A year in pictures.

"My name is Leanna and it has been 19 month since my last blog." Hmm nothing but a dusty empty auditorium to talk to. Serves me right. No one is going to wait around that long for me to get back off the wagon.

I have alternative motives for doing this blog. Photography. I've always enjoyed taking photos but after Phil bought me the DSLR I've kind gone a little wacky. In the two and a half years that I've had the camera I've taken 11000 photos. Yes you read that right eleven thousand. That averages out to about 12 photos a day. Every day; since I got the camera.

So this is the wacky part, I've decided to start the blog to inspire myself. My goal is do a photo a day for 365 days.

You may say no problem based off the numbers above, but it will be harder than you think. I already carry my camera everywhere but the trick will be to pull it out and use it. I tend to take photos in clumps, my water drop phase had me do 2000 photos in a week.

Rule one- I can't use any photos that I have already taken; they must be new.

Rule two- Avoid repeat photos. How many photos of my sleeping cats do you think you could handle before the old gag reflex kicked in.

Rule three- no cheating if I miss a day I have to add those days on the end, kind of like a penalty lap.

Rule four-Blog at least once a week. Subject to life. If I'm off hiking you will just have to wait.

Rule five- Must blog in the blog, I can't just drop a photo in the blog and wander away. I have to write why I took that photo. (for you photo teckies I will try to give you focal length, f stops and other random numbers that mean nothing to 98% of the real world but makes the rest of us pretty excited.)

February 23, 2010 Phil's Birthday

Pentax K100D focal length 28mm, f/5.6 at 1/30sec, ISO 200

Bet you were expecting cake, goofy hats and funny cards. Sorry Phil got called away for work so no party. What you are seeing instead is my cell, I mean work station, at work. In honour of the Olympics I have my cubical covered in 25 maple leaves. I have also been wearing red and white every day. I am not particularly happy with this photo. Very "snap shot"ish I give it a 0 for artistic merit.

February 24, 2010

Pentax K100D focal length 33mm, f/4.0 at 1/30 sec, ISO 200 photoshop conversion to B&W

Semi- annual visit to the dentist, another last minute panic photo, in hind site I should have focused more on the tools and less on the setting. The tools had been less organized, pick up stick style but the minute I reached for my camera the hygienist "cleaned up" so the photo lost some of the effect. Lesson learned hog tie the "helpers". As it was I had to fight her to keep the floss and swabs.