{"id":1909,"date":"2009-03-27T11:12:40","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T16:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=1909"},"modified":"2009-03-27T11:14:21","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T16:14:21","slug":"project-365-week-9-or-something-like-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2009\/03\/27\/project-365-week-9-or-something-like-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Project 365 week 9 — or something like that"},"content":{"rendered":"

The best thing and the worst thing about taking a picture every single day is that your glory and your defeat are only locked in for 24 hours; after that, the slate is clean and you start all over again. That seems to be the theme of this week, where I took a couple of great pictures and a couple of “meh” pictures, and now I foist them all upon you.<\/p>\n

I loved my four-part series of these paintbrushes and the palette. (All bought by our wonderful nanny at the dollar store of all places, to keep the boys busy during March Break. I just loved how the colours of the brushes reflect the colours in the palette, though.)<\/p>\n

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This experiment was less successful. The idea is that you put a shaped filter over your lens so that the out-of-focus areas (called bokeh) take on the shape of the filter. The points of light are just ordinary Christmas LEDs, and I made the filter with a craft punch. It didn’t turn out great, but I think I at least understand why now.<\/p>\n

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Some opportunities presented themselves to me on the way to or from work:<\/p>\n

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(This was for a theme on “secrets”. A bit of a stretch, I know.)<\/p>\n

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I really liked this old abadoned barn. I found it on Sunday morning, driving around with Lucas sleeping in the back seat of the van. <\/p>\n

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It’s within plain sight of the grocery store I’ve been shopping at for six years, and yet somehow I never noticed it before. I spent quite a while poking around here, and will likely return. That’s one thing I truly love about this photo-a-day project — the things you find when you simply open your eyes! <\/p>\n

And this is my other favourite from the week. The other day, a friend lamented on Twitter that she was facing a Sisyphean day, and I had one of those “Aha!” moments. Not the first adjective I’d go to, but one that *perfectly* describes this low-level ennui that has been plaguing me for a week or so. Poor old Sisyphus, who pushed a boulder up a hill every single day only to have to start over again the next day. Sigh.<\/p>\n

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(Don’t you love the expression? And yes, that’s Princess Leia’s hair. It’s the only girl hair we have in our surprisingly extensive Lego mini-fig collection. As I noted in the caption to this photo, didn’t every little girl who grew up in the 70s and 80s want to be Princess Leia at some point? And no that’s not a mustache, it’s a shadow!)<\/p>\n

When I look at these and compare them objectively to the photos I was taking and posting just a couple of months ago, I know there is an appreciable improvement. But Flickr has opened my eyes to a world of photographers who are creating some stunning images, and my confidence in my own work falters as a result. I have to keep reminding myself to compare myself to me, and not to them. It’s hard!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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