346/365 - Jim - Radio Flyer Tricycle

( f/5.6 36mm 1/320 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

I was supposed to be in Canada until Saturday, but we came back early. Jameson had his Steelers gear on ready for the game. I noticed the nice shadow behind him, so I told him to look at me and smile. He chose to be super difficult... So this was the best shot I could get of him. The Steelers finally won in overtime 13 - 10.

313/365 - Jim - Shadow Faces

( f/8 38mm 1/3 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

I wish I could take credit for the idea, but I saw something like this and thought I would try it for myself. I probably didn't spend near the time that they did, but my faces are at least recognizable as faces. I did the one on the left first by just crinkling away. Then I wondered what would happen if I put the paper against the profile of my face and tried forcing it into shape. It ended up turning out better than I thought, but I mistakenly did it on the wrong side of paper so it produced the opposite shadow effect. To create a nice shadow I used a single light and feathered it extremely. This produced the sharpest shadows.

279/365 - Jim - Shadow Swing

( f/11 24mm 1/200 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

We found a playground down the road from my sister-in-law's house while walking. Later we took my kids down there and let Jameson swing and play. This is the first time he got to be on a real swing, so he was excited. The sun was casting a nice solid shadow which I thought looked cool, so I got a shot of it.

231/365 - Jim - Long Day

( f/11 24mm 1/80 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

I walked out into the backyard today and noticed how long my shadow was, so I started taking some photos of it. The late day light was perfect for portraits. I did take some but thought this photo was the most interesting of the day. I look like one of those stilted men at the circus or a parade.

105/365 - Jim - Shadow

( f/11 105mm 1/125 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

Theme is hand print. For this photo I stood behind my Translum background with a flash behind me. I originally wanted to just get my hand in the shot, but found this one interesting. It could be a scary movie poster as creepy as it looks. You could probably really scare someone by printing this out and taping it to a window. I also did some shadow puppets, so maybe I'll make that a theme someday.

075/365 - Jim - Matching Stripes

( f/11 105mm 1/125 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

Theme is stripes. For this photo I used two sided scrapbooking tape and cut it into little pieces. Then I placed the matches on them as perfectly as I could. I placed a flash off to the side about 10 feet away to get the well defined shadows. Here is a tip: the closer the flash, the more diffused the shadows are. Then I raised my camera up on the tripod almost to the ceiling and got up on a ladder to take the photo. My wife volunteered to put on a striped shirt and let me photograph her, but then I took too long and she took back her offer. I'm glad she did. That would have been a boring shot probably.