It happens to the best of us: we begin a post, save it as a draft, and then completely forget to publish it. The best laid plans of mice and men, and all that . . . Two weeks ago I’d planned to publish a gallery of my favorite photographs from Photography 101. I’d chosen my pictures, placed them in some semblance of order, and thought everything was taken care of. Imagine my surprise when I checked my drafts to see what was close to being finished so I could publish something today (tomorrow, at the latest) only to see my already-done photo gallery still unpublished and seemingly screaming “Pick Me! Pick Me!”
So, without further ado, here’s a few of my favorite photographs from Photography 101:
I took these pictures while wandering around this weekend.
The local historic site where my wife works had open grounds in connection with a home and garden show, making for some opportunities I hadn’t had before.
Weathervane
Stone Rooster
A Purple Flower
The Garden Path
Down the Lane
Down the Lane (B&W)
Baltimore Bricks
Baltimore Bricks (B&W)
Human Urn
Don’t Blink!
Brick and Iron
Reflection in Glasses
Low Brick Wall
Bricks and Hedge
Tulips
Flowery Angel Wings
Facade
Blacksmith’s Lantern
By the way, if you know what the (purple?) flower is in #3, please let me know!
My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to
stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you
must run twice as fast as that.
The week began innocently enough with a decent Monday, as far as Mondays are concerned, but it had all gone downhill by Tuesday afternoon. I was behind in Photography 101, behind in my online college class, behind in grading and lesson planning, and students’ science and history projects were due.
Today I played catch-up, rising before the sun on a Saturday – my one day to sleep in – to take advantage of the Golden Hour at sunrise. OK, that isn’t entirely honest. The Wife headed out of town to a business conference and needed to meet her carpool. I simply stayed up instead of going back to bed. Hey, whatever works, right?
I wandered downtown for three hours, taking pictures and killing time until the library opened so I could use the free wifi – and make another dent in my TBR.
My online class completed, I tackled the morning’s photographs.
Check them out in the galleries below!
Monochrome Architecture
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Movement
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Landscape
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I hope you enjoyed vicariously reliving my morning; for me it was time well-spent!
First, photoblogger consistentrelent gave RIMH its 1,000th like!
Then I decided to take the plunge and join my first MOOC: Irish Lives in War and Revolution. After listening to NPR review MOOCs and doing a little independent research, I hit upon this course thanks to OpenCulture. Seriously, if you’re not following them on Twitter, you should be. I find something worth reading, saving, and sharing several times a week.
Speaking of Twitter, another good Twitter account is Bibliophilia. I find myself saving their shared images daily. Images like this one:
Oh, and speaking of images, I’ve been taking WordPress’ Photography 101 course and found it extremely inspirational. I’ve discovered that I can, indeed, take and edit good pictures with my iPhone 4s (I highly recommend the Afterlight app). I’ve also discovered some apps to manually adjust the ISO and shutter speed and some tips on taking iPhone photos with a telescope; given the time change – is that today? It is! – I’m going to attempt some “morning moon” pictures this coming Thursday or Friday. Stay tuned! In the meantime, here’s a gallery to get you caught up:
Day 1: Home
Day 3: Water
Day 4: Bliss
Was I talking about apps earlier? I think I was. Another good app I discovered this week is InstaQuote (thanks, Gus Sanchez!). I had some iTunes money left from Christmas, so I went ahead to bought the full package. The app lets me do things like this:
Bonus Points if you know where it comes from 🙂
Look for a weekly feature to being next week highlighting a quote or random text from a book I’m currently reading or a song lyric that’s been stuck in my head. Want to know what I’m reading? Check out the bottom widgets! Want to know what I’m listening to? Sometimes I share it on Twitter!
And then there’s that moment when an author you follow on Twitter retweets you.
Twice!
With so much going on this week, I’m certain I forgot something.
Running In My Head 