another year around

first of all happy new year, everyone!! hope everyone had a good time doing whatever they did on new years eve :)

the end of 2010 also means the end of my first Project 365 and I'm proud to say that I actually managed to stick to it and take a picture everyday!! of course there were times where I almost forgot to take one or didn't feel like thinking about what to photograph, but somehow I managed to always find something.

one thing this project helped me with is to use my camera more, learn more about it and also try out some new stuff. may it be the use of an external flash or simply a self portrait I really had fun doing this project (at least for the most part ;))

so am I going to do it another year?
I'm planning on doing some kind of project, but not a 365 this time around. I'm thinking more of a 52 project, meaning one picture every week.
since project 365 was quite stressfull at some times and I'm planning to finish university this year, which is gonna be quite stressfull itself, I don't think I'd actually stick to one picture a day. and what's the point in starting something when you're already pretty sure you won't finish it. maybe next year again, but this year I'm gonna go with one per week. this way I can also avoid to just take a picture because I "have" to and have more time to actually think about what to photograph.

first picture of this year is our christmas tree, shortly before we took it down

picture taken with this little beauty that joined my camera family thanks to christmas :)

zoo schönbrunn

went to the zoo today to take some pictures and to use my 70-300mm again after a long time of just laying around and not really getting used.
it still takes a bit to get used to it, cause compared to my e410 it is quite big and after a while your hand hurts, but I just love the zoom, which is especially useful in the zoo.
took almost 500 pictures, so it was hard to choose, but here are some of them ;)
may have to make another post with some more soon...







and my favortie from today, which is also my picture for today. it was just the perfect timing hehe only thing I dont like about it is that you can still see the traces of the fence

once again late...or maybe not

hmm those updates every two weeks ar stating to become a habit. not what I had planned but works for me. lets just say, I did that on purpose and I'm actually on time ;)



and it's finally starting to get warmer outside, which means more outdoor pictures



I'm really starting to like street photography



todays picture is not done yet. any ideas? ;)

a little overdue

I've been slacking with last weeks update, which is for the most part to blame on exam week and too little time for photography...but hey, better late than never, right!?

2 out of 12 months are done and it hasnt always been easy. lets see how the next 10 months go ;)


last weeks pictures

here's todays picture. I'm trying out some out of focus pictures. I really like the look of it, so there will probably be more of those in the future ;)

another week

this week was definitely easier than last week, though I did have one or two days were I had a bit trouble.

and we finally got some sun around here, which just call for outdoor pictures ;)

here's todays picture. made me look back at the other pigeon shots I took last year with the 70-300mm. I kinda like the one with the 50mm better, cause you can get a more beautiful bokeh.

the hardest week so far

gotta say, this has been the hardest week of the project365 so far.
I've spent the whole week recovering from my wisdom tooth removal. it doesnt hurt as much anymore, but apparently the healing doesnt go as fast as its supposed to do and I have to take antibiotics now till at least tuesday. one good thing, the swelling is pretty much gone. I got another check up appointment tomorrow and then on friday to get the stitches out. lets hope thats it then.

here's todays picture. couldnt think of anything else, so enjoy the gummy bears :)

here's to a better next week!!

wisdom tooth

well, I got my wisdom tooth pulled out today.
had to eat and drink a lot before the appointment, which didnt work out that well cause I rarely eat breakfast. so I had to force some food down. the procedure itself didnt really hurt cause I got a shot beforehand. now after shot stopped working...thats another thing. I tried to sleep off the pain for the most, which did not work, cause as soon as the shot stopped working I woke up from the pain.
thank god I got a prescription for pain killers from my dentist. right now it hurts to open my mouth, can't really chewing anything, so all I ate today after the tooth came out was applesauce and some soup. I've also put an icepack on it all through the afternoon cause its a bit swollen and seem to help with the pain a bit.
hope that gets better soon.

naturally todays picture had to do something with it, so here's the little sucker thats been torturing me for the last couple of weeks.




I also found my tooth box, where I keep all my milk teeth. its been a long time since I added a tooth in that box lol

week one february

well, another week is over. now seeing last weeks pictures all together I've come to one conclusion...

...there's too much candy and junk food in this house lol

todays picture is once again a self portrait. didnt have any idea as to what to photograph plus my wisdom tooth is killing me right now, so I just wanted to get it behind me.



I'm getting my wisdom tooth pulled out on tuesday :/ I hope I get to keep it, so there may be some pictures...dunno yet. wish me luck, I hope it wont hurt too much!!

one month down...

...eleven to go.
I finished my first month today. this week was a bit harder than last week, cause I had several days where I had absolutely no idea as to what to photograph. and I was also sick the last couple of days, so there was less motivation to look for inspiration. but I managed, and thats what important, right?



here's todays picture. I think its a nice last january picture. nothing special, but fitting.



here's to another succesfull eleven months!!

Project 365 week 3

changed a few things around the blog, mainly the sidebar. it was getting too long for my liking, so I removed a couple of things ;) you can now find the archive and the tags by clicking on the link in the top menu. and I added some social site buttons to the left so you dont have to look around for too long if you wanna find them. and I also added a tweet button at the top of each post, since I'm not quite sure if I'm gonna stick with the bookmark bar at the bottom of the posts.
which one do you like better?

time to get to the pictures
another week is over and I didnt have too much problems getting a picture everyday.
there were one or two day where I was a bit clueless, but I managed :)

and since one of my goals with this project is to get better at photographing people I went with a selfie for todays picture. also gave me a chance to try out my remote control for my camera

Project 365 week2

got one new thing around the blog. I have a new "header". its not really a header, since I havent decided what to use in it yet, but the christmas layout had to go ;)
and I'm also thinking about changing the blog a bit in the near future, so keep checking back


second week for project 365 is over. I didnt have as much time to take photos as I'd liked due to exams coming up, but I've managed to take at least one each day.

here's todays picture.



first blue sky we had for a while, so I just had to make it todays picture

update on project 365

okay, so it's been a little over a week into the project 365 and I have to say its not that easy lol but the good thing is I use my camera everyday and make more pictures than in the past, where I sometimes went days or even weeks without taking any pictures. so I really hope this project will help me to improve my skills and learn some new stuff.

(click the picture to head on over to my flickr account and view them bigger)

this is todays picture. it's been raining all day and freezing outside, so the best thing to do is staying home with a nice cup of hot chocolate :-)



I'm still thinking about how to keep this blog updated with the pictures for the project 365. a weekly update like this? or something like every two or three days?
any ideas?

first post of 2010

Happy New Year everyone!!! Hope everyone had a great time, doing whatever you were doing :)



I got back from my trip out of town yesterday. had a great time, although I was hoping for a little snow. we had a patch here and there, but nothing compared to last year :/ I'm gonna post some pics from the trip as soon as I went through them all

I also realised that I havent gotten a good shot of our christmas tree yet. I'm gonna have to change that in the next couple of days :) but for now some deatil shots of our tree







and in other picture news, I decided to do the 365 project. you know, where you take a picture everyday of the year. dont know how long I'm gonna last, but I'll really TRY to stick to it. that may actually be good for keeping this blog updated ;) you can check out the pictures on my flickr account