Photo 365 - Day 27 (Circuit Board)

Day 27 (July 30th, 2010)
Title: Circuit Board


A small inanimate electronic object decided to fail today.  Clearly, the only appropriate punishment for such a travesty was to hit it with a hammer... a few times.  After showing said object that I was in charge with said hammer (because inanimate object can SO be threatened to work!), I decided: "Hey, those little electrical bits look kinda neat!"  And away I shot! 

I *might* have done a bit of color editing using photoshop... but its really subtle, and I doubt you'll even notice. 

Photo 365 - Day 26 (De Plane!)

Day 26 (July 29th, 2010)
Title: De Plane

I saw this plane flying over the treetops in our "backyard" (not really a backyard, just a forest that's behind our house) and I thought it contrasted nicely with the tree branches.  More fun with forced Depth of Field (DoF)!  Notice some of the "front" branches and the plane are in focus and the "background" trees are out-of-focus.  No idea how I did that, but its neat! 

Photo 365 - Day 25 (Blue Golden Gate)

Day 25 (July 28th, 2010)
Title: Blue Golden Gate (Bridge)

I was watching CalTrans start putting the tower up today for the new Bay Bridge (sadly, none of those shots came out that well) and I saw the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance and thought; "What the heck!"  It was very "muddy", so I played around with the colors a little bit and I think I got it to look pretty good.  In full size, is looks much better (the full-size picture is about 4 times the size of the picture that I post here), and if fact, I might even print this one out for the wall (16x20 or so). 

Photo 365 - Day 24 (Aces!)

Day 24 (July 27th, 2010)
Title: Aces!

For those that know me, they know I'm an avid gamer, including poker.  Sadly, more often than not, when I get aces I lose.  The Poker Gods are a fickle bunch!  This is another experiment in selective coloring. 

Photo 365 - Day 023 (Veins of Greens and Bonus!)

Day 23 (July 26th, 2010)
Title: Veins of Collards

This is an homage to my fellow photo 365 friend, Mike, who's frequent shots of nature and plants continuously impress me.  Tonight we decided to make a hugenormous pot of stew, including collard greens.  A few of the greens were, ironically, really green.  I took quite a few shots of the leaves, from 50mm to 100mm to macro.  As is my standard M.O., I chose one of the macro shots (100mm), but if you want to see some of the other shots I've posted them to Flickr.  Enjoy!

BONUS Photo!

We went to the movies and I saw this display in the entryway and just about wet myself!  I instantly transported back to 1982 and remembered how "high-tech" the movie was.  You can't tell me you wouldn't want to have a light-cycle... or, better yet, a light-tank!  Lets just say, I'm looking forward to Dec 2010!

Weekly Hindsight and Photo 365, Day 22 (Metric Rocks!)

Day 22 (July 25th, 2010)
Title: Metric System Rocks!

Largest centimeter ever!  I'm really enjoying the macro lens. 

Weekly Hindsight (Week 3)

I though I would also throw in my "Weekly Hindsight" comments with my Sunday photo, just to save having to create a new post!  Go me being all efficient (re: slacker)! 

This week, at least artistically speaking, has been a bit chaotic.  I started with a nice black and white scenery shot and was originally thinking, "Hey, not just macro's all week!", but or course that plan was quashed with the next few shots.  I did get a nice nighttime moon shot mid-week that I personally really enjoyed.  For my other project that I was working on this week, I fell a bit behind.  I was supposed to practice my photoshop skills a bit more, but other than the one selective coloring project I am behind in my weekly projects.  I did start working on my new video, and while its still in "rough draft" form, its nice to have something to work with.  Lastly, I did make some large format prints (13"x19") of two of my daily photos (Fireworks and Craps) and I think they came out well.  The Fireworks print will soon be hanging on my wall and the Craps print is going out as a gift. 

This week I really noticed that I've been focusing on macro-type photography.  I know I just recently got a new macro lens and I want to play with it, but I think it is more than that.  I really like showing how the small things in life have a lot more complexity and depth than we might give them credit.  It's probably also because without my glasses, that's how I see the world.  Anything past around 2 feet becomes just a blurry colored blob, but up-close I have very strong "macro" vision.  I'm not going to stop taking macro photos by any means (because as I mentioned, I do like them), but I am going to make a conscious effort to take at least 2 photos each week that are non-macro.  I think this is important, because one of the key elements for me with this project is trying to expand my photographic skills and stretch my comfort level in the types of things I shoot. 

For this coming week, I have a few things I am going to work on:

1) Try and complete 3 photoshop projects (including a collage using layers, getting a better upstanding of masks, and another selective color photo).  I'm doing another selective color photo, because its always important to practive what you just learned so you won't forget it (like I am very prone to do)!

2) Create and map-out the complete timeline for my video and try and get many of the materials (re: photos and sound effects) organized. 

3) Update the anttree.org website with more photos and information! 

I think that should keep me busy this week and provide me a good jumping-board for some more long-term projects as well. 

Some interesting "tidbits" about the blog for the last 21 days, which I find quite fun:

• Over 650 views during the first 21 days
• My AntTree_Art twitter feed has gotten up to 7 followers, none of which I actually know!  Go random people!  
• The most viewed photos are: Fireworks (Day 1), Meeting Morimoto (Day 12) and Painting 1 (Day 5).  

I hope to share some more facts as this project continues and I hope you all have enjoyed the last 21 days as much as I have!  Only 343 to go! 

Anthony

Photo 365 - Day 21 (Disco Machine)

Day 21 (July 24th, 2010)
Title: Disco Machine


I have no idea why I called this "Disco Machine", but to me it just has a disco feel with all the lights, colors and if you squint really, really hard, you can see John Travolta hiding somewhere.