12-29-2012

172/366: Bridge in the rearview

Camera: DSLR
Context: Driving on a Saturday afternoon
Notes: Driving across this bridge to do some shopping I noticed how cool it looked in the side mirror of our rental car and made a mental note to capture it on the drive back to my mom's. 

12-28-2012

171/366: Mark at the game

Camera: Phone
Context: At the Independence Bowl
Notes: We decided to go to a bowl game since it was convenient and tickets weren't all that expensive. It was a fun time. 

12-27-2012

170/366: Christmas Lights

Camera: DSLR
Context: A local church
Notes: I felt a lack of Christmas lights in my photos. This was a rather uninspiring remedy. 

12-26-2012

169/366: Hop on Pop

Camera: DSLR
Context: Isla enjoys her gifts
Notes: The day after Christmas I didn't take all that many photos and the few that I did were not surprisingly of my niece. 

12-25-2012

168/366: Unwrapping Presents

Camera: DSLR
Context: Isla's first Christmas
Notes: I took a bunch of shots of my niece unwrapping presents, but this one is my favorite. She looks so focused. 

12-24-2012

167/366: 3 Generations

Camera: DSLR
Context: Christmas Eve at my mama's house
Notes: It was so fun to spend time with my niece over the holiday. She has grown so much since I saw her in March, when she was only 2 months old. 

12-23-2012

166/366: Light Squiggles

Camera: DSLR
Context: From the airplane window
Notes: We flew into Denver early in the morning, and I was trying to capture the lights of the city. Instead, even on night setting, the motion created a blurred effect. 

12-22-2012

165/366: Another Alaska Sky

Camera: DSLR
Context: Sunset
Notes: I was lacking inspiration but this sunset seemed like a worthy subject for a shot. 

12-21-2012

164/366: Aces game

Camera: Phone
Context: Sullivan Arena
Notes: I hadn't been to a hockey game in several years. It was a lot of fun to go with my spouse. 

12-20-2012

163/366: Christmas Hijinks 

Camera: DSLR
Context: My Christmas gift
Notes: I couldn't resist making Philip II a little bit silly. But mostly I was lacking inspiration. 

12-19-2012

162/366: Christmas Loot

Camera: Phone
Context: Exchanging gifts at home
Notes: My spouse made an awesome scavenger hunt for me to find my new piece of art for my office. I think the final clue was also a test to see if I knew where we store the Dyson. 

12-18-2012

161/366: The indignities of being a doggy

Camera: DSLR
Context: Fooling around with Bailey
Notes: Bailey was being silly and a mini-photo shoot ensued. This one was probably my favorite of the bunch. 

12-17-2012

160/366: No, you shut up!

Camera: DSLR
Context: Birds don't like Monday mornings either
Notes: I took this shot with my zoom lens. 

12-15-2012

159/366: Christmas Baking

Camera: DSLR
Context: Making cookies for a Christmas party
Notes: I have some really great ones of Mark acting like a cookie dough monster, but for some reason he objected to the public seeing them.... 

12-14-2012

158/366: Another Sunset

Camera: DSLR
Context: Our neighborhood
Notes: It had been a pretty overcast day, so I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the sunset. It was a little more orange and pink than this picture would have you believe. 

12-13-2012

157/366: Homemade Pizza

Camera: DSLR
Context: Our dinner
Notes: I dream of a day when my kitchen gets natural light after 4pm again.... 

12-12-2012

156/366: Snow Covered Trees

Camera: DSLR
Context: Our backyard
Notes: On Wednesday we got quite a bit of fresh snow. It made the roads messy but was beautiful to look at from inside with a cup of tea. 

12-11-2012

155/366: Office Space

Camera: Phone
Context: My office on campus
Notes: My desk is rarely this uncluttered. I felt like it should be documented. 

12-10-2012

154/366: Cupcake

Camera: DSLR
Context: On the table
Notes: This was a slow day -- I was sick and gave a final exam, so a cupcake served as my inspiration. 

12-09-2012

153/366: Fresh Snowfall

Camera: DSLR
Context: Our backyard
Notes: We got a couple of inches of snow yesterday. It's amazing how much brighter things look outside with some snow on the ground. 

12-08-2012

152/366: Ells in the House

Camera: DSLR
Context: Our friends' dog hamming it up
Notes: Ellsworth is our friends' incredibly enthusiastic dog. Bailey is never sure if she wants to hang out with him or not. Last night, she gave him the cold shoulder, so he amused himself with one of her green balls. I tried to capture him juggling it, but as soon as he saw me move for he camera he would get distracted and stop.  

12-07-2012

151/366: Macro and Ice

Camera: DSLR
Context: An ice encrusted branch caught my eye while I was out for a walk
Notes: I took this photo using the macro setting on my camera. While I'm getting pretty tired of the extreme cold, I have to admit that there is stark beauty in the wintry wonderland settings of where I live.  

12-06-2012

150/366: Mountains Before Dawn

Camera: Phone
Context: On the way to work.
Notes: I snapped this photo on my phone at around 8:30 in the morning. The sun isn't rising here right now until around 10:00am. I thought the clouds in the sky and the mountains looked so beautiful -- all appearing as shades of deep blue. 

12-05-2012

149/366: Bailey finds a Treat

Camera: DSLR
Context: At home in the evening
Notes: Bailey, for a scent hound, is surprisingly bad at finding treats. This time we hid one on her stuffed dragon. She found it eventually. 

12-03-2012

148/366: Sunset on Campus

Camera: Phone
Context: Sunset on Campus
Notes: I looked up from my desk to see the sky alight with fire, so I threw on my coat and dashed outside to get a photo. I really wish that this photo did this sunset justice, but the colors came out very faded in comparison with reality.  

11/23/2012

147/366: Sunrise over the mountains

Camera: DSLR
Context: Sunrise in my neighborhood
Notes: I took this photo with my zoom lens. Never have I been more grateful to be at home in pjs and drinking coffee on a Black Friday than when I saw looked out my kitchen window and saw this. 

11/21/2012

146/366: First Fire

Camera: DSLR
Context: First fire in our fireplace
Notes: At first I was trying to get a shot on instagram, but I wasn't happy with any of the closer up shots that I took on my phone. Could it be that the obsession that I've had with instagram that has largely derailed my 365 for the last month is starting to wane? 

11/19/2012

145/366: Dinner

Camera: DSLR
Context: Dinner
Notes: Unfortunately, I still haven't mastered the food photo technique. I offer this shot as evidence. 

11/18/2012

144/366: Blurred Bird

Camera: DSLR
Context: A hawk in my neighborhood
Notes: I took several shots of this hawk that landed on a street light outside my house, but between his movements and shooting through the window my efforts were not very successful 

10/20/2012

143/366: Sunset in the branches

Camera: DSLR
Context: Sunset in my neighborhood
Notes: I shot this from my deck this evening while playing around with my zoom lens. 

10/19/2012

142/366: Performing Arts Center

Camera: iPhone
Context: A night out in downtown Anchorage
Notes: I liked the variety of lights in this shot, but wish I'd done a better job of capturing it. It was one of those times I wished I was carrying the DSLR and had more time to linger and take many multiples. 

10/18/2012

141/366: Empty Office

Camera: iPhone
Context: My campus office
Notes: I had to pack up my office again in preparation for getting my new furniture. Everything went out except for the posters on my windows. 

10/13/2012

140/366: Ready to run

Camera: iPhone
Context: Start of the Anchorage Running Club Zombie Half Marathon
Notes: The framing of this shot is pretty much a lesson in what not to do to get a good photograph with the banner cutting through and the runner bending over in the corner. But remembering photography tips seems to go out the window for me when I'm racing. 

10/11/2012

139/366: A new favorite brew

Camera: iPhone
Context: In the kitchen
Notes: I tried this beer at a beer festival a couple of weeks ago and really liked it. It's definitely becoming a fall favorite.

10/10/2012

138/366: Powerlines

Camera: iPhone
Context: On a walk
Notes: I know I should be getting used to mountain views, but they still astonish me. I love the mix of wilderness and modern convenience in this shot. 

10/09/2012

137/366: Radiant Light

Camera: iPhone
Context: From the passenger seat
Notes: I was really just trying to get a bokeh effect from the headlights and the street lights in the distance, but the combination of the rain, lights, and flash created an unexpected and beautiful flash of gold. 

10/08/2012

136/366: The Sun Tries to Come Out

Camera: iPhone
Context: View from my office
Notes: My iPhone couldn't quite capture the quality of light as the sun attempted to break through the clouds the other morning. It still turned out to be a pretty decent shot, though.

10/07/2012

135/366: Fambly

Camera: iPhone
Context: An evening at home
Notes: Bailey knows how to ham it up for the camera. 

10/06/2012

134/366: Bread

Camera: DSLR
Context: In the kitchen
Notes: I didn't have much photographic inspiration on a drizzly and grey day spent watching football and writing an exam other than dinner. 

10/04/2012

132/366: Cloud Cover

Camera: DSLR
Context: Afternoon sky in my hood
Notes: I love the layers of mountain, clouds, and blue sky in the background. 

10/05/2012

133/366: Dinner Out

Camera: iPhone
Context: Dinner out at Subzero with friends
Notes: I realized I hadn't taken any photos yet that day, and the mac & cheese truly did deserve to be documented. 

10/03/2012

131/366: Reflective

Camera: iPhone
Context: Out for a walk
Notes: I thought there was kind of a stark beauty to this scene, and I loved the reflection of the trees in the pond. 

10/02/2012

130/366: Pebble Mine Protest Signs

Camera: iPhone
Context: Pebble Mine Protest Signs on Campus
Notes: Pebble is probably the biggest political issue for people in AK right now and for good reason.

10/01/2012

129/366: Healthy Eats

Camera: DSLR
Context: Dinner
Notes: It was already dark so I had to rely on lights and it was tricky to get a shot without casting a giant shadow over my giant salad. I was happiest with this one. 

9/29/2012

128/366: Snow in September

Camera: DSLR
Context: First snowfall of the "fall" 
Notes: I took a couple of shots, but I actually liked this one with flash, as the contrast between the dark sky and the snow showed up better than it did on the night setting. 

9/27/2012

127/366: Of Books and Bread

Camera: DSLR
Context: In my kitchen
Notes: My makeshift attempt to use Spanish polemicists to keep my bread pan from going off track.

9/26/2012

126/366: Scenes of Tree Carnage

Camera: DSLR
Context: My backyard  
Notes: I hate that we've had to cut down almost all of their trees, as their foliage is so beautiful. I can't afford them to do any more damage, though. 

9/25/2012

125/366: Smiles for Coffee

Camera: Phone
Context: As seen on campus in the morning
Notes: Seeing this and having a full travel mug full of coffee were great ways to start a day on campus. 

9-24-2012

124/366: Foliage

Camera: DSLR
Context: My hedge 
Notes: I took this on macro, but it was a little bit windy, so I couldn't quite achieve the effect I wanted. 

9-23-2012

123/366: Fall in the Neighborhood

Camera: DSLR
Context: An afternoon shot in my neighborhood
Notes: I would love to see some more sun, but I have to admit that the clouds can add some nice drama to a shot.