Mouse & Keyboard and Mouse & Keyboard and ...

Mouse & Keyboard and Mouse & Keyboard and ..., originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

When I saw the Daily Shoot assignment for the day was Make a photograph that features repetition., I immediately thought of the repeating computers, keyboard, mice, etc. in the lab.

Date Taken: January 31, 2011
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Canon 50mm 1.4
Exposure Program: Manual
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 640
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off

What's Wrong With This Picture?

Day 30: What's Wrong With This Picture?, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

Today I virtually attended the EduCon2.3 session What's Wrong With This Picture? led by Dean Shareski & Darren Kuropatwa. During the session, attendees were charged with telling a lie with a picture or movie.

I failed at this completely with my DSLR. I could not get both my fingers & the palm tree in focus at the same time - not even close!

So, I tried it with my iPod Touch instead and wasn't thrilled with this one either. I'm never quite sure of the framing in the Hipstamatic app and this would be better if it were cropped. Oh well, I tried and I need a photo for the day, so this is it. Now I need to figure out how to really do this!

Date Taken: January 30, 2011
Camera: Hipstamatic 185
Flash: No Flash
Software: John S Lens, Pistil Film, No Flash

EduCon - Can't Be There? Attend Virtually!

Day 29: EduCon - Can't Be There? Attend Virtually!, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

Today’s Daily Shoot assignment was Make a photograph that illustrates an aspect of communication.

I am spending much of the weekend virtually attending an education conference being held in Philadelphia. I would love to go to this one in person some day but until then I am so thankful that the sessions are being broadcast live and that many of them have collaborative documents, wikis, etc. to allow participation from those of us not in the physical room.

I took a photo of my screen as I was attending the Crafting Character session and adding my 2¢ to the Google Document for the session and keeping track of the EduCon discussions on Twitter. Now that's communication!

Date Taken: January 29, 2011
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Tamron 28-75mm 2.8
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure: 1/100
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 1250
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off

STOP!

Day 28: STOP!, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

Today over at The Daily Shoot the theme was red. Red hot? Red paint? Or something else? You decide.

I looked around and took pictures of red items: Nemo's red toy mouse, part of the mini rose bush, red leaves and the stop sign on the corner. I liked this one best for the theme with the blue sky and fall (uh, winter?) foliage behind the stop sign. You just have to love the stickers, different shades of red and graffiti on the stop sign!

If you're interested in the other photos, you can see them on my Flickr account.

Date Taken: January 28, 2011
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Tamron 28-75mm 2.8
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure: 1/100
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 33 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: On, Fired (metered for the sky & used the flash to expose the stop sign while not blowing out the sky.)

The Curve of the Mouse

Day 27: The Curve of the Mouse, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

Today's Daily Shoot assignment was "Make a photograph that features a very distinct curved line or surface today."

I work around computers all the time and the first thing that popped into my head was the curve of the mouse. So, as I was waiting for the after school basketball game to start, I grabbed my laptop mouse & shot a few pictures and this is the result.

Date Taken: January 27, 2011
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Tamron 28-75mm 2.8
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure: 1/100
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 75 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off