeam flower is the subject for TDS assignment. Had to use neutral density filter as it was still bright when I had this shot.
Today’s daily shoot assignment: It’s summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Make a photo of a cool, refreshing drink. Go for something creative.
When I think about refreshing drink, what comes to my mind is Peanut butter banana smoothie.
I picked this recipe couple of weeks ago from Cheap Healthy Good blog (readers comments) and I should admit it’s an addiction – in a good way. This smoothie is packed with nutrition (peanut butter, banana, nutella, soy milk, & wheat germ) and calories too. But I don’t feel hungry for few hours after enjoying this velvety smoothie 😉
For this shoot, used Sigma 150mm macro lens. Used couple of white foam boards to fill in dark areas and shot this under natural lighting from the windows.
Today’s daily shoot assignment: Find a scene that’s dominated by one color and make a photograph of it. Use light and shadow to accentuate detail.
When I saw this assignment this morning, what came to my mind of green leaves on our hydrangea bush. But later this morning as I was looking for other interesting things inside our house, I noticed dark shadows and domination of single color on our drapery. So decided to go with the drapery for this assignment.
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.
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.