Day 59

I was in the car, engine running, when I looked up and saw this sunrise. I jumped out of the car and got off about three shots before it was all over. So this is what they mean by the speed of light.

Day 58

I'm not ready to get out all the Christmas decorations yet, but I keep seeing photos on other blogs that seem to indicate I'm in the minority. Since I didn't have any other ideas for photos tonight--and Henry isn't interested in helping--I decided to drag out a few decorations and see if taking pictures of them could get me in the mood. I bought this little angel from a street vendor in Rome several years ago, and I love her. I'm ready to go back and get the whole angel choir.

Day 57

I'm on Chapter 2 of a book on how to shoot infrared, and the first thing I learned is that the filter I bought is far from the most desirable--although it was certainly the cheapest. Are you listening, Santa? The good quality filters cost about five to ten times what I paid. If I want to do more spontaneous or low-light infrared, apparently I need to have an old digital camera reconstructed for that purpose. I'll probably go with my low-quality filter for a while, just to see if I still like it by the end of the book. Here are two photos I took at the neighbors' Christmas tree farm (Graham's on Ravina, north of Keizer, nice trees). I shot the photos in raw, which is recommended for infrared, then de-saturated for the black and white. The bottom photo is as shot, with just a minor correction for exposure.

Day 56

It was a late night at the Colish house.

Day 55

It's only two minutes past midnight, so I feel okay calling this my Friday photo. This probably isn't the best photo I took today--but it was the first. My main goal at this moment is get a photo posted and get to bed.

Day 54-Patrick Henry Part 2

Yes, it's the puppy again. But it's dark when I leave for work, dark when I get back. I haven't had time during the day, so ... Who am I kidding? The puppy is cute. Here is the obligatory puppy glamour shot.

Then I took the adorable playful-puppy-with-reindeer shot, but the next one is really the shot for the day: fierce puppy on the attack.

Of course, sleeping puppy gave me the most opportunities to get it right.

Day 53-Meet Patrick Henry

Today is our first day with Patrick Henry, Henry for short. Trying to take a photo of a puppy is a lot harder than you might think. For half an hour, all I got were blurred shots, shots of puppy behinds, and tails disappearing around a couch.


Then he laid down just long enough to focus the camera for one shot. Collapsed is more like it.

The click of the shutter and the flash reminded him of something he had to do. It was important just then to catch a car commercial and sniff the carpet (he loves car sounds on TV).

Almost. So close. But then he thought he saw a cat out of the corner of his eye and turned his head.

What the hell. I give up. Where IS that cat?