DAY 11, 09/24/2011

I always love how the sunset reflects off the windows on the building. Especially when there are clouds stretching across the sky.

50mm, f/7.1, 1/30, 400

DAY 10, 9/23/2011

My niece visited this past weekend, and found her reflection in our lamps. I tried to get the best angle on this photo (without being in the reflection myself). She also moved constantly so it was a struggle to get the photo that I wanted. This is close.

50mm, f/7.1, 1/30, 400

DAY 9, 09/22/2011

There is as scarecrow watching over the garden plots at the office and I've been staking out a photo for a week. The light was amazing - about 10 minutes before I took this shot. I had to bump the ISO up uto 1600 to have a reasonable shutter speed. But still, I'm happy with this one. I may revisit this shot later.

50mm, f/40, 1/40, 1600

DAY 8, 09/21/2011

I'm always looking for new locations to photography Chicago. The Sears Tower is such a clear landmark and easy to see from so many vantage points. There is a park at 29th and Halsted at an old quarry that I've been interested in for a while. I liked the zig-zag of the walk ways, but I think I can improve the composition of the photo in terms of cropping better.

50mm, f/13, 1/100, 200

DAY 7, 09/20/2011

My birthday present from Tammy was a globe. So cool! This shot is the sun rise over North America, illuminated with the actual sun rise. Good morning. For this, I corrected the diopter and used manual focus. I played with a few different apertures to get the depth of field that I wanted.

50mm, f/2.0, 1/100, 200

DAY 6, 09/19/2011

I actually took this the previous day, but it's an example of finding something of interest without searching. Why is the cantaloupe stuck on the iron fence? Is it a warning for all other cantaloupes to stay away? We may never know.

50mm, f/6.3, 1/100, 200

DAY 5, 09/18/2011

Sugar is our new cat. She used to live a friend who has undertaken a brave new stage in her life, and Sugar needed a place to live, so Tammy and I are thrilled to have her. As far as being a subject of photo-shoots, Sugar couldn't care less, hence the apathatic stare. I definitely thought about the cardinal rule of photographing animals: make sure the predominate eye is in focus!

35mm, f/4.0, 1/60, 400