31 Days: Photos 4-8

Pretty sure I mentioned in my last post that I'm not very good at blogging over the weekends, right?

Making up for lost time!

#4

The lovely clouds on Friday.

#5

The cookie's fortune.

#6

A fantastic knotted branch with a bokeh background.  Really love this shot.

#7

This little thing is Leila Ann, one of my best friends' daughter.  She was only a month and a half old here!

#8

But two weeks ago, she turned 1!  I got to take those pictures, too. :)

31 Days: Photo 3

(you can click any of these for the larger version)

So, my hubby has a thing for Magic: The Gathering.  He plays in tournaments all the time, has become a Magic Judge, and makes a weekly appearance at FNM.  If you have an MTG geek at home, you probably know all about this lifestyle.  You also probably know the sea of cards that take over all the living spaces in your home!  Heck, even if you don't have a Magic geek at home, you can still probably relate in some way or another.

Today I saw Justin's cards sprawled out on the kitchen table like they always are.  But they caught the light in such a way that I thought this would make a great photo opportunity.  I must say, I'm pretty pleased with the results!

I like how you can still see the embossed symbol behind the flavor text here.

I love the specks of dust on the card sleeves, and the repetition of the corners.

These, however, are my favorite from my mini-shoot.  I am in love with the focal point in the first one, and the reverse focus in the second shot.  I again like the specks of dust and the crazy corners in the last one.  As for all of them, I like the different depths of field in each picture.  Some are complete bokeh, while others aren't so blurry you can't tell what's back there.

Hopefully now you can see why I love my Delilah so much!  She takes...wait for it...magical pictures.

31 Days: Photos 1 and 2

 

Welcome to Durham, where we take French and make it phonetic.

Yesterday was October 1, and this photo was taken then.  It was taken with my iPhone, Jarvis, and not my Nikon, Delilah.  (Today's photo was taken with Jarvis as well...not off to a good start for 31 Days of Nikon, but it'll get better!)  I'll admit, it took me a while to figure out what the name on the newly-opened salon said.  When we first passed it, I thought it was some kind of African name since the salon caters to African-American women.  But as I sat in the car and kept staring at it, I realized it was a different take on ce soir, French for "tonight."  I nearly died laughing at it.

For today's photo, I will share a glimpse into critter control at work - as in, there is no critter control at work!  We find many friends on the big window at the office, and today it was a praying mantis.  Here he is, praying on our window.  And maybe doing some kung-fu?  Not sure.

It's October!

How about that?

This October, amidst the writings of Halloween decorations, movies, food, and other daily life occurrences that I choose to write about, I'm going to do a 31 Days challenge, and join in the third year running over at The Nester.

A lot of bloggers are doing a 31 Day challenge for the month of October, and many of them have linked up over on The Nester (there are several - last I checked there were 582!).  It seems like many people have offered up their own idea of what to blog about for 31 days, but I decided to steal one. :)

After looking through the multiple links for inspiration, I decided to go with a photography theme.  I know - no surprise there!

I would like to have more photos on this blog.  Around this time last year, I was posting lots of photos that I had taken.  This year, I feel like I haven't hardly posted any at all!  My About Me page says that I am fluent in Nikon, but I haven't been speaking it a lot lately.  Here's hoping my 31 Days will change that!

Admittedly, every photo I post may not come from Delilah.  Sometimes, since I always have my phone with me, I will just snap a picture when I see it from my phone.  I will specify when this happens.

My aim is for all my pictures to be glamor shots of everyday things.  I want to take the water boiling on the stove in the kettle and turn it into something beautiful.  Of course, PhotoShop may play a part in this from time-to-time.  Not every snap of the shutter is award-winning, after all.

Here's my homemade button which will appear every time I post a 31 Days picture.

Happy October!

PS - I'm #630. :)