January 8th 2012

The 8th post. Topic = Finding Things in Hidden Spots.

People tend to overlook things. More than you would think. Me being what I would like to call a "Photographer - In - Training" I try to find beauty in everything. Take this photo, for example, all it is is a birdhouse. That is if you do not think about that birdhouse. Look at all the detail in the photo, the way the hole for the doorway is turning rusty, the carved letters into it to show the logo. To me, stuff like this birdhouse is so much prettier than a plastic little gadget or something in that sort. Try to notice the small things instead of looking at the whole picture.

January 7th 2012

Day Number 7. Topic = When The Lights Come Down.

So today we finally took down all the christmas lights. Lights are such a hard thing to capture right and everyone will take it differently. This picture was pretty simple actually and there is not much to say about it. I layed the lights down evenly on the floor and took the picture. I personally like the photo because you can see the details in the lights and I think that is wonderful.



January 6th 2012

6th Day. Topic = Falling into Poses.

My four year old brother is crazy. I love him but he is insane. Every time he has a jacket on he wants to wear the hood, no matter what the weather is. Today we went to a local park and he just happened to be standing at the perfect angle so I ran over to him and told him to stay still and he let me snap this photo. If you are not familer with the term "falling into a pose" then it means pretty much what it says, it is when someone is standing, sitting or doing something just right and it makes the perfect photo. This means that they are not told to "pose" a certain way, they just do it by themselves.



January 5th 2012

Day 5. Topic = Look again.

 

Before you read any further, what do YOU think this picture is of? How do you think the picture was taken? Upside down, looking straight on, or the camera pointing down? Well in case you havent figured it out was it is then I will tell you. They are salt and pepper mills, and I held the camera right above them. The pepper is the one on the left and the salt is on the right. Some of my favorite pictures that I take are ones that are normal, everyday objects but when you hold the camera just right there is a whole new perspective. These salt and pepper mills are just the right wood color and they look like the ones that waiters use at olive garden. Do you see how they are salt and pepper mills now?

 

January 4th 2012

Day number four. Topic = The follow-up post.

So yesterday I did a post on my Nancy Drew books. Well today is going to be what I like to call the "follow-up post". This little sock monkey was given to me for christmas by someone very close. The monkey's name is Socks. He loves mystery books and every time I walk into my room he is sitting peacefully. Socks is very peaceful and likesto keep to himself. He just sits there with all the books and he escapes into these stories. 

January 3rd 2012

3rd day. Topic = Gotta Have a Good Mystery.

The summer before I turned nine years old the Nancy Drew movie came to theaters with Emma Roberts in it. I remember going to the theaters to see it and I was mesmerized. I wanted to be just like her. Also that summer we moved into a new house that is also old like the one in the movie. I searched everywhere for "clues" to find out if there was a mystery in my own home. Of course, there wasn't any clues to be found but that summer my friends and I would make all these traps for our parents and what we thought was our "spygear". We carried around little pocket mirrors to spy with and walkie talkies to communicate in secrecy. We dressed in plaid shorts and cardigans, and made sure we had our purse full of the Nancy Drew essentials. For my birthday my mom bought me most of the Nancy Drew old books and I still have them to this day. Every time I look at them I think of all the adventures of that summer.



January 2nd 2012

Day two. Topic = Mother Nature in the Works.

Where I live we have a small creek in our backyard that I can see out my bedroom window. On a normal day there is only about maybe a foot of water in it with what my family likes to call a "island" in the middle of the creek. I happened to look outside today and noticed that the island was completely covered up with water and the creek was actually going into our yard. Useually the water is so shallow that if you decided to put your feet in that you would have to step down into the creek just to get your toes wet. Today it literally was even with the grass. If you notice in the picture the grass on the right-hand side (that may add is no taller than a couple of inches) then you might be able to tell how high the water actually was.