30DPC Day Thirteen

Today is Day Thirteen of the 30 Day Photography Challenge. 

Pink

 My Kobo E-reader's Sleeve

 Tools of the Trade

Decimated Toy
Neo has a penchant for cheap plastic toys





30DPC Day Eleven

Happy Saturday!  Today is Day Eleven of the 30 Day Photography Challenge.  I will be gone most of the day, so I figured I'd do this now.  I may add more photos later after my adventure. 

Green

Peeps

 Turk
(originally named Rosy, but our Rosie renamed him Turk.  She wanted to be the only Rosie in the house.)

 Green and Blue
The quilt I've been working on

Green Poof



30DPC Day 10

Today is Day 10 of the 30 Day Photography Challenge.  I have to admit, I'm starting to have a hard time keeping up.  I was just accepted to transfer to a university, and I am about to start a new job.  Please forgive me if I fall behind.  I won't stop all together, I'll just be a little late. 

Today's Challenge is

Blue

 Mary in Blue



Geod Coasters

 Blue Things Around The House

Blue Thread



30DPC Day Nine

Today is Day Nine of the 30 Day Photography Challenge.  I had a really hard time with this one, I wanted anatomical hearts, but unless I dissected something, that wasn't happening.  *le sigh* 

Heart

 Stamp On Your Heart

Building Heart

30DPC Day Eight

Today is Day Eight of the 30 Day Photography Challenge.  I must say, I was hoping my husband had a better array of legos in his collection.  I decided that I must do some of my photos with legos, and I'm having to be a little more creative because he doesn't have the architecture sets that I had as a kid. 

Fence

 Soldier At The Gate

 Sand Fence
Pentwater, MI

Overgrown Shrub "Fence"
Gregory, MI



30DPC Day Seven

Merry Valentine's Day everyone! Today is Day Seven of the 30 Day Photography Challenge. 

Windows and Doors

Espionage Barn

(Kera said I looked like a spy with my camera standing in a parking lot taking top secret photos)

 Kurtz Barn










Door To Nowhere
Yep, we found a door leaning against a tree.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Close That Door!



Window!

 

30DPC Day Six

Happy Monday! Today is Day Six of the 30 Day Photography Challenge.  Yesterday I decided that Sundays I will not post anything on my blog.  I usually don't access my computer at all on Sundays unless it's to check e-mail.  Sorry, but Sunday is the day of rest in my home. =) 

Evening Light

Pentwater Pier

Really Big Kids
Ludington, MI



Sky Afire
Howell, MI







30DPC Day Four

Good Morning! Today is Day Four of the 30 Day Photography Challenge!

Water

Sunny Fishin'
Triangle Lake, Howell, MI

Nothing But the Kitchen Sink

Had a real hard time with the running faucet, but I thought I'd post this one anyway. 

Drip, Drip

(I'm glad no one was standing there wondering what the hell I'm doing at the kitchen sink... lol)

Seagull's Gray

Lake Michigan, Pentwater, MI

30DPC Day Three

Today is Day Three of the 30 Day Photography Challenge.  It just so happens that I dyed my hair today, and it worked with the theme! =)  I had a lot of fun with this one, so there are a few more pics today.  I actually took a lot, but narrowed it down to these.

Spice

 Corriander in Grandma's mortar with it's pestle.

 Corriander on a Bay Leaf

 Curry Powder and Crushed Cayenne with a Bay Leaf

 Spiced Cider Candle

Spiced Hair
(that's me, I definately felt awkward taking a picture of myself in front of my balcony door)

Spice Rack!

30 Day Photo Challenge

Over at Elle Moss Photography, Lisa started a 30 day Photo Challenge.  I'm joining in on the fun here.  Here is the challenge:

I will be posting at least two pictures each day of the challenge.  I encourage you to follow along and post your own 30 day picture challenge.  If you do, make sure you comment on this post with a link to your blog so we can all follow each other's progress!!

Tutorial Tuesday #4 Guest tutorial Meeshi Sense

Disclaimer: Please forgive me if I don't make any sense today, I'm fighting a cold, and it is beating me up mentally.

My good friend Sam over at Meeshi Sense and I have been embarking on a blog journey in tutorials.  Since I love her long exposures (and my sick head is ready to go back to bed on this tutorial Tuesday)
I decided to spring this on her at the last minute that I use her long exposure tutorial. 

To read more, and submit your entries from the tutorial, go to Meeshi Sense's Blog

Without further adeu, here is Sam;

Evening readers! Happy tuesday, it is a wonderful new day and each day is an oppoturnity to learn. Tuesdays seemed as good as any other day to run tutorials on questions I get a lot about photography and more specific some of my processing.

One of the most common questioned images I have are my night photography. I'm often greeted with confusion as to how I achieve the stable, well lit, clear images in such low light situations. This inquiry always makes me smile, not because it's a bad one but because its one familiar to me before I started my serious research on the craft some years back. I enjoy being able to sooth the inquiries in others minds that rattled my own, and its soothing to myself to know that others are on the same page.

Long exposure photography is a basic process that can lead into a complex process pending on your visionary goal.
We will start out in the shallow end with our water wings on. The various possibilites with long exposure night photography can be overwhelming if you were to take it all in at once.

You will need the following.

DSLR camera.
Sturdy Tri-pod.

-Position yourself in an area of traffic at night. Set your camera up on your tri-pod and compose the image as you see fit.
-Go into custom functions in your menu. If you have the option to reduce noise for long exposure images you should turn that option on now.

-For those of you who don't want to deal with manual mode and controlling both shutter and aperture you can set your camera to shutter-priority mode on your dial. (TV on your dial on a Canon).

-Set your exposure to 30 seconds. Click your shutter and stand away from the camera to avoid shake from your body.

It may take up to a minute for your camera to display your image if you enabled noise reduction, otherwise thirty seconds after your shutter closes you will see your image.

For more results (you will want a wireless remote or a wire trigger)

-Turn your dial to M for manual.

-Set your shutter speed to BULB. Its past 30 seconds. The end of the shutter sidewalk.

-Start with your aperture set at 9.0 (adjust your aperture up or down to see what affect it has on your photo).

-Set capture mode to remote if you're using a wireless remote.

For wireless remotes just click your button once and it opens your shutter. Canons usually display a timer ticking away the seconds your shutter is open. I know some models of Nikons do not offer this option so a stop watch might be useful, I'm uncertain about sony's and other makes.
-When you want to close your shutter (finishing the photo) click your button on your wireless remote again. Wait for your results.

For a trigger when you go to take your shot you want to slide your button into the lock position and when you want your shutter to close unlock that button.

I hope to see lots of results from this tutorial. You can email any photos you produce as a result from this tutorial to meeshi.sense.pho@gmail.com

IMPORTANT for submissions: Title your email Tutorial Results + title of tutorial. Your submission will be posted on the MSP fan page in a tutorial album for all to view and comment on!

Thank you for your participation and enjoy!