56/365 - Untitled

I took my dog on a walk up to the park this morning and only got a few shots off before it started sprinkling. Then it rained the rest of the day so there wasn't a whole lot of opportunity for picture taking. While running errands I noticed a few blossoming bushes so that was exciting. Hopefully in the next fee weeks things will get more colorful and prettier around here.

48/365 -Blue

Nothing much today, just a picture I took while on a walk.

43/365 - Fort Vancouver

It was a cold and beautiful morning so I drove down to the waterfront. Once I got there I noticed that I left my SD card at home in my computer. 30 minutes later, I had my card, parked my car and headed to Fort Vancouver. I've been to the Fort before, many times, but today I decided to walk there by taking the pedestrian bridge that goes under the railroad tracks and over the Interstate. This is a picture I took from the long pathway that leads to the Fort.

Day 39 - January 28, 2011 - Interstate Bridge

I chose this picture today (taken yesterday) because I love all the lines and textures, the green reflection of the bridge in the water and the clouds. It's not the best angle to shoot this bridge, but I was focusing more on the sky and the picture as a whole.

Day 38 - January 27, 2011 - St. John's Catholic Church

I dropped my husband off at the airport this morning and brought my camera along so that I could take some pictures there. But as soon as we got onto the 205 bridge it was apparent by the thick layer of fog, that wasn't going to happen. I left a little disappointed, but drove around until I thought of somewhere else I could go. I ended up going to Officer's Row, the waterfront near the I-5 bridge, the train station, the Academy, downtown Vancouver and back to the waterfront. I went to a lot of places today that I will most definitely return to again and soon, they were awesome for picture taking.

After all the fog cleared, the clouds in the sky were insane and I couldn't let them go to waste. The picture I chose today is of a beautiful church that I've been wanting to photograph forever. While driving around, I saw the steeple from a few blocks away and knew that today was the day.

Day 28 - January 17, 2011 - Blue Moss

I wasn't happy with any pictures that I took today and almost posted this one in it's original version, but I decided to process it a little more until I was satisfied enough to post it. This is a picture of a patch of moss with spiky things poking out of the top of it - inverted, then played with the color a little bit.

Day 19 - January 8, 2011 - Macro Failure

I forgot how simple and beautiful macro shots can be, so I went outside this morning with the intent to take some. Funny thing is, that I don't know my camera or lenses well enough to know how to take them yet. It has a macro setting, but has a hard time focusing on the part I want it to focus on. Then I change lenses and I can't zoom in enough, so I change back and it won't focus on the subject again. Pretty frustrating. I'll just have to practice a lot more, which is fine. That's what this whole blog is about - using my camera everyday in hopes of becoming a better photographer. Practice, practice, practice. So after I failed miserably with the macro shots, I took pictures of anything and everything and here is a picture of "anything". :)

Day 13 - January 2, 2011 - St John's Bridge

A little over 16 years ago, my husband Anson, and I stood under the St. John's Bridge in Portland, Oregon and took our engagement pictures. Back then Anson was the one into photography and took the pictures. Today we went back under the same bridge and I was the one with the camera. We should have taken a picture of ourselves there (I didn't think about it until now), but the sun was going down quickly and it was about 32 degrees outside and my fingers were frozen and red by the time we left.