Day 350

Holy shikes, only 15 days left!

Picture: I love lamp

Background: So all my nice, closeup pictures with halfway decent lighting probably used this lamp. Room lighting and macro photography do not go well together, as I've found out. Despite this, I try now and then, and nothing changes - the pictures still turn out terribly.

In other news, sorry about yesterday. I knew I didn't want to get any farther behind (ha!) but at the same time I was pretty mad at things that I'm over right now. Don't worry 'bout it, kay?

For the people who know about anime, I just finished Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Somebody mentioned to me that it was over the top. I'd agree, but it was so over the top that it was amazing and epic, not using either of those words lightly.

That's all for now.

To Tech,

Monday? Sure. Just let me get settled in okay? Please be nice. Please.

From (with love and hate),
Wes

Day 337

So I messed up on day numberings and thought I was too far ahead. It turns out I'm right on time. How quaint!

I took pictures outside with my mother's film camera. It's a Canon 750 for the camera-smart people out there.I don't know or remember anything about the lens, other than that it felt like a wide angle even though it wasn't labeled like one. It was nice going around with a non-digital camera for once!

As I walked around the front and back yards, I accidentally spotted a four leaf clover. I took some pictures of it near the end of the film roll, then discovered that I had completely failed at putting the film roll completely in when changing them. So I went out and took 24 more pictures, including ones of the clover that was placed where I found it in such a way that I hope it looks natural. We'll see.

This picture, however, was after all that. The fourth leaf looks a little shy, and the clover was curling up. I got out my lamp and, after a bulb change, took this picture. I'm not 100% pleased with it, and I wasn't pleased with using a digital point-and-shoot either. Oh well.

Merry Christmas, peeps. I hope you get what you need, even if its not what you want.

Day 248, 249

Braves-tacular! I went to the Braves game on Monday night and got a few good pictures. I need one for Monday, Tuesday, and today. Lately I felt like I've been kinda cheating and taking lots of pictures on one day when I'm supposed to be taking a picture per day. So, since it's barely into Wednesday right now, I'll wait until later tonight to (hopefully) find a picture.

The good thing is, I took pictures on both Monday and Tuesday! So these are cheater pictures!

Picture: Turner Field (Defense!)

Background: We lost :( But it was still really enjoyable. I got to go with a friend from way back in elementary school who is going to Tech too, and has the same major as I do! The Philies can suck it, by the way.

Picture: "What's that?"

Background: Photography Club had a workshop last night to do with lighting and flash photography. We played around a bit with umbrellas and dummy flashes and technical terms that didn't all make it through my head. There's a lot to learn, and hopefully I'll save up the money for a halfway decent SLR camera. I can still do OK work with the point-and-shoot, but there's only so many settings I can adjust and only so much I can control when I take pictures. This was probably one of maybe three decent pictures I took last night. A few might have turned out better, but my laptop screen has gotten so dirty that I can't tell. I think I might clean it tonight just so I can actually rate my own pictures.

today's video is about motion...

Day 228

Fifteen squared. (just kidding)

Picture: Nyancat Button

Background: Wait, what? Apparently someone got this for me at Dragon*Con (^_^). This...is pretty awesome. I'm pretty thankful for this, too.

Today was pretty busy, then band was over and I played piano for another hour and a half. The first wave of homework is done, now to prepare for the next. Did I mention that I joined the photography club, by the way? There are themes throughout the year that we have to work on, and this week's is "void". Still trying to come up with ideas, but they aren't flooding my brain. I'm sure I'll grab something before the month is over, though. For now, though, I was about to put a bunch of my pictures on a flash drive and do this thing to where we have 15 seconds to go through our best work and explain it to the group. Everybody probably won't go (the meating is tomorrow), but it should still be fun. I'll at least get a chance to show them what I can do with a little point and shoot!

today's video is not for those who hate clowns, hospitals, money, or still life...