Project 365 - January 30, 2010

Homework Again!


I started my advanced photography class this past week and we already have homework. The task was to do "Five Sets of Five." My teacher leaves most of the interpretation of that instruction up to us.

So I decided to not only shoot in black and white, but to do a progression of events that add up to a set of five.

Adina needed a haircut, so I decided to take a few shots in sequence and keep the best of the best. Shooting on manual, I had several factors working against me . . . florescent light, low light, slow shutter speed and lack of time.

So I shot about six to 10 shots of each of the events that I wanted to catch. Below is the end result of the fruits of my labor. It is only the first attempt at the assignment, but I will do more later.

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Project 365 - January 29, 2010

Friday Night Fun

Whenever Adina's friend, Rachel, comes over, they are always doing something creative that I want to photograph. This time they were putting on fake tattoos in the bathroom!










In this photo, they were posing with one of Adina's drawings. The drawing is actually of a woman that had posted this really dumb video on YouTube. Here is the link if you care to watch it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYW6C44zo24

The drawing is pretty accurate, if you watch the video, I think you will agree!










This was the end result of Rachel's creativity. She is a silly girl!













Adina is taking an American Sign Language class in high school. So she made this shirt and is signing the gesture for the word, "What?" It is pretty much all that Adina asks these days because she doesn't really pay attention to conversations. However, this too shall pass. It is a 14 year old thing!

Project 365 - January 25, 2010

I am Now Married to a Senior Citizen

Oy vey, when did this happen? Wasn't it just yesterday that I was sitting in my bedroom at 25-37 Healy Avenue in Far Rockaway, with the red carpet, surrounded by my vinyl albums, hundreds of plants, my dog, Sam, and worrying if it was a good or bad hair day? Jump forward a few years and here I am celebrating Joel's 55th birthday! How did the time go so quickly? It really is amazing how many years I have known him. He was 13 maybe 14 when he moved from Flushing, Queens to Far Rockaway. We were friends for years. We didn't date until I was a senior in high school. That is 42 years!! Like I said . . . where did the time go?

However, we are still celebrating all the good times with our family and friends. Here are a few silly photos from Joel's birthday celebration.










My dad is in the spirit. Can't believe he will be 91 in a few weeks! He is as sharp as ever and can reduce me to a 15 year old emotionally in a heartbeat, and he knows it! But he was having fun here! I believe that Adina took this photo.










Lynn and Richard joined in the fun. If you see the computer on the table, that is because we were using Skype to include Rachel in the singing of "Happy Birthday" and the blowing out of the candles! I know, I know. We are so silly!











You can see the cake that Joel made for himself. I was going to do it, but he insisted. Who am I to argue?? He is the cook around here! Rachel is on the computer screen torturing her boyfriend, Noah!











And here is the blowing of the candles! Rachel ceremoniously joined in!!

Project 365 - January 8, 2010

I Can Be Comfy Anywhere

Newton can find the strangest place in the house to get comfortable. As I was reaching for my camera, I had bent down and lo and behold, I was eye to eye with my kitty. He had made himself at home on my newly cleaned out closet shelf of tee shirts. I thought he looked cute, so I snapped this.

Project 365 - January 6, 2010

Like Old Times

This reminded me of a typical school night when the girls were engrossed in whatever they were doing . . . homework, chatting with friends on Facebook . . . messy room! However, Rachel was still on vacation and Adina had already returned to school. So the situation was a bit different, but their relationship hasn't changed a bit. I took these photos like a fly on the wall because I didn't want to disturb the moment. If you look in the mirror you can see Rachel's reflection. I didn't plan that, but I like the result.

Project 365 - January 3, 2010

It's a Family Affairs

A family outing is rare these days. So when we are all together, we try to doing something fun and wholesome. There was a art festival taking place along Las Olas Blvd. in downtown Fort Lauderdale all weekend, so we jumped into the car and headed down there . . . as a family!

It was one of the coldest days, but we bundled up in sweatshirts and drank hot coffee and tried to stay in the sun. I was in my glory going from booth to booth, taking to the artists, looking at their art, mostly the photographers. I am trying to get ideas of framing and alternate ways of printing out images. One that I really liked was to print onto metal. It gives the photos a sheen that I really like and then you don't need a frame!

These photos were taken throughout the morning and then as we were headed back to the car.

Project 365 - January 16, 2010

Saturday

Saturday is always a time for us to do silly things. We picked up Adina at her girlfriend's house and then we went to the Tower Shoppes in Davie to walk around. It is an outdoor shopping area, bigger than a strip mall. We went from store to store doing silly stuff. First we played with the puppies, kittens and birds. This really pretty bird insisted on sitting on my arm. There were two birds in the cage but the other one only wanted to bite me so I stayed far away from that one.

Then we went into Bath and Bodyworks and tried all the creams so that we didn't smell like animals anymore.

Then we went into Ross and tried on weird hats. I thought that Adina looked quite attractive in this one! Very practical for the 80 degree weather that has returned to South Florida once again!