
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Week 52 - 52 on 52 for 52

Monday, August 2, 2010
Week 51 - Three x 2

Sunday, July 25, 2010
Week 50 - Angled Steps
The pickings for this week were very slim. I've got photographer's block, even with the help from The Daily Shoot to try and inspire me.
Another of my DailyShoots gets picked for the project. These are our blog-famous reno'd stairs:
Two weeks left of Project 52. Unfortunately, the really good possible shots will come the week after the last posting when we take a trip to Toronto and visit the zoo and other sights. That's a bit unfortunate. I'm sure I would have a great shot to finish it off with.
I'm still debating whether to start up another Project 52 or go for a 365.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Hello from Posterous
All of the entries have been imported into my Posterous blog. For the time being I'll keep both locations and have Posterous auto-post over to the Blogspot location to keep them in sync. If you're reading this on Posterous, click on the Project 52 or Daily Post tabs and have a look at the Flickr sets. If you're not reading this on Posterous, or you're not sure, click here: http:/scottpaterson.posterous.com
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Week 49 - Hot Dog
I threw this shot together quickly for The DailyShoot earlier this week. The assignment was to take a picture of food (duh). I nearly forgot until after we were finished eating supper. As luck would have it, there was a lone hot dog left in the pot.
It was barely warm, but good enough to use for the shot. I don't normally dress my hot dogs up this much; I tend to keep it simple and just put mustard on them. But, as I noted in the comments of the photo, I needed more colour.
I fired off four of five shots before putting the hot dog out of its misery (I ate it) :)
Apparently this month is National Hot Dog Month in the U.S. and tomorrow is National Hot Dog Day.
It is/was a coincidence.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Week 48 - Marbl(u)es
This weeks pick was easy and was from another DailyShoot.com assignment.
The theme was "blue". I first started with taking close-up shots of my daughter's eyes. By definition, they are blue, but I wasn't able to get them to "pop" and look as blue as I would have liked them to be.
My son suggested his marbles. He got a selection of blue ones, I grabbed a sheet of white paper from my printer, and we went out to the front patio to see what we could do.
After leveling the table, we placed them on the sheet of paper in whatever layout would keep them from rolling around. I fired off various shots with my 18-200mm lens, switched to the 100mm for a few more, and then back to the 18-200mm.
In the end, the best shots came from the 18-200mm. Had I taken the time to use a tripod with the 100mm, I'm sure I could have gotten some good ones.
This was all natural lighting from a somewhat cloudy and hazy sky. The only adjustments I made to the image was a crop and a slight boost to the saturation to bring out the blue a little more, all done in Picasa. :)
I'm very pleased with the results. It's one of those photos that makes you want to keep looking at it.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Week 47 - Wax Monkey Frog
We visited the Canadian Museum of Nature on Monday, along with my sister and her family. It was the first time I've been to see the exhibits. I did go once for a wedding a long time ago. It was the first time for all of us since they renovated the museum and built the large glass structure – now named the "Queen's Lantern" – to replace the stone tower that was sinking.
One of the exhibits was frogs. These little guys are Wax Monkey Frogs and look so laid back. The second coolest frogs were the Poison Dart Frogs, but I messed up the exposure settings on my camera so the photos didn't turn out very well. :(
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Week 46 - Beach at Voyageur
An ending to a great week of camping with my family and friends.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Week 45 - Colour Depth
Although my choices for this week are very few, this was an easy one. Again, I chose from one of my DailyShoot.com shots.
It's is a colour cube that sits on my cabinet at work, mostly collecting dust. After blowing the dust off it, I sat it on my desk and placed a white sheet of paper behind it. I tried a couple of shots with my 100mm lens before switching to my 18-200mm which is ultimately what gave me the best shots. Before uploading it, I gave a nudge to the saturation to brighten the colours a little.
If I could convince my wife to let me hang it on one of our walls, I'd get it printed on canvas like the flower in last week's photo. However, I don't think it's going to happen because she doesn't see it the same way that I do. Maybe I'll find a spot on my den wall...
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Week 44 - Mounted Flower
This is my first photo printed and mounted on canvas. I built the frame this afternoon and mounted it myself. It was my first try and there's room for improvement, but I'm pleased with the results. Oddly enough, this photo never made my Project 52 before because it was taken prior to starting the project. I'm glad it made it this way. :)
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Week 43 - Hot Wheels!
Another DailyShoot.com entry makes it into my Project 52. That's kinda like cheating... or is it? :)
This one had to do with choosing something that was nostalgic... a childhood sport, game or activity. I chose Hot Wheels because I used to play with them as a kid. It's something I don't see many kids doing these days, at least not in the same way that I did when I was young.
Every spring, someone's parents would receive a truckload of topsoil, or sand, or dirt dumped onto their drive way. For a few days, it became our playground, and we'd build intricate roads and tunnels on this "island" and drive our cars for hours. Kids just don't do that anymore. The don't have the same imagination that we did.
With this entry, I’m also trying a different layout that Flickr’s integration publishes. I think I like the larger photo.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Week 42 - Yellow Lily
There are many buds this year too. More than I've seen in previous years. This is one of the first and actually opened up the following day.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Week 41 - Container
I originally shot this for Dailyshoot.com, but it really turned out well so I chose it for this week's Project 52 posting.
I fired off about 5 or 6 shots before I ended up with this one. I placed it on my dining table, and the only lighting I had was from the light fixture above the table. I sat it close to one end of the table, and then I sat at the opposite end and almost rested the camera on the table to get the shot.
This container came from St. Maarten while I was on a Caribbean cruise that I won in 1989. I remember arriving on the island with hundreds of other people and we were all making our way toward these large taxis to ride into town for a day of shopping. Before we could get there, locals were lined up ready to sell their wares. I think I paid about $3 or $4 for this. It's cute... and currently holds loose change on my desk. :)
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Week 40 - Birthday Cake
Today was my daughter's 12th Birthday. She decorated this cake yesterday, for her Birthday party and asked me to take a picture of the masterpiece.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Week 39 - Tulips
Here's an amusing story about this location. About 5 minutes before I took this shot, there was a woman here pushing a child in a stroller. As I walked toward the tulips, camera in hand, she approached me and asked "Can you take our picture?" I paused for a moment wondering why someone would want me to take their picture with my camera... she didn't have one visible. I then asked "With your camera?" She nodded, and THEN she took our a small point & shoot from her bag. Now it made sense. Oops. I agreed and then she posed in front of the tulips with her son.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Week 38 - It's beer:30
I was surprised to find that I got a couple of comments on it too. I like comments. :)
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Week 37 - Go Sens Go!
I was messing around with my 100mm Macro at lunch one day earlier this week and took this shot. I really like that lens. Can't wait to get outside with it and shoot some stuff.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Week 36 – New floor
We spent yet another weekend spent with renovations. Despite the rainy weather on Saturday, we managed to get started on installing the laminate floor. It drizzled on and off for most of the day, so we were able to get outside to cut the floor, but had to keep bringing the saw back in so it didn't get wet, and got about 1/3 done. We continued on Sunday morning and pretty much finished it 9 hours later. There's a small area in front of the stairs that still needs to be done, but we want to get the nosing sanded and stained first. We still also have two landings to do, and the small upstairs hall. We're not putting a plywood subfloor down for any of them, so they'll go pretty quick (I think... and hope)
Monday, April 12, 2010
Week 35 - Nickelback wait...
The show was to start at 6:30pm. We were a little late in arriving due to me misplacing the stubs. As we drove to the parking lot, we were shocked to see a huge line-up, stretching around the corner of Scotiabank Place, after 6:30pm. WTF?
We weren't quite sure why, so we followed others to the front of the arena, skipping past the line-up. This photo shows where we were, and the time we were there.
By the time we got into the show, we had completely missed seeing Sick Puppies. Our friends, who got there earlier, told us that the doors didn't open until 6:00pm.
Seriously.... they opened the doors 30 minutes before the concert, where 17,500 people were attending.
I read this evening that the Prime Minister and his son were there, and security was tighter as a result. I guess it took them time to sweep the building for bombs? I don't know, but it sucked... and I sent Scotiabank Place a complaint email. Someone should have know about the PM's attendance way before and this shit should have been taken care of earlier.
Anyway, it was a great concert. Shinedown rocked. Breaking Benjamin rocked. Nickelback rocked. I'm not a huge fan of Nickelback, unlike my wife, but they sure know how to put on a great show.