Day 200

July 20, 2011

Day 182

July 1, 2011

Day 181

June 30, 2011

     I cannot help taking pictures of nature over and over again, it never loses my interest. There are always new pictures to make.

Day 178

June 27, 2011

     My very first picture out of my new AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8! I tried to make it a good one.

Day 217

August 5, 2011

Day 150

     The first flower of Summer. And a treasure of my childhood.

Day 129

     Some roses left over from Mother's Day. I think they are more beautiful today than yesterday. Mom, I love you more than you can know.
      A nice thing about being home is being able to use some of my mom's camera equipment! I had beautiful light, but my telephoto lens just wasn't fast enough. So instead of having to raise the ISO, I got to use a wonderful tripod! What a huge help.

Day 122

Day 102

Day 101

     Beautiful day. Beautiful enough to wear short sleeves and shorts! As I came out of the library and saw it was overcast, I expected it to be cold. But it wasn't. The flowers were out and it was extremely nice. These are from a Magnolia tree, some of my favorites on campus.
     While I was sitting on the benches under these trees, doing homework, a man came over to me, as he had seen my camera, and we talked for a good half hour about photography. I don't know his name or how old he was, but it was extremely pleasant to talk with someone about a shared passion. Amazing how much you can learn from other people, particularly strangers.

Day 100

     Hmmmm... What did we spend a lot of time talking about today?

Day 95

     Spring popped! Where there were buds yesterday, there are blooms today!
     Zero grain. I zoomed in 200% and couldn't find any. I am so ridiculously excited.

Day 19

     Another day like yesterday. Just plain sad. Days like this are rough, and I don't really want to talk to anyone. I don't want to do photography or schoolwork. I want to just wander aimlessly until I figure out where my smile was hiding. But despite what I want, there's always other things you have to do. So yes, I had to do schoolwork and be locked up indoors, and it made me just feel worse. But there's always someone that brings a little light back into your day. I love you Sydney.