Barbara's 2010 Photography Blog

My New Blog

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Just an FYI that my new photography blog is up and running.

The End!

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I have to say that I am very proud of myself for completing this project, even if it took me awhile to actually post the photos. I did not miss one day of taking a photograph and I learned a ton. I still have so much more to learn, though, about both photography and photo editing. I will not be doing another 365 project, but I will be starting a new blog to keep track of my progress. I already have that site set up, and I hope to start posting in a few weeks so keep an eye out for it.

December 31, 2010-Day 365

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My last day of the 365 project!

Some cat prints in the snow:

December 30, 2010-Day 364

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A view of the sunset from my front door.

December 29, 2010-Day 363

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Some macros of a pinecone:

December 28, 2010-Day 362

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My neighbor's birdhouse:

December 27, 2010-Day 361

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My attempt at a snowflake macro. It did not turn out like I had hoped, and I am really hoping that I won't have another opportunity to try until next winter.

December 26, 2010-Day 360

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We had a huge blizzard the day after Christmas.

December 25, 2010-Day 359

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Christmas morning:

December 24, 2010-Day 358

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We spent Christmas Eve at my cousin's house, where she had some pretty flowers:

And yummy cakes:

December 23, 2010-Day 357

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I had some fun with the Christmas tree, quickly zooming while I was shooting the photograph, which made it look like the lights were exploding.

I think I had a t-shirt like this in the 80s.

December 22, 2010-Day 356

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Sunset over Brooklyn, taken from the train.

December 21, 2010-Day 355

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Peek-a-boo. Do you see me in one of the ornaments?

December 20, 2010-Day 354

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A hazy moon:

December 19, 2010-Day 353

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Some homemade Christmas cookies:

December 18, 2010-Day 352

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Our Christmas forest.

December 17, 2010-Day 351

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A snowflake in our window.

December 16, 2010-Day 350

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A quick shot of the sunset over the NY Harbor. I know the focus is soft, but it was taken with the I-Phone from a moving car.

December 15, 2010-Day 349

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Some macros of some Christmas lights. (Are you getting sick of seeing Christmas decorations three months after it's over?) These are unedited.

December 14, 2010-Day 348

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And some Christmas Bokeh of the same tree I posted yesterday:

December 13, 2010-Day 347

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We finally put some pretty decorations outside our house.

December 12, 2010-Day 346

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A few more of our Christmas decorations:

December 11, 2010-Day 345

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Took a quick flight to my friend's baby shower on the 11th.

December 10, 2010-Day 344

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A candy cane on my Christmas tree:And an ornament:

December 9, 2010-Day 343

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A photo of another Christmas Tree around the city, taken with my I-Phone.

December 8, 2010-Day 342

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My sister-in-law gave us this really fun snowman that lights up, changes color, and blows around flakes like a snowglobe. I decided to try take some macros of the lights and flakes. These are pretty abstract, but I kind of like them.

December 7, 2010-Day 341

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Playing with some Christmas lights bokeh.My Christmas tree:

December 6, 2010-Day 340

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Leaves from my plant, Big Plant. (Creative name, I know.)

December 5, 2010-Day 339

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A macro of some leaves still hanging on into December.

December 4, 2010-Day 338

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On December 4th, my parents and I went to see some Christmas decorations by Rockefeller Center and to a backstage tour at Radio City Music Hall.

The tree at Rockefeller Center:

Yes, that is Santa skating. Here's a close-up of him:

Around Christmas-time, there are all sorts of cool decorations around the city.

Radio City Music Hall:

My Dad with a Rockette:

December 3, 2010-Day 337

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The sky was actually this color. (Taken with the i-phone.)

December 2, 2010-Day 336

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It was so windy on December 2nd that the tree at the South Street Seaport actually got blown over. This was a photo of it being putting back up. (Taken with the i-phone.)

December 1, 2010-Day 335

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A photo through the window on a rainy day.

November 30, 2010-Day 334

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A macro of an orange.

November 29, 2010-Day 333

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I am sorry for the extended break, but due to some computer issues, I haven't been able to download my photos. Rest assured that I did take a photo every day through the end of 2010. I think I fixed the computer problem, so I will try to finish my 365 project as soon as possible.

A quick photo of the information kiosk in Chinatown taken with the i-phone.

November 28, 2010-Day 332

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And another surviving flower from our garden. The white threads are actually "spider web" cotton from Halloween.

November 27, 2010-Day 331

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A rose just bloomed on my rose bush. It seems to be confused about what season it is.

November 26, 2010-Day 330

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A yummy pear:

November 25, 2010-Day 329

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A photo of the some of the beautiful flowers my cousin gave to my mom for Thanksgiving.

November 24, 2010-Day 328

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Another quick i-phone photo of the Brooklyn Bridge:

November 23, 2010-Day 327

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Every year for Thanksgiving, I make butter.

Here's the cream:

And here's the butter:

November 22, 2010-Day 326

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A quick photo at dusk.

November 21, 2010-Day 325

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I went to the Bronx Zoo one last time for the year.

A giraffe:

A drooling giraffe:

A momma lion cleaning her cubs:

A momma tiger:

And her cubs playing:

The polar bear playing with a stick:

A duck fishing:

Some of the fall foliage:

I thought these looked Christmasy:

And for fun, my shadow:

November 19, 2010-Day 324

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A reflection in the sideview mirror on the LIE:

November 20, 2010-Day 323

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A lone leaf still hanging on:

November 18, 2010-Day 322

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Another i-phone picture. I tried (unsuccessfully) to save it by heavily editing it, and even adding texture.

November 17, 2010-Day 321

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More sunflare, right after dawn:

November 16, 2010-Day 320

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Christmas lights in Queens:

November 15, 2010-Day 319

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The Manhattan Municipal Building during the day:

And at night:

November 14, 2010-Day 318

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Another survivor:

November 13, 2010-Day 317

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A macro of a bug. I lay on my stomach on the ground for this photo, while my husband questioned my sanity.

November 12, 2010-Day 316

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Another sunflare shot:

November 11, 2010-Day 315

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One of the few surviving flowers that I had planted this summer:

November 10, 2010-Day 314

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Sunset from the Brooklyn Bridge:

November 9, 2010-Day 313

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Lights from cars on the LIE at night:

November 8, 2010-Day 312

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These boots were just sitting in the middle of the sidewalk. I thought it was interesting that they were cowboy boots, which you don't see too often in NYC. I took this with my I-phone.

November 7, 2010-Day 311

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Autumn:

November 6, 2010-Day 310

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A quick shot at P.F. Chang's:

November 5, 2010-Day 309

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A macro of an apple core:

November 3, 2010-Day 308

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The Empire State Building at sunset:

November 4, 2010-Day 307

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A macro of a tootise roll:

November 2, 2010-Day 306

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A ghost bike, to represent the death of bicyclist:

November 1, 2010-Day 305

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I had bought a really cute pumpkin tree from Trader Joe's. I realize that the background is blown, but I had it in the window and I like the hazy affect that the photo has.

October 31, 2010-Day 304

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My house seems to be haunted:

I hope everyone had a happy Halloween.

October 30, 2010-Day 303

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I was playing with the light with some flowers.

October 29, 2010-Day 302

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Uh oh, look what I found in my garden.

October 28, 2010-Day 301

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Day 300!

Part of the Brooklyn Bridge:

October 27, 2010-Day 300

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Spooky skeleton fingers coming to get you....bwhahahahah

October 26, 2010-Day 299

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A macro of some tree bark:

October 25, 2010-Day 298

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An artist on the street:

Skinny Mini E-Course Homework-Texture

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On Day 5, we learned about adding texture to our photos. While I tend to prefer clean edits, texture can be interesting on some photos. Anyway, here's my homework for this lesson.

SOOC:

Edit:

SOOC:

Edit:

October 24, 2010-Day 297

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Sunset over Arthur Kill, the waterway between Staten Island and New Jersey.

October 23, 2010-Day 296

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A couple of flower macros:

October 22, 2010-Day 295

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A macro of a "cat" that we have out for Halloween.

October 21, 2010-Day 294

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I like this flower against the urban background.

October 20, 2010-Day 293

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The view of New Jersey from Hudson River Park.

October 19, 2010-Day 292

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I liked this archway in a building by my work.

October 18, 2010-Day 291

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Holy noise batman! And my ISO was only at 400. Time to get a new p&s for my purse.

October 17, 2010-Day 290

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Please ignore the fact that flowers are blown. The bee is so sharp.

And with this post, I am only 4 weeks behind. Yay!

October 16, 2010-Day 289

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On the 16th, I met up with some fellow photography enthusiasts, Christina, Amanda, Chris, and Audrey, at Terhune Orchards in New Jersey. Here are some of my favorite photos from the day. You can find more on my flikr page.

October 15, 2010-Day 288

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The band playing at the Wine and Spirits Festival.

October 14, 2010-Day 287

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The cat looked so peaceful sleeping in the window.

October 13, 2010-Day 286

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Another moon shot:

October 12, 2010-Day 285

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The leaves started to change color.

October 11, 2010-Day 284

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I was off on the 11th, so we headed to the Bronx Zoo.

It was a beautiful day and the animals seemed to enjoy sunbathing:

Isn't this bison cuddly?

We finally got to see the new baby tigers:

Apparently this bear did not want his picture taken.

But this bird did. "Hi!"

October 10, 2010-Day 283

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A turret at the Morris Jumel Mansion:

Part of the mosaic benches outside of Grant's Tomb:

A close-up of a dragonfly:

October 9, 2010-Day 282

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Part of the statue of Fiorello Laguardia at Laguardia Place in Greenwich Village. I don't know why, but I really liked this perspective.

October 8, 2010-Day 281

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Some scenes of the theatre district at night. They're not bad considering these were taken handheld.

October 7, 2010-Day 280

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A macro of the coral that we took out of our fish tank. (I realize it's soft.)

October 6, 2010-Day 279

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A building in SoHo.

October 5, 2010-Day 278

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A plant on the side of the road:

October 4, 2010-Day 277

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Experimenting.

October 3, 2010-Day 276

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My rose bush:

October 2, 2010-Day 275

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I was over on the east side.

Carl Schultz Park:

A very nice looking home:

The Queensboro Bridge:

October 1, 2010-Day 274

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A water drop. It is softer than I'd like, but you can see the reflection of my fence.

Skinny Mini E-Course Homework

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Today we learned about layers and adjustments in Photoshop Elements 8. Our assignment for today combined our lessons from our first two lessons.

This photo is straight of the camera (SOOC).

I wanted to make it more vintage looking. I think it came out well.

And here is another photo SOOC.

I wanted to make the colors more vibrant.

I think that I did too good of job. I will have to learn how to tone down the edits a little.

Kim Klassen Skinny Mini Photoshop Elements E-Course

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I've mentioned before that I have really no idea how to do photo editing. I purchased Photoshop Elements 8 back in February, but I felt kind of overwhelmed by it, so I never learned it.

Kim Klassen is currently offering a free 10 day e-course in Photoshop Elements, so I jumped at the chance to sign up. Today is day 2 and our first homework assignment. So far, we learned how to crop and how to add text onto a photo.

Here is my edit:

And here is the photo straight of the camera, without any editing:

September 30, 2010-Day 273

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A macro of some flowers in our garden.

September 29, 2010-Day 272

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Equity, on top of the New York County Supreme Court building.

September 28, 2010-Day 271

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Stripes again.