Day 31

     Last day of the first month!
     All is cold and quiet on the campus...

Day 30

     Oh, dream man. Why must you be made of plastic and based off a TV show?!

Day 29

     Everything is so much more beautiful in the morning when no one's seen it yet. I woke up early this morning, to go on a field trip, and found a freezing world with frost crystals clinging to it. Everything was coated in delicate little fingers of ice! Sparkly grains of snow continued to fall, but were only noticeable when you stopped to look in the light. Fog hung over the mountains, shielding some of the buildings from view and hovering over the street.
     I tried a lot of different things today as I was shooting, trying to get my images to be sharper. I often find that I feel a picture is sharp but I load it and it may not be at all. Through experimentation, I found that a lower ISO, (obviously) faster shutter speeds and a delicate attention to lighting helped me out.
     By the time I got back, it had warmed up, the frost was gone and people were everywhere. So I locked myself up to work on my pictures.

Day 28

     A good friday. Filled with classes I love. It's a good life.
     And if I could, I would always, always stay outside! It is such a beautiful crisp night! So I just walked and walked and caught this guy jaywalking. It did not turn out at all what I had hoped, but I rather enjoy it more, in all its motion-y glory.

Day 27

     This morning was a frosty one. And I love it. I love the way that the leaves and grass crunches when you step on it (and also kill it, good thing everything is already dead here) and I was actually up early enough to see it. None of my pictures today turned out singularly good, so I decided to put a couple together, try to spark up the mood. Maybe.

Day 26

      Self portrait time.  I have definitely covered all of the subjects found in my dorm room. And building. It is definitely going to take a lot of preparation and creativity to keep this up until April! But I guess that is what makes it so much fun!

Day 25

     A beautifully gorgeous morning! The clouds hung suspended over the mountains, and the cool fresh air was exhilarating!
     And then, in the middle of nowhere, it started snowing. A lot. And was cloudy all day. The mountains disappeared and the walks were slushy. Not much good for photography, except maybe portraits or architecture.
     Voila.

Day 24

     Today was a good day.

• I am finally caught up in all my classes, and got my first bit of free time in months!
• I learned that I get to go on lots of cool field trips this semester, to all kinds of National Parks!
• Several people stopped me and told me that they loved my photographs.
• Someone (that I didn't know) told me I was beautiful!
• And I saw beauty everywhere I went.

     Life is a blessing! A gorgeous clear night! Let the bells ring out!

Day 23

     I just love sock monkeys. If you know me, you should know that.

Day 22

     Looking for an apartment for next year of school. So many cute houses around here! I want to live in the one with the old blue door! But that won't get to happen.

Day 21

     It was a pretty cold day. No one was out tonight, except for a couple of warmly-dressed students playing ultimate Frisbee. Almost all the building lights were on, cause everyone was indoors, and it was finally quiet. I found a tree, beautifully lit by streetlamp. But the plain picture was thoroughly displeasing. I had some fun with Photoshop. I didn't have any intentions or ideas for the picture going into it. I just added elements together, and had a lot of fun just throwing things together. I finally get the appeal of Modern art!

Day 20

     Look closely and you'll see why it's funny.

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.

Day 18

     All alone. Lonely. Alone. Alone. Alone.

Day 17

     When I woke up, there was a plethora of birds outside calling outside of my window. It made me feel like I was at home. Haven't seen birds in a while here! When I went out, I found that they were Cedar Waxwings! Wow! As I sat beneath the berry-laden trees, they would gulp the berries down and zoom past my head. It is amazing what can happen to you when you just sit still. Here's one of the pretty little guys, no color enhancement added.