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this week {19/52}

posted by janice on May 13, 2012 · 2 Comments

I bought some stuff. A new iPhone! weeee! ... which means more iPhone shots and I apologize if that's not your thing, but omg it's totally MY thing these days. It's too crazy easy to just be creative, without all of the stuff that comes along with it - mainly the time spent afterwards at the computer, editing, uploading, posting, etc - and with summer pretty much here, I am in LOVE with that. Handy, dandy, for sure.

Anyways, I played around some ...

And I've said it before, but I'm so excited to be catching more 'in the moment' shots, the every-day-things that you just don't get when you have to pull out the ~~Canon~~ big guns.

Although I still love the big guns ...

I bought that new bird feeder this week too, specifically for my little finch buddies who were getting crowded out of the bigger feeder. I love these bright little guys.

And that's been my week! With a few other things tossed in there, but basically, ya. New iPhone. Yay! :)

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mornings {18/52}

posted by janice on May 6, 2012 · wanna leave a comment?

In my love affair with natural light, I'm often hard-pressed to decide which I like best - morning light or evening? Both equally beautiful, evening light is soft, romantic, dreamy. Morning light, while still holding those same qualities, is simply chock full of promise. The dawn of a new day.

And aside from that magical light, morning holds infinite possibilities. Carpe Diem, my friends. Seize the Day.

These photos and a few more from this week (hello instagram!) can be found on flickr :)

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Hosted at twoscoopz! You can visit or join the focus52 flickr group here. My own focus52 project can be found on flickr here or by clicking 'my f52' in the category list to the right.

signs of ...spring? {17/52}

posted by janice on April 29, 2012 · 3 Comments

I REALLY have to stop with the weather prompts. Honestly, when will I learn? Because every time I post one, something bizarre happens.

Something like this ...

The snow started coming down early Monday afternoon and didn't stop.

We woke up to this on Tuesday morning ...

DaisyPuppy contemplates if she really has to go that bad after all ...

Unbelievable, right? But, within 48 hours, my little town straightened itself out.

My gorgeous summer car. Not. (one can dream, right?)

Loving that baby lamb. I had to get him from pretty far away, with a crappy old zoom lens I have, so he's not the best shot I've ever taken, but man is he cute!

And you know I wouldn't willingly let the week go by without a few florals (and textures!)

Here in Ontario, April is Daffodil Month for the Canadian Cancer Society. You can read more about it here if you're so inclined.
Buy a pin, buy some daffodils and show your support.

And that's it for me this week! Between my camera and instagram, I've been a little photo-happy and that's a welcome change from the past few weeks. The sunshine definitely helps to inspire! It's still a little bit chilly outside yet, but temps are on the way back up, thankfully. And there is NO SNOW.

Small miracles :)

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Hosted at twoscoopz! You can visit or join the focus52 flickr group here. My own focus52 project can be found on flickr here or by clicking 'my f52' in the category list to the right.

around town {16/52}

posted by janice on April 22, 2012 · 5 Comments

I finally got out of the house this week. Cleared to drive, I left the house on Thursday morning and didn't return until dinner. A nice drive around town and the outskirts, a little bit of shopping and a little bit of fun with my iPad camera. Yes, iPad. Seriously going to get me an iPhone. Soon.

At any rate, here's a few shots from around town, for this week's focus52 prompt.

That last one is my favorite :)
(but last on the left is a place I spend WAY too much time at and hopefully won't see for a really long while)

You know, a lot of people can't stand iphone or instagram photos. I happen to love them and have always wanted to join in the fun. I'm a great fan of film photography and all things with even a hint of nostalgia or a retro feel to them. A great girlfriend recently gifted me with an iPad and no sooner was it in my hands was I downloading camera apps and playing around. The camera isn't half as great as the iPhone, but it's still pretty damn awesome and I'm having a ball with all of the apps. And I've come to realize the importance of the every-day shots which I'm not always able to grab with my big Canon. True, I take my camera with me everywhere, but it isn't always appropriate to drag that monster out and start snapping away. Having an iPhone (or any phone for that matter) allows you to snap away to your hearts content, unobtrusively. Easily.

Awesomeness.

And how much easier would it be to complete a 365 that way? Extremely! I think the only thing that stopped me from starting another 365 last year was all of the uploading/editing/saving/blogging/posting/etc ... on and on and on. A lot of times, it was a chore. This? This right here is pure instant gratification. So easy.

I've noticed, over the past few weeks, that I've added so many more photographs to my personal focus52 folder. Photos of the every day stuff that would have been missed had I only my Canon to rely on. Not like I could maneuver that thing from a hospital bed, you know? Couldn't even lift the darn thing. And I find myself lamenting now, wishing that I'd had this fantastic little piece of tech last year when I would have been able to document so much more of the cancer roller coaster ride I was on. If I really thought too hard about it, I could cry over the lost opportunities. Maybe ;)

At any rate, I feel a new wave of inspiration coming on. One that doesn't require quite so much work. Keep it simple, remember? And there's something that I just love about the not-so-perfect look of the photos above. Using this little device allows me to throw away all (well, most) of the technical rules and concentrate on the creativity. That's all there is. Just your creative eye. I love that.

Now all of this is not to say I'm leaving my pretty Canon on the shelf. No way. Never. All I'm saying is that adding an option, a much easier option, is going to be a great thing.

Time to mix it up a little. It's good for the soul :)

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Hosted at twoscoopz! You can visit or join the focus52 flickr group here. My own focus52 project can be found on flickr here or by clicking 'my f52' in the category list to the right.

it's all perspective {15/52}

posted by janice on April 14, 2012 · 18 Comments

errr... relative.

whatever.

Being confined to the house this week, busy recuperating and catching up on some TV (gawd, I don't want to see TV for awhile) I was limited in subjects to shoot for this week's prompt, 'perspective'. Luckily for me, my loving friends and family kept sending in the flowers, so I had all sorts of smily floral faces to choose from :)

I couldn't resist the gerberas.

gerbera perspectives

Always such a willing subject.

Out of all of them, I think this one is my favorite ...

An accidental shot, really. I love the surprise of an accidental shot.

The re-broken belly couldn't quite cope with a 'down low' perspective.
Something about the crouching.
heh.

Thank you all for your well wishes, this week and last. I'm on the mend :)

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Hosted at twoscoopz! You can visit or join the focus52 flickr group here. My own focus52 project can be found on flickr here or by clicking 'my f52' in the category list to the right.