D56: Melts in your mouth

Spent most of the evening taking images of Thanksgiving Day dinner preparations .  Too many to choose from so I went with something easy for my picture of the day.

Manual:   Read page 48 "Self timer operation"

Images:  Viewed images by New York  photographer Markus Hartel.   Interesting images.

D55: Ready for my closeup

Went for a stroll in the park today and came upon a bed of recently planted flowers.   I had my macro lens in my bag so I decided to take some close ups. Can't recall the name of the flower.

Manual:  Read page 40 "Setting the date and time"

Images:  Viewed images by New York photographer Dave Beckerman   Nice images of  New York.   I really like his "Still Life" and "Central Park" series. 

D54: View from across the Pond

Driving along highway 29 in Vallejo I notice this pool of water and the reflection from the apartment building.  I thought it would make a nice picture of the day.

Manual:  Read page 175 "One shot AF for still pictures"


Images:  View images by Richard Avedon online.  His prints are on exhibit at SFMOMA.  I want to go see it before it leaves.

D53: Day 53

Tried my hand at light painting.

Manual:  Read page 42 "Cleaning the CMOS sensor".

Images:  I'm in the process of designing  my website so I've been looking out several different websites for inspiration and ideas.  Today I check out Bruce Deboer site.  I like his lifestyle images.

D52: Dancing with Fire

Went to a photography meetup tonight over at Dolores park.  Great turnout of photographers.  I got some great shots of the city, and a man with a bubble making contraption.  The main attraction was of course the fire dancers from The Temple of Poi.  Had an awesome time.

Manual: Read page 27 "Mounting and Detaching a Lens".

Images: Very long day.  viewed images on flickr explore.

D51: Seashells

Went by my friend Karen's house this morning to practice product and macro shots.  We a shot a few different items.  This was my favorite. 

Manual:  Read page 44 "Dioptric Adjustments".

Images:  Viewed images  by John Reiter .  Read about him on Scott Kelby's blog.  Amazing landscape and nature photography.  He has the incredible honor of having two his images hanging in the Smithsonian Museum.

D50: Fire in the Sky

The sky showed her colors tonight.  Just as the sun dipped below the hills, the sky lit up and turned a fiery red.  I like the cloud curl just at the point where the sun disappear.   Sweet!

Manual: Read page 43 and 44 "Cleaning CMOS sensor. 

Images: Watch the documentary  "Thin" by photographer Lauren Greenfield.   The documentary is about 4 young girls struggling with anorexia. Very moving.  Check out her website if you want to read more about it.