Pictures from the Great Park Balloon.

Picture a Day

This kind of project is not new but I just wanted to do something that would force me to shoot more pictures.  Basically what I wanted to do is create a book where it would just be a picture for each day of the year.  What kind of pictures?  It could be anything.  It could be of my upcoming travels, my future nephew coming in March, etc.  It could be of any random thing.  The point is to get a collection of pictures for the whole year.  Pictures will come from my DSLR, my wife’s little point and shoot, a friend’s camera that I borrow, my camera phone, etc.

The final result will be just a picture book that is in chronological order.  Some pages may have up to 4 pictures and some may have only 1 (especially if I really like the shot I took that day).  I don’t know if I’ll publish it to the web because I know I’ll take pictures of people.

I have two main problems or concerns.  First of all, can I really keep it up.  I hope so.  Lastly, I have to wait two months to start this particular project.  I wanted to start yesterday but I think the beginning of the new year will be best.

What do you think of the idea?

Last Friday I had an engagement shoot at the Fullerton Arboretum.  I had about 15-20 minutes before the couple got there so I decided to bust out my macro lens.  I saw a flower that I wanted to take a picture and while I was focusing a bee decided to land on that same flower.  Sometimes you just have to get lucky on a shot.

I shot two weddings, two weekends in a row.  Here are some shots from the two weddings.  I’m slowly starting to get more “portfolio” worthy shots the more weddings I shoot.  Like anything in life, there’s always room for improvement.

From my recent trip to Disneyland.  I like this picture because it shows both fast motion and still objects in one picture.  A classic ride but haven’t gone on it in ages.  The wife gets too sick if she does on this.

My Philadelphia trip is coming to an end.  Tomorrow, just a little walk around the University City area and then lunch with Kevin.  After that, we start our journey back.  Today we finally made it to Old City where we saw that broken bell and the outside of Independence Hall (too late to get tickets to get in).  We grilled steaks and vegetables back at the Yeow’s.  Overall, it’s been a good and relaxing trip. Here are some pics from today.

So we went to the Hollywood Bowl last night (thanks Rebecca for inviting us). In trying to get through the gate, they wouldn’t let me go through with a tripod. I was kind of figuring that they wouldn’t let me through. I checked in the tripod but then they wouldn’t let me get through with my DSLR. I asked him why. His response was, “It’s too big.” The only camera I had left was the one on my phone. My point is, sometimes we are looking for the best camera or best DSLR. Sometimes the best camera is the one that you can take with you. I don’t like taking my big camera with me all the time because it is just too inconvenient. Actually, some of the first pictures of some news stories have come from camera phones, such as the US Airways Flight 1549 emergency landing. Here are some recent pictures I’ve taken with my camera phone, including a picture from last night’s fireworks show at the Hollywood Bowl. As for the other shots… a shot from the fireworks show at Disneyland and a shot from my fishing trip a couple of weeks ago.