Sunday Fun Snap 1: Eez Mucho Fun!

18mm @ ISO 3200, f/3.5 & 1/15s

So I am going to start doing a photo on Sunday that is either fun or silly or just a photo that I really liked from the week. This photo is from a restaurant that we passed by in Cape Town and I thought it was hilarious and had to take a photo. Why we passed by it and didn't eat here, I don't know but I'm sure that the food here would be bueno. Hope everyone is doing well and have a great week.

Waiting for the Caretaker

194mm @ ISO 200, f/8.0 & 1/80s

Hello everyone! I am quite sorry that this post is so late but we have been really busy lately trying to get the library finished. Yay for opening it on Tuesday though! Anyway, we were waiting for the school to get opened on Saturday morning and I decided to play with my camera. I threw on my telephoto and loved this shot of Megan pondering life and its many nuances. Sunday's (today's) post will be coming in a little bit and I'm thinking of something special, so watch out soon for that post!

(Nearly) Completed Library

18mm @ ISO 400, f/3.5 & 1/25s

Here is the almost completely filled bookshelves of the nearly opened library. We were so elated to have all of the books actually at the school and getting most of them on the shelves and I thought I would take some shots of the shelves and room. If you would like more information on the Kayamandi High School Library Project, see Here. Hope you like the shot.

HDRainy Day

44mm @ ISO 400, f/7.1 & 1/50s with EV -2, 0, +2

Today's picture comes in the form of an HDR. For those of you that don't know what that is, HDR stands for High Dynamic Range and it is most simply a collaboration of three photos set at different exposures to try and capture an image the way our eyes would see it. Today was rainy but the sun just peeked its head out for a moment and came rushing into the window of the library and I thought it was quite pretty. I hope you like it.

Busy Day

50mm @ ISO 100, f/5.6 & 1/50s with Flash

Today's picture is a little boring but we had a very busy day getting the library partially set up so I took a few snaps of a beautiful Protea flower in the bunch that we bought Megan for her birthday! Enjoy.

The Bookery

28mm @ ISO 400, f/4.0 & 1/30s

I want to give a big shout out to our friends at The Bookery in Cape Town. Today might have been my last day there and I want them to know how much we appreciate their help in giving Kayamandi High School a proper library. The picture above is from The Bookery. See you tomorrow!

Arachnophobia!

55mm @ ISO 100, f/11 & 1/125s with Flash

Today's picture came from the soon-to-be Kayamandi High School Library! Found this mammoth spider in the corner and noticed something small and white in its mouth. After taking the image and zooming in, I saw this...

Pretty scary! I didn't know which one I liked more to publish so I thought I would include both! Anyway, I hope you all are enjoying my blog and will check in regularly. Have a nice night!

Hello all! (and some coffee too!)

Hello everyone and welcome to my new blog. This is a blog dedicated to posting one picture each day to force myself to take more pictures and to see the "picturesque" side of life. I want to take the step to becoming a more professional photographer and, in my opinion, the best way to do that is just take more pictures! So that's what I am going to do...

So here's the deal. Most posts will just consist of a picture followed by a VERY short description and the specs of the shot. If you have any feedback, I would be quite happy to hear it. Enjoy!

50mm @ ISO 200, f/2.5 & 1/80s

So we visited a coffee roaster today to do a coffee tasting and I decided to play with my Canon 50mm 1.8 II and got this shot.