Superman with a Loop Light

Today really tested my resolve to not break the chain.  I woke up with a fever and body aches so I hardly got out of bed until I needed to pick up my son from school.  My wife left for a photography convention in Las Vegas so I’m flying solo until Tuesday night.  I really picked a crummy time to come down with something.

After putting him down for the night, the last thing I wanted to do was take a photograph for my 365, but today would be my 50th day since I started so I couldn’t not shoot something.  So I looked through Nate’s toy bins, I saw Superman.  I figured a classic super hero deserved a classic lighting pattern for his portrait so I went with a loop light.

I’ll be channeling my inner Superman this weekend as I try to keep Nate entertained while trying to kick whatever bug I’ve got.

Superman

The Cement Jetty at D&W, Visit #2

This morning, I was back at Dockweiler for some more shots of the big cement jetty north of Imperial.  There was a lot of wind blowing straight onshore so the surf wasn’t much to speak of.  So no paddle out which is fine because it gave me enough time to get my 365 post up for the day.

Cement Jetty, Perspective 1

Cement Jetty, Perspective 2

Cement Jetty, Perspective 3

(The little bright spot in the lower left part of the puddle is actually a reflection of the moon.)

Shells #3

Early morning meetings usually mean that I’m shooting something in the evening after my son is asleep.  Easiest to shoot things lying around the house.  We have a lot of shells lying around lately so I just grabbed a couple for tonight’s shoot.

Gizmodo is running a photo contest this week for what you can shoot in complete darkness except for the light of a single candle.  There are no fancy prizes or anything, but I thought I’d try to kill two birds with one stone.  I thought having just one candle might create too contrasty an image so I built a little sweep using some white paper and paper clips.  The white paper served as a nice reflector to fill in some of the areas that would have been in dark shadows otherwise.

I thought I’d add a photo of how I set up my shoot on the kitchen counter.  Of course, when I actually snapped the photos, all the kitchen lights were turned off.

Shell 1

Shell 2

How I set up the shot

Randy’s!

Randy’s Donuts has probably been in more feature films than Arnold Schwarzenegger.  Of course, I don’t have an exact count, but it seems that every other time there is a montage of Los Angeles, Randy’s Donuts is featured.

Today, it is the feature of my 365!  Who doesn’t love a good donut every now and then?!

Randy's Donuts

Araceli and Maribel

The Classic Sprinkle

Yum!!!

Shells #2

The family trip to the tidal pools yesterday was not without its fair share of collecting shells and little bits of sea glass.  Here are a couple shells that we found yesterday.

Shell 1, Perspective 1

Shell 1, Perspective 2

Shell 2, Perspective 1

Shell 2, Perspective 2

Royal Palms State Beach

My family and I met up with my brother’s family to spend an afternoon at the tidal pools at Royal Palms State Beach.  I brought my camera, of course, and was able to nab a couple shots just before the sun went down.

Happy Sunday!

Tidal Pool

White Point