Melissa B 365

Day 56

2009-02-26T22:16:00.000-08:00

Today is day 56 of the 365 but day 1 of the remodeling process! That's right, we've begun remodeling our family room to make it a studio! So, today's 365 picture is a re-do at the 365 Day 1. Here's the original Day 1 so you can make the connection! lol

Day 56 of 365 but Day 1 of the remodel!

Here's our before. We pulled down one piece to see what we were dealing with. We were fooled though. That's where a door had once been but my dad had removed it when he first bought house in '90. The rest of the walls, well.....

They look more like this:

That's about 6 or so layers of wallpaper. Seriously. I counted 6 different types of wallpaper! I'll post more pics of the different paper later!

And one more SP for the hell of it!

Day 55

2009-02-25T19:22:00.001-08:00

WOOHOO!!! I got my alienbee lights today!! The UPS guy brought me 5 boxes today! 2 were for the lights and accessories, the others were my battery grip and grey card, my new external flash, and clothes. lol

Here's a a shot with the new lights. Brian was making funny faces for me and you can see SOME of the boxes in the background!

And a goofy SP since I've been slacking! lol

Day 54

2009-02-25T19:09:00.001-08:00

Just a quick shot of what I was doing in class today. The idea is a play on "wireless". The phone is getting away from the wires and the wire is supposed to look like a snake trying to attack it.

Dy 53

2009-02-25T19:08:00.002-08:00

Boo me again.

Day 52

2009-02-25T19:08:00.001-08:00

Boo me.

Day 51

2009-02-25T19:07:00.002-08:00

I got a new furry rug today to use for pictures!

Day 50

2009-02-25T19:07:00.001-08:00

A boy and his dog!

Day 49

2009-02-25T19:06:00.001-08:00

Playing around again.

Day 48

2009-02-25T18:57:00.000-08:00

Just playing around today.

See if you can get the joke. I call it "Preparing for flight".

Day 47

2009-02-17T17:57:00.001-08:00

I was playing around with a clamp light because I was bored. I used one of those shop lights that looks like a silver bowl with a 100 watt light. No reflectors, no diffusers. Just me, my light, and my camera on a 5 second timer.

Day 46

2009-02-17T17:56:00.001-08:00

Playing with selective focus. Used my 50mm at f1.8. This is the man playing his SG.

Day 45

2009-02-17T17:53:00.001-08:00

"The Weird Ways My Dog Sleeps" the third installment! I guess it should be the Weird/Funny ways. lol

Day 44

2009-02-15T13:20:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Day 43

2009-02-14T12:09:00.001-08:00

What? A picture of me on my 365? Imagine that. lol The man took this shot of me and I edited it. It's my "Fierce" shot!

Day 42

2009-02-14T12:06:00.000-08:00

OMG! I have to share my amazing capture I'm so proud of!! This bunny was in my yard up against a tree. I was literally 3 feet away from it and zoomed all the way in with my 18-135 lens. I couldn't believe it stayed there. Once I got closer than 3 feet though it ran to a different part of the yard.

Day 41

2009-02-14T12:01:00.000-08:00

My first purchase from a liquor store! lol

Day 40!!!!!!!!!

2009-02-14T11:58:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to me!!! I turned 21 on 2-10!!!

Day 39

2009-02-14T11:56:00.000-08:00

Just a photo from class!

Day 37

2009-02-14T11:48:00.000-08:00

The man took this picture of me. We downloaded a free trial of Portrait Professional which basically restructures your face to make you more "beautiful". So, we did one of both of us to see how it would change us. The only thing it did to both of us was make our faces a little skinnier. It also adjusted my nose slightly but, I figured that much.

Day 36

2009-02-14T11:45:00.000-08:00

The second installment of "The Weird Ways My Dog Sleeps".

Day 35

2009-02-14T11:44:00.000-08:00

The first installment of "The Weird Ways My Dog Sleeps". lol

Day 34

2009-02-14T11:36:00.000-08:00

My son likes getting wrapped up in a blanket so when he brought me this large piece of white fabric I had laying on the bed I knew I had to wrap him up! lol

I'll be glad when I get my flash that I can bounce and get rid of all these awful shadows!

Day 33

2009-02-14T11:33:00.000-08:00

This was taken out my windshield on my way home from class. You got love those fun driving conditions! And the person driving in front of me was an idiot but, that's another story. lol

Day 32

2009-02-14T11:28:00.000-08:00

Only the coolest paper clip ever! lol

Day 31

2009-02-14T11:23:00.000-08:00

This is a total accident shot that turned out to be a pretty good, funny shot.

See, overexposed, slightly out of focus, but, great catch! lol

Day 30

2009-02-14T11:22:00.001-08:00

So, we got a little snow...

Day 29

2009-02-14T11:16:00.000-08:00

And now for the funniest picture of the day.

Day 28

2009-02-14T11:09:00.000-08:00

How about one of my son in the snow instead! lol

Day 27

2009-01-28T01:55:00.000-08:00

Tonight Nicole (Nicole Everson Photography) was showing me some new hats she got with her webcam when her little girl joined her. So, of course, my little boy wanted to see what was going on. He kept watching her but, we don't have a webcam so we took a pic of ourselves and sent it to them through the instant messenger!
Phew, all caught up! Not going to get that behind again!!

Day 26

2009-01-28T01:47:00.000-08:00

Today, (well not today since I'm posting late but, on the actual day 26) my teacher was late to class because of the snow. He drives two hours to come teach us and he has to drive down curvy, hilly, and sometimes gravel roads in order to get to us. Well, he got there a half hour later and comes in excited asking if we have our boots on so we can go to Anderson Falls to take pics so that we can take advantage of the great overcast! Well, I went. I played with my 50mm while I was there and got some great selective focus shots. This one is my favorite!

Day 25

2009-01-28T01:45:00.000-08:00

A long, long day.

Day 24

2009-01-28T01:44:00.000-08:00

This isn't an SP of me. It's the man. I promise it's worth it though.

Yea, he needs a haircut! lol

Day 23

2009-01-28T01:33:00.000-08:00

Not an SP of me but, my desperately in need of a good cleaning, desk.

Day 22

2009-01-28T01:26:00.000-08:00

This is something I did in class today. We were only allowed one light source and as many reflectors and diffusers as needed. This is the artistic shot (we also had to do a catalog shot). It's an M for Melissa.

Day 21

2009-01-28T01:24:00.000-08:00

A fun shot I took of my son's colorful bedroom.

Day 20 (1-20-09)

2009-01-28T01:22:00.001-08:00

How about a cute picture of the dog? He's getting soooo big!
Although, this is just his face so it doesn't really show it. lol

Day 19

2009-01-28T01:21:00.001-08:00

Boo Me.

Update

2009-01-25T20:21:00.002-08:00

I'm behind because I've been having problems uploading. The problem is fixed now. I'll get everything updated tomorrow!

Day 18

2009-01-18T23:53:00.000-08:00

Instead of a pic of me, how about a pic from my engagement session I did? You know you'd rather see that instead!

I finally got to try out the polaroid pose! I love polaroid.

Day 17

2009-01-17T21:18:00.001-08:00

Well, I had an engagement shoot today! A preview will be up in my photography blog by Monday! Today's SP is a picture of a picture because the scanner doesn't feel like communicating with the computer! We found out the hard way that the flash on my polaroid doesn't work so this is the lightest I could get it. We'll take a better one tomorrow outdoors.

Day 16

2009-01-16T17:53:00.000-08:00

No SP today. However, I do have what I'm calling, My inspiration picture. These are the 3 pics that will help keep me inspired on my journey. The first two are from my 18th birthday in Feb, 2006 and the third is me in my prom dress in April of 2006. You can't see my head but, my body's what needs work. lol Oh and, bear with me, these from an old p&s camera. lol

Day 15

2009-01-15T19:18:00.000-08:00

No SP today. However, I do have a symbolic photo. It's my new best friend. As I said in my first post, this blog is all about the new 'me'. Well, my new body and lifestyle in terms of eating. This year is all about getting back in shape and getting back to eating healthier foods. I've told myself several times, and started several times to change my lifestyle and start working out. The only problem is, I've always dived in head first and wound up with a headache. In other words, I tried to bite off more than I could chew. This time around, instead of going from 0 to 60 in a day I'm being smart. I started by replacing all snacks with fruits. Easy, I love fruit. Then, instead of automatically changing everything I eat I got smart, start by eating smaller portions. Done.

Now, what do I do about exercise. Well, I always used to work out on an exercise ball easily back in high school and I didn't overstress my body by doing it. I didn't even sweat. So, I picked up an exercise ball. First thing I did was move my desk chair down to the end of the desk and replaced it with my exercise ball. That's right, as I'm typing this, I'm sitting on my exercise ball. Why? Because you have to keep yourself steady and it works your core. I also joined sparkpeople.com. They have a great fitness tracker that makes a plan for you. Well, it tells you what strength training you do and then you add your own cardio from their list or just a custom entry. So, I think again. What else did I like to do to stay fit? I loved kick boxing and riding my bike. So, 15 minutes of Kick Boxing Cardio and 30 minutes on the stationary bike staying over 20mph the whole time and listening to my ipod. None of these workouts really cause me to break a sweat but, I feel them working my body! Anyways, here's my new best friend.

It's my stationary bike. It might look kinda weird because the handles are upside down. I undid them because they were attached to the pedals so that they would move back and forth and I don't use them and got tired of them moving around in my way. lol

Day 14

2009-01-14T17:00:00.000-08:00

We got some good snow fall today so out in the snow we went. The man took my picture (which explains why it's not as sharp) and I took his. Don't worry, we were only out there a whole 30 seconds or so! lol

Day 13

2009-01-14T16:40:00.000-08:00

Boo me again. Well, I took one but, it was stupid so I said F that. lol Here how about a flash back instead.

That's me and an old friend when we were like 5. This is a picture of a picture by the way so excuse the blur and what not. I hated my hair by the way. As soon as I was old enough to decide when to cut my hair I let it grow out to my butt before I ever cut it.

Day 12

2009-01-14T16:39:00.000-08:00

Boo me.

Day 11

2009-01-11T17:49:00.001-08:00

As sloppy as my handwriting is, I'm quite obsessed with writing my name, and purple is my favorite color.

Day 10

2009-01-11T17:47:00.001-08:00

I'm a late poster again. This is Day 10 (jan-10-09).
This is my "U betcha" look. As in, will I have better photos this week since my classes are starting and I'll finally be venturing out of the house? "U betcha"

Day 9

2009-01-09T23:03:00.001-08:00

I did today though!
The caption here is "Hmmm, what am I forgeting?" Oh yea, I'm forgetting I still have a christmas tree to take down. I'm not one of those people that leaves their christmas stuff up all year or anything like that. I just haven't got around to taking it down yet. lol

Day 8

2009-01-09T23:01:00.000-08:00

Boo, I suck. No SP.

Day 7

2009-01-07T20:54:00.000-08:00

Ugh, not so creative today. lol Maybe tomorrow. Today's straight hair though.

Day 6

2009-01-06T18:54:00.001-08:00

I have a non-me photo to share today! I took this a while ago. All my boys were sleeping in my bed!
And because this is a self portrait 365 I have to share one of me. I have naturally curly hair but I always straighten it. The only time it's ever curly is after I take a shower. So, this is my shot sharing my "secret".
And yes, I did the weird processing again but, I felt like it. lol

Day 5

2009-01-05T21:33:00.000-08:00

I'm late to post but, I did take my pic on time! The last of the introduction photos is today. The only one left for you to meet is our puppy Chuck! OMG! Do you know how hard it is to take a pic of you and your 9 week old puppy with a 20 second timer when all he wants to do is play and bite (playing) your hand! lol Anyways, I have a couple for today!
That's Chuck! He's a pure mutt! His mom is Border Collie-Great Pyrnees mix (she looks like a full border though) and the dad is a German Shepherd-Boxer mix (his whole body looks like Chucks leg where its creamy brown and black stripes). I think Chuck is going to get about German Shepherd size but a little broader. We've had him for 3 weeks and he's already doubled in size!
And a black and white of me. I don't know what's going on. I look weird for some reason. I think it's because I was laying on the floor looking up at the camera. Now that my Introduction pics are done I'm going to try to get more creative with these!

Day 4 Added New Pic

2009-01-04T17:05:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I showed off the son so today I figured I'd show off the man! lol And that thing in between us and sticking up between our heads, that's his headset mic. He plays xbox 360 online with his friends and was waiting for a game to start when I made him take this pic. At least he pushed it up out of his face! lol

Not sure I like this effect I used. Might have to re-edit this.

ETA: Here's a new pic, same process but tampered with it a bit.

Day 3

2009-01-03T15:11:00.000-08:00

I'm earlier than usual today!! Today, I'm showing off just how cute my son is. He's all for getting his picture taken...if mommy's in the picture with him! lol
I'll be glad when I get a new flash! This built in flash just isn't cutting it!!

Day 2

2009-01-02T19:38:00.001-08:00

Day 2 was a bland day. The only thing I accomplished was cleaning my desk which, I'm still working on. lol

Day 1

2009-01-01T17:08:00.000-08:00

I painted my son's shelf today. Well, I painted it white yesterday. Today, I used green, yellow, blue, and orange acrylic paint and painted circles on it in a random matter. Some are just outlines and some are filled in. Anyways, here's my day 1 showing off my paint.

Welcome To My 365!

2009-01-01T12:31:00.000-08:00

First of all, what is a 365? Well, a 365 is a photo project. You take 1 photo (and post it online) everyday for 365 days. There are a few different types of 365's you can do. For instance, you can do a self portrait 365 to watch how you change and grow over a year, you can do whatever best describes your day to help you remember the year, or you can just do whatever suits your fancy that day and use it as a way to watch your skills grow and develop over the year.

Me, well, I'll be doing a self portrait 365. This year is all about a new me, getting back in shape, being more organized and less of a procrastinator, and a few other things. So, follow along on my journey to a new, better me.