Getting late after I posted all my backlog pictures from the weekend, so I had to quickly find something. I thought the kids play tools were fun - the depth of field in this photo makes it more interesting than just a bunch of toys!
For those of you who have been following my blog regularly - you know that I had my very first triathlon today! Of course I had to take my camera (maybe a bad idea - but I HAD to). I took a number of pictures before the race started - then took my camera back to the car. This is the back of my leg - they write your age on your calf (no clear reason why - I never saw anyone really checking my calf) so of course I had to take some pictures of it. I liked the perspective of this one with the rest of my equipment in the transition area. It also fits the blue theme as my shirt and the towel are blue!
Cheater day - I ended up on upwards of 7 conference calls today (on a Saturday - ugggg) and we had to run to Lake Geneva to pick up our triathlon packets, so I simply ran out of time to take a photo. This one was from a few days ago when I was shooting the Marquette Interchange for blue week. There was this sign post that has fallen over and the grass and weeds and flowers were growing up around it. I thought the mix of the two was interesting.
I couldn't let the week of blue go by without posting a picture of the blue sky! I was on a number of conference calls on Friday afternoon while I was working from home, I decided to grab my camera and take some pictures while I was sitting on my patio! The sky was mostly clear (I love the faint white cloud in this photo) and the tree gives it a little dimension.
Ahhh so tonight Ray and I went for a bike ride before our tri on Sunday (I accidentally made him fall off his bike clipped into his pedals - ooops, I feel bad). Overall we did great. It was still bloody hot out today - as it has been all week (90's and humid) so after our ride we decided to shower and get margaritas! Yum!! By the time we got home, I had to scrounge for a photo - luckily I have blue drinking glasses. Not overly original, but I did love the light on the curves of the glass.
Theme Blue Day 3. For a few months now I have been wanting to take some photos of the new Marquette Interchange in downtown Milwaukee. The underside of the ramps are blue - so I thought it would be a great subject for this weeks theme! Talk about being blue - try 5 years of closed ramps as this puppy went through a major overhaul! As far as interchanges go - it's pretty nice now. This pic reminded me of roller coasters! I did some minor PS tweaking in the blue channels.
Day 2 of Theme Blue, and what could be bluer than blue jeans? As one of my favorite fashion items in my wardrobe, I thought they would make great subjects. I liked how these turned out - interesting perspective. No Photoshop on these tonight. 
Day 1 of a new weekly theme - Blue. I had my last Photoshop class tonight so I didn't have a lot of time to get a photo in. I stopped at Starbucks before class and wouldn't you know it - the building was blue (or blue-grey, but it will do). This could have also fit last weeks theme as one of my favorite things! I bumped up the blue channel in Photoshop just a tad for this one.
Favorite Things Day 7 - Photography! OK, so you may be trying to figure out the correlation between a photo of a barn and photography - let me explain. Since I have been doing this project, I have found myself looking around at everyday things and wondering how they would look in a photo - and I love that. Ray and I went for a run on a back country road this morning and I saw this barn and wanted to come back to get some shots of it. I especially wanted to see how they would look in black and white. I did some editing in Photoshop in adjusting the colors as well as adding a layer mask (woo hoo - new technique!) to make the clouds pop more (they are very subtle in the original). So much more to learn and play with in PS - but I'm getting there.
Favorite Things Day 6 - Sun, water, outdoors! I am spending the weekend up north and today we went out on the lake to fish. Well, I couldn't fish as I don't have a license, so I just took pictures and got a little sun. I liked this one a lot as it focuses on just the steering wheel but you can see all the activities going on around it - primarily the fishing! I also had fun using my 50mm lens some more - I had to make some adjustments to not overexpose the photo in the bright sunlight.
Favorite Things Day 5 - Coffee! I love coffee! I have a glass vase filled with coffee beans in my kitchen, so I just spread them on the counter and grabbed my close up lens. I particularly liked the one bean just right of center that's in focus.
Favorite Things Day 4 - running. As the days tick by, I'm getting closer to my first triathlon (about 2 week away!) and my first half marathon (a month away). I'm starting to worry that I need to get a few more good training sessions in - so we went for a nice run tonight - probably about 6 miles. I thought my shoes would be a good subject for the night. And as a side note - I'm loving my 50mm 1.4 lens!
Official cheater day - sorry, I have not had many. Ended up running errands after work, then out for dinner to celebrate Ray's birthday, then to meet friends for some drinks. When we got home, the neighbors were outside so we had a few more drinks with them. Needless to say, I ran out of time for a photo. So, this is one of my favorites from a photography class that I took last summer. And wine IS one of my favorite things!
