Day 171: February 23, 2012

I took this towards the end of a long day's journey to London.  This is as the of our Chicago to London flight around 5am London time.  The airplane was dark and fairly empty, with most people attempting to rest a bit.

Day 99: December 13, 2011

The Official Parry Family Christmas Tree Photo 2011.  Super exciting.

Day 54: October 29, 2011

We went to a Potluck/Cookie Decorating/Pumpkin Carving party today which was a lot of fun!  At the end of the evening we set up all the pumpkins that were carved and lit them all to appreciate all our hard work.  The Batman on the far right is David's handiwork.  The witch with the cauldron in the middle is Grace's, she poked all the lines and I did the cutting.  I also did the two pumpkins to the left of the witch.

August 29: Day 234

I really hate it when I realize I still need to take a photo for the day and it's after 10pm. This time I spent 60 seconds in the kids' bathroom with their nightlight on and took some photos of the sculptural sink faucet. Love the bokeh in the background!

Photo Stats:
Exposure: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 75 mm
ISO: 1600
Flash: Off

August 16: Day 221

I forgot to take a photo before the sun set so I hurried outside for a twilight photo. These branches are from the scrubby trees behind our house. I used a patio chair as a tripod to keep the branches in focus.

Photo Stats:
Exposure: 1/15 sec
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 75 mm
ISO: 1600
Flash: Off

July 1: Day 175

I got to go to the movies! In case you're not aware, that's a pretty exciting thing for a stay at home mom of young children. Especially when the movie being seen is not animated. This shot was taken a little after midnight (after Eclipse!) by laying down in the parking lot and using my elbows as a tripod. Yeah, not the best but it worked.

Photo Stats:
Exposure: 1/50 sec
Aperture: f/2.8d
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO: 1600
Flash: Off

June 6: Day 150

Can you believe I'm on Day 150?!? Me either. I had planned on taking a photo of a board game since we played Kingsburg with our friends Pat & Katie but of course I got wrapped up in playing and totally forgot to bust out my camera. Oops. Since it was 10pm when I realized I forgot to take a photo yet today I threw my coat on and headed outside to see if I could find a subject for some night photography. Unfortunately our neighborhood is super uninteresting at night. As I walked back home I noticed that the neighbor's lights were reflecting on our car's hood in the driveway and I thought I might be able to get some fun light bokeh shots. One thing I like about this Project 365 is that it's got me trying out new types of photography and subjects as I get bored with taking photos of the same old thing. I think light bokeh (the blurry spots of light) is kind of pretty and I wish it was Christmas time to experiment with Christmas lights. I think I'm looking forward to December!

I didn't use a tripod for this shot. Instead the camera was resting on the car hood which kept it stable enough for a fairly slow 1/10 shutter speed.

Photo Stats:
Exposure: 1/10 sec
Aperture: f/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO: 1600
Flash: Off

April 6: Day 89

I realized this evening that the only photos I'd taken today were very utilitarian ones of miscellaneous electronic equipment I listed on Ebay which I didn't think anyone other then Ebay browsers would be interested in. So I grabbed a candle, plopped it down in the floor in our bedroom, and played with photographing the flame. It's harder then it looks! The flame is really bright and the background is really dark. I didn't want to overexpose the flame, but wanted to see a little bit of the candle too. I also had flare issues. I think I need to clean my lens!

On a side note, I can't get the "Candle in the Wind" song out of my head now. Crazy.

Photo Stats:
Exposure: 1/80 sec
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length67: mm
ISO: 400
Flash: Off

February 6: Day 30

I left the house multiple times today with the Redbox movie in my diaper bag to return and forgot every time. So after we got the kids in bed I headed out to McDonalds to return it. On my way out I grabbed my camera with the passing thought that I might try out some night photography since I hadn't taken my photo of the day quite yet. Too bad I didn't remember to also throw the tripod in the car. Oh well. I parked across from City Hall and wandered around "downtown" Dallas for 10 minutes in the drizzling rain giving night photography a shot for the first time. I figured that since everything was soaking wet there might be some nice reflections. If I had my tripod with me I could have got some neat photos of the City Hall building because the lights that shine on it have slightly different colors and with a slow shutter speed create a rainbow of color. Of course I can't hold the camera still for long enough to get a photo of it in focus! That would be where a tripod would come in handy.

So can any of you locals tell where this photo was taken? It's pretty easy to figure out. I'm just pleased I was able to get an urban look in a very un-urban environment!

Photo Stats:
Exposure: 1/16 sec
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 57mm
ISO: 800
Flash: Off