Flagpole 158/365

This can be summed up as a good idea, poorly executed. The only thing I like about this is the color of the sky.

Cell Tower 157/365

These ugly beasts dot the landscape along the interstate highways.   They provide a critical service but they look like hell.

Triple Exposure 156/365

Remember film cameras?  My first SLR was the original Nikon FM.  Yes, I realize I’m dating myself.  On the top of the camera was a slide switch that allowed you to take double or even triple exposures over the same frame.  In today’s digital workflow this is now a post processing step in the digital darkroom.  In this case I did it as a single frame shooting through the cut glass embedded in my front door.

Back to College 155/365

We brought our daughter back to college and helped her move into the sorority house.  No time for photography today…

Still Life 154/365

This was a two hour exercise to learn and experiment.  I setup a sweep then photographed the same subject using between 1 and 3 speedlights.  I wasn’t overly fond of anything where I used 1 light.  It’s not that I disliked them, I simply liked the shots with 2 or 3 lights better.  A key contributor was that I setup in a room with little natural light and a single ceiling fixture which I kept turned off.  I used an assortment of light modifiers including a grid, snoot, defuser cap, defuser gel, umbrella, and wax paper.  Here I selected just one of the shots I liked and if you’re interested there are others here.  What will I do differently the next time?  I’ll change the setup so I have options on how close the subject is to the background.  That should give me more options for managing shadows.

BTW - There was no post processing done one any of the shots.

Presidential Portrait 153/365

Sorta… Thanks to a $50 dollar bill, a macro shot, and a little post processing to add the vignette.

Aged Plumbing 152/365

My guess is that this is 65+ years old because all the other fire hydrants in town were installed in the late 40’s or early 50’s and they look nothing like this one.  The others also get painted on a periodic basis and are blue & yellow.