Day 30

f2.80 - ISO 80 - 1/60 - Flash fired/red eye

Had a great weekend, remembered to snap a shot of myself while we were at the races. Turned out pretty neat...
"Thank you & good night!" lol, just wanted to thank everybody for their comments & giving me motivation to get out & take pictures everyday & actually take the time to get in front of the camera for a change.

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Day 29

So I'm kind of cheating for right now on this one, obviously it's the same pic as Day 30 just reworked in photoshop, plan on taking some pictures after work so hope to have em all posted tonight :)

Day 28

f2.80 - ISO 140 - 1/60 - Flash auto/redeye
This one turned out looking quite cocky, had thought about posting it as the main shot, might still use it as a backup if I happen to need one, lol. -->Told ya I'd use this if I was in a pinch, wanted to have all 30 pics posted so I figured I'd use this one as a fill in.....

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Day 27

f2.80 - ISO 140 - 1/60 - Flash fired auto

Losing my head trying to find peace at work, lol

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Day 26

f2.80 - ISO 140 - 1/8 - Flash did not fire

Alright, so I slacked off after I got home from bartending & the shots didn't turn out anything like I wanted them, so we got this funky mess... There's always today for some redemption! :) lol

Day 25

f3.20 - ISO 80 - 1/250 - Flash did not fire

"YOU WANT A PIECE A ME!?!?!" lol, just havin fun after work

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Day 24

f2.80 - ISO 80 - 1/60 - Flash fired/auto

Got out of work & went to visit my mom at their new hot tub store. Aaahhhh relaxation!!!!

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Day 23

f5.60 - ISO 80 - 1/1500 - Flash did not fire

It was beautiful out this weekend!! Figured I'd try to get some color while the sun was out :)

Day 22

f2.80 - ISO 80 - 1/500 - Flash did not fire

Enjoying the sunshine on the glider with Kit

Day 21

f2.90 - ISO 140 - 1/60 - Flash auto/redeye

Psycodelic!! There's some in my outtakes, hopefully I can figure out how to get that link up there...

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Day 20

f2.80 - ISO 80 - 1/60 - Flash compulsary

Unfortunately I woke up this morning with PINK eye :'( Ain't it perty!

Day 19

f2.80 - ISO 80 - 1/250 sec - Flash did not fire

The yellows turned out a little strong but it was a quick shot I took at work...

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Day 18

... No More Pictures!!!
Was going for the fun pillow fight look, then noticed I never moved the picture frames out of the way so it worked out anyway :)

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Day 17

f2.80 - ISO 140 - 1/60sec - Flash fired/auto

Was feelin kinda lazy so I ate ice cream & laid around on the floor talking on the phone, lol...

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Day 16

f2.80 - ISO 140 - 1/60 sec - Flash auto/red eye

Thought I'd try something a little different this time

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Day 15

f3.10 - ISO 100 - 1/30 sec - Flash did not fire
Original pic: f2.80 - ISO 140 - 1/60 sec - Flash auto/red eye

So I almost had this image all edited & the stupid computer froze on me, & I really didn't feel like going thru & re-editing everything again, so I just took a picture of the monitor before I turned the dang thing off.

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COMPUTER FROZE!! >:-O

Day 14

Who's out there?

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Day 13

f3.20 - ISO 140 - 1/90 sec - Flash auto

Was a beautiful day out today so I thought I'd try to do something outside again. And for those of you that think I'm not having fun (ah hem, dad...) I am having fun with this, I just don't like my big toothy smile, so this is what comes out :)

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Day 12

f2.80 - ISO 140 - 1/60sec - Flash fired compulsary

At job #2, good ol' bartending gig, woohoo... lol

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Day 11

f2.80 - ISO 80 - 1/350 sec - No flash

Took quite a few shots today trying to have fun, I plan on posting some of the other shots in my outtakes blog.
Let me know what you think! :) Thanks!!

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Day 10

f2.80 - ISO 80 - 1/60 sec

Tried a couple different things today, still might post a different one, have to work on the background. Didn't really feel like being in the whole shot so this is what we ended up with...

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Day 9

f4.0 - ISO 80 - 1/500 sec

Happy Easter everybody!! Hope everybody had a nice day & got to eat lots of good food!!

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Day 8

f4.50 - ISO 80 - 1/500 sec

Today was the first day of trout fishing season, me & dad's annual day of goin out on the lake in the canoe & trying to out fish eachother! lol
Home relaxing on the deck, natural light, tripod & the self-timer...

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Day 7

f3.10 : ISO 80 : 1/1000 sec

That's right you read it right, my shirts says "Help Stop the DRAMA" (in small letters below that it says "Just shut up & deal with it" but you can't see it in the pic). I'm sure anyone living in a small town can understand where I'm coming from, everybody must know absolutely everything about you (& normally things you don't even know about yourself!! lol) Tried to have fun with this shot, not the greatest face I admit but I think it helped get the point across, lol

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Day 6

f2.80/ISO=80/ 1/750 sec

Caught my reflection in the truck's hubcap & thought I might be able to get some kind of shot out of it. Will probably still work on this one, the original was a little darker, but I'm pooped, so I'll have to edit it some more later :)

Day 5

F3.20/ISO=140/ 1/60 sec

Runnin a little behind with this one, but I got it up here :) Mom made me laugh right as the self-timer was going off.

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Day 4

f4.0/ISO=80/1/750 sec

Finally picked which one I liked most, I put some outtakes in another blog, when i figure out how to link to it I'll put it on here :)

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Day 3

So I had planned on leaving work & going to the lake to take some pictures but that didn't work out. So I managed to get my cat, Kit to sit still for a little bit (she doesn't seem to like camera's either) & tried a couple shots. I might've gone a little too dark with the contrast but I sort of liked the way certain parts blended in.
Feel free to give me your thoughts! Thanks!!

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Shutter: 1/60s
Aper: f3.10
ISO: 140
Flash: Fire, auto

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Day 2

Alright so I was busy taking pictures of our crew working on the race car & people at the track that I only had the chance to take one pic of myself before we went to the race so it's not the greatest. (Plus I was hoping the car would take most of the attention, lol)
Only cropped & resized this one, didn't really have the time yet to do anything else with it...

btw, if anybody's interested in racing stuff feel free to check us out, Welsh Motorsports Thanks!! :)

Day 1

My first real attempt at taking self portraits wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I still don't like being in front of the camera, but I think it turned out alright.
Any comments welcome, thanks!!

30 Days of Self Portraits

This one should be scary, I hate being infront of the camera, enjoy hiding behind the lens much better. Comments are always more than welcome!