Project365: Day 18

A single rose and the afternoon sun made for delicate and beautiful pink-tinted light flare.

(50mm, f/5.0, 1/100, ISO 125, no flash)

Project365: Day 17

People are always coming and going at Union Station

(18mm, f/5.0, 1/6, ISO 400, no flash)

Project365: Day 16

Water with lemon--my second favorite after water with lime.

(50mm, f/2.0, 1/30, ISO 800, no flash)

Project365: Day 15

It was hard to choose today's photo but ultimately my heart -- and my nephew's expression and big brown eyes -- won out.

(50mm, f/2.5, 1/250, ISO 200, no flash)

Project365: Day 14

The hair wash station at Salon Passione

(50mm, f/5.6, 1/6, ISO 500, no flash)

Project365: Day 13

Ready early before I had to leave for work, I wandered outside along the gravel wash, breathing in the cool morning air.

(116mm, f/6.0, 1/80, ISO 320, no flash)

Project365: Day 12

Does it defeat the purpose if you eat two at a time?

(50mm, f/1.8, 1/60, ISO 800, no flash)

Project365: Day 11

For Mother's Day mom requested a picture or two of me. She got three.

(50mm, f/3.2, 1/15, ISO 800, no flash)

Project365: Day 10

Michael Buble (at the Honda Center) may just be my new 'best concert ever'.

(50mm, f/1.8, 1/40, ISO 800, no flash)

Project365: Day 9

Part of the Art In Public Places initiaive, Mark Twain hangs out in Monrovia's Library Park.

(50mm, f/3.2, 1/250, ISO 320, no flash)

Art in Public Places: Mark Twain

You not have noticed that Mark Twain likes to hangout in Monrovia's Library Park. He's the perfect subject; so still and emotive.

Project365: Day 8

This was the day my roomate's cat managed to survive after jumping from a second story window with no discernable injuries.

(50mm, f/1.8, 1/30, ISO 400, no flash)

Project365: Day 7

Kirsten's 33rd birthday was celebrated with dinner at Outback followed by her favorite: Chocolate cake with buttercream frosting.


(65mm, f/6.3, 1/10, ISO 1600, no flash)

Project365: Day 6

A free car wash following an oil change. And just in time! (It rained the next day, of course.)

(98mm, f/5.6, 1/320, ISO 250, no flash)

Project365: Day 5

Today was cool and overcast, making it the perfect weather to sit on my back porch and eat lunch.

(18mm, f/3.5, 1/60, ISO 100, no flash)

Project365: Day 4

Mimosas = Nectar of the gods. No Sunday brunch is complete without it.

(50mm, f/1.8, 1/500, ISO 640, no flash)

Project365: Day 3

While celebrating a friend's birthday in Redondo Beach, I couldn't resist slipping away to capture a few (dozen) of the sunset. A sailboat cruising by made the setting picture-perfect.
Sunset at Redondo Beach

(155mm, f/6.0, 1/2500, ISO 1250, no flash)

Call me crazy. Or dedicated. I'll accept both.

My alarm went off at 4:00am this morning.
I climbed out of bed at 4:11am.
I drove off at 4:36am.
I weaved my way through the Angeles National Forest from 4:53-5:41am.
I finally arrived at the California Poppy Reserve at 6:02am.
I set up my camera on a tripod and I waited.

Waiting.
Waiting.
Well hello there, Sun.And then I walked around, wishing that I had made it earlier in the poppy season to witness the blooms blanketing the fields of the Antelope Valley. Nontheless, it was lovely just to be out so early with the chatter of birds and the soft rustle of the morning breeze.

Project365: Day 2

The item that will one day keep me from bawling my eyes out. Thank you Lord for inventing 80G external back-up hard drives.

(50mm, f/1.8, 1/500, ISO 1000, no flash)

Project365: Day 1

It didn't occur to me to be nervous or feel the pressure until yesterday. Since I decided to launch my own Project365 I've been impatient to begin, my mind racing with ideas of all the quirky and random things Hugo & I could take photos of throughout this next year. But when it came down to deciding what I'd capture for this very first image, I was apprehensive. There were so many directions I could go and I hoped to land on something that perfectly captured the spirit of the project and what's to come; I wanted something unexpected and unusual. Ok, perhaps a self-portrait is not the most unexpected or unusual, but in the end I felt that was the way to say it best: Ready. Set. Go!

The beginning of a beautiful relationship

(135mm, f/6.0, 1/30, ISO 1600, no flash)