Small Walk Around

Today I had quite a bit of errands to run and ended up walking quite a bit. (And on top of that, I went out for my separate walk before dinner, so definitely a ton of walking!)

So, here's a giant load of nature shots I took just today. And yes, some of them aren't that great, I admit. But it's the effort that counts? Or I guess not. :(



Debt: 26

Cazadero!

Camp Cazadero!!!! ... meaning mostly nature shots. :P



And campfire pictures as well of course. It was so pretty! ;)

To sum up what Camp Cazadero is, it's a performing Arts camp up in Sonora. Every year, Berkeley Circle Kers and Kiwanis go up to the camp for the weekend and help set it up for the upcoming summer months. I was lucky and got to go on a cherry-picker machine thingy and took pictures of the trees from high up. Although I still wish I had a fancier camera. -______-

Sunny Day!

Nothing really to special about today's pictures. Just something I saw on the sidewalk and playing around with a leaf while waiting. :P



On another note, I'll be gone this weekend for the annual Berkeley Circle K event, Camp Cazadero!!!! :D

Morning Walk

There's that feeling in the morning where you feel you can accomplish a lot that day. It doesn't come by me often, but I decided to go on a walk in the morning with my dad. Although I was grumbling and didn't want to go outside, by the end, I was happy I went, and really hungry too. :P

Odds-'N-Ends

Nothing really special with today's pictures, mostly still life shots of objects and plants. Yay exercise!! :)

<< Rewind!

Lately all of my posts have been about just the three pictures of the day, so I think it's time I did a random post on something else. The subject of the post is subjects! (yes, horrible pun, I know)

So what do I normally take pictures of? As you can tell from previous pictures of the day, it's: nature, architecture, night (although, I'm terrible at it since I do not use a tripod), and random odds-n-ends that I can't quite put a label on which category to put them in.

Nature, it's all around us, in one form of another (yes, even in big cities). Whether it's a tree or a flower, each has its uniqueness such as color, shape, or the season in which the photograph was taken. Although, I currently don't have a DSLR, when I do get one, I'm hoping to do macro shots of plants and maybe insects, if lucky. Photography does come down to vision and luck. ;)


I tend to take pictures of architecture mainly because it itself is a piece of art when looked at from a different view. For example, take any old building. What makes the building the way it is? The windows? The design? The tiny details that you don't notice unless you stop and look carefully? I'm the type of person that tries to take in my surrounding, and figure out what makes it unique in its own way.


Photography, meaning drawing with light, I find it fitting to do night photos, when the smallest amounts of light (to the camera's sensor, or film) can produce really awesome looking shots. As I've said before, I don't use a tripod for my night shots, even though I have one and don't feel like lugging it around. Personally, I think it's because I actually want to get shots with a steady hand (although that has proved to be a fail numerous times). That is when I try out different methods to try and hold the camera steady, like putting the camera on something/makeshift tripod, or breathing techniques. (Neither have proved to work 100%, but I'm keeping my hopes up)


Then there's the category of odds-n-ends. Do I need to have a reason for wanting to take pictures? It's not like I'm violating someone's privacy or any laws. There really isn't much of a reason for it, besides I thought that the moment was something that should be caught on camera/film. Nothing more, nothing less. Yay pretty pictures! :P