Photo of the Day-Day 80

Sunday Dinner

Broccoli covered in cheese is still healthy, right? Right?

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/500

Aperture: f4.5

Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 6:54 pm-3/21/10
Posted: 3/21/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 79

Cinnamon Buns

Nothing like a warm cinnamon to celebrate an anniversary or just because you like cinnamon buns.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/800

Aperture: f5.6

Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 4:59 pm-3/17/10
Posted: 3/21/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 78

Friday Randomness

I took this from the back stairs of our new apartment. I'm not sure if it's a church or just the top of an apartment building.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/3200

Aperture: f5.6

Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 5:42 pm-3/18/10
Posted: 3/18/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 77

Can You Guess What I Am?

I took this photo this afternoon and once I imported the photos to my computer I couldn't figure out the correct orientation. It's one of those random things that look interesting at the time and now I can't remember which way it's supposed to be. I'm almost positive it's not in this direction, but you know what? I don't care. I liked it this way. Voila!

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/30

Aperture: f4.0

Focal Length: 33 mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 5:42 pm-3/18/10
Posted: 3/18/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 76

Strawberries and Brie

Today CraigiePoo and I celebrated our one year as Domestic Partners. To celebrate we feasted on strawberries and french bread with melted brie. There were also cinnamon rolls and stuff mushrooms.

I tweaked the color in this one just a bit to make the strawberries a little bit lighter. I should go eat some more now.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/125

Aperture: f5.6

Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 4:56 pm-3/17/10
Posted: 3/17/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 75

Where's the Gin?

Maybe there was gin. Maybe there wasn't.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/125

Aperture: f4.0

Focal Length: 41 mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 5:08 pm-3/15/10
Posted: 3/16/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 74

French Bread

I'm going to come out of the closet (again)...I'm a carbohydrate addict and I'm not ashamed! I love bread. This loaf of bread was an impulse buy as I was standing in the grocery checkout line. I only went in for ginger-ale, but came out with this delicious bread. ::drool::

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/125

Aperture: f4.5

Focal Length: 53 mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 5:05 pm-3/15/10
Posted: 3/16/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 73

Shadow Play

I was sitting on the couch taking a break from unpacking when I glanced over at this wall and noticed the shadows. I really love the light in our new apartment. I'm also loving the fact that it's now daylight savings time and is still bright at 6pm.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/25

Aperture: f5.0

Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO: 640
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 5:51 pm-3/14/10
Posted: 3/14/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 72

Burritos shouldn't be this big

We made a stop out our favorite Mexican restaurant this afternoon and got the usual, a super burrito with everything. For whatever reason, CraigiePoo and I have been eating this week like we're both pregnant. Once again, we got too much food for two people. There were nachos and quesadillas involved. Ridiculous, but muy bueno.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/800

Aperture: f4.0

Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 4:30 pm-3/13/10
Posted: 3/13/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 71

Chicken Parmesan-esque Dinner

CraigiePoo cooked Chicken Parmesan for dinner tonight. It wasn't authentic chicken parmesan since we didn't have any Parmesan cheese. It was delicious and really, that's all that matters.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/15

Aperture: f5.6

Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO: 640
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 6:11 pm-3/12/10
Posted: 3/12/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 70

View from the Top

I took this from the balcony of our new apartment the first time we went to view the place. It had been raining a few days earlier and these clouds were just hanging around looking all...cloudy.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/160

Aperture: f/7.1

Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 80
Camera: Sony DSC-W50

Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 5:15 pm-2/12/10
Posted: 3/11/10

Photo of the Day-Day 69

Cornbread

No story behind this photo other than I like cornbread and it was part of this evening's dinner.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/13

Aperture: f4.0

Focal Length: 44 mm
ISO: 640
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 5:56 pm-3/10/10
Posted: 3/10/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 68

Mmm...Healthy

I'm loving our new apartment, especially the kitchen. We finally have a bright kitchen with a huge window that let's in so much natural light. I took this around 5:30pm using only the light coming in from the window. How could anyone hate broccoli when it looks this good?

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/13

Aperture: f5.0

Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 5:31 pm-3/8/10
Posted: 3/9/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 67

Lemon Shrimp Pasta

CraigiePoo whipped up this delicious dinner tonight. Shrimp (actually I think they're prawns) cooked with in a lemon sauce. As with all of CraigiePoo's food, so delicious.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/50

Aperture: f5.0

Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO: 640
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 5:36 pm-3/8/10
Posted: 3/8/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 66

Highrise Views

This is the sunset from our new apartment. We done moved on up to the third floor! Awesome! I haven't thought to do it yet, but I'm sure if I tried real hard I can see a tiny bit of Lake Merritt from the balcony.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/5000

Aperture: f4.5

Focal Length: 56 mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 5:56 pm-3/7/10
Posted: 3/7/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 65

Canned whipped cream makes everything better

It's called a "Mango Smoothie." I'm pretty sure there is not one drop of fruit in this thing, but it is so damn delicious. Deliciousness is all that really matters.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/40

Aperture: f2.8

Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 100
Camera: Sony DSC-W50

Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 1:51 pm-2/26/10
Posted: 3/7/10

Photo of the Day-Day 64

Train's ah-comin'

I took this just before I turned into the plantation parking lot. One day I'm going to get a picture of the train going by.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/50

Aperture: f4.5

Focal Length: 14.3 mm
ISO: 125
Camera: Sony DSC-W50

Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 1:51 pm-3/1/10
Posted: 3/7/10

Photo of the Day-Day 63

Office Porn

Some women love shoes. Some women love handbags. Some women love clothes. I get giddy for office supplies. Staples, Office Max, and Office Depot are like Macy's, Bloomingdale's, or Nordstrom for me.

Is it wrong that I don't like people touching my office supplies, especially my stapler, without asking? There is one dude in my office who is notorious for picking up the first stapler he sees and using it. I've taking to keeping my stapler close to my monitor. Petty? Yes. Do I care? No.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/25

Aperture: f2.8

Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 320
Camera: Sony DSC-W50

Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 1:51 pm-3/3/10
Posted: 3/7/10

Photo of the Day-Day 62

Things to do while waiting at the light

For whatever reason the light was taking FOREVER to turn green. I'm discovering that I really like taking photos that are seen through mirrors.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/100

Aperture: f4.5

Focal Length: 14.3 mm
ISO: 100
Camera: Sony DSC-W50

Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 1:51 pm-3/1/10
Posted: 3/7/10

Photo of the Day-Day 61

Things soon to be an ancient memory

I have spent years walking past this row of payphones and never paid attention to them until I snapped this photo. I think it suddenly hit me that payphones are like the dinosaurs. They're extinct. I did try one and there was a dial tone. How did we survive before the cellphone?

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/6

Aperture: f2.8

Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 320
Camera: Sony DSC-W50

Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 1:51 pm-2/26/10
Posted: 3/7/10

Photo of the Day-Day 60

Waiting for Dinner

I'm back. The move went okay. CraigiePoo and I are moved into our new place. We still have some small things to pack up at our old apartment. I'm hoping to get that done by the end of the week.

Onto the photo of the day. I took this while CraigiePoo and I were waiting for our dinner a few weeks ago. That's the wrapping from a straw. This is what happens when I have to wait too long for my dinner.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/40

Aperture: f2.8

Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 100
Camera: Sony DSC-W50

Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 5:21 pm-2/26/10
Posted: 3/7/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Temporary Hold

I'm putting my 365 Photo Project on temporary hold. I'm in the middle of moving this week and I don't know where nothing is right about now. I got cords in one box, memory readers in another, and I'm trying to remember where I put my camera (I think it's in the closet) so it's going to be a minute before I can back to posting photos daily. Don't worry Photos 60 and beyond will be posted soon.

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 59

Storm 2010

I took this one day during a break from the first major storm of the year. It was crazy. I was mainly fascinated with the reflection of the tree branches in the large puddle of water.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/250

Aperture: f4.5

Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO: 125
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 11:36 am-1/19/10
Posted: 2/28/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 58

California January

I took this in January. It was an early morning and I had just dropped CraigiePoo off at her doctor's appointment. It was cold as it wanted to be outside and yet this tree was still full of life and color.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/125

Aperture: f6.3

Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO: 125
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 8:51 am-1/14/10
Posted: 2/27/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 57

My current favorite pen

I use this pen at work everyday. I love this pen. It writes so smoothly. I'm weird like that.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/20

Aperture: f2.8

Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 320
Camera: Sony DSC-W50

Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 1:51 pm-2/12/10
Posted: 2/26/10

Photo of the Day-Day 56

Plantation Shadows

I finally upgraded my cellphone last week to the Blackberry Curve 8330. I'm fancy like that. I've wanted this phone almost a year now. I'm still learning how to maneuver around all the bells and whistles of the device. I snapped this photo at the plantation with the 2 megapixel camera phone. It doesn't look as bad as I thought.

Specifications:

Exposure: N/A

Aperture: N/A

Focal Length: N/A
ISO: N/A
Camera: Blackberry Curve 8330, 2 Mega Pixels

Lens: N/A
Date & Time: 3:30PM-2/25/10
Posted: 2/25/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 55

Orange

Another picture in what is turning into a random flowers on the street series. I thought this flower was really funky looking.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/250

Aperture: f5.6

Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO: 160
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 11:53 am-1/6/10
Posted: 2/24/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 54

Another Random Flower

Nothing special today, just another random flower. Once again, don't know what kind of flower this is.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/400

Aperture: f5.6

Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO: 200
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 11:42 am-/1/10
Posted: 2/23/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 53

Sidewalk Tree Arch

I liked the way this tree/bush/leaves formed an arched right there in the middle of the sidewalk. It was interesting framing. Not sure if it's legal to allow your shrubbery to grow all willy nilly free, but whoever is responsible for this sure has.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/320

Aperture: f6.3

Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO: 125
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 10:13 am-1/14/10
Posted: 2/22/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 52

Who doesn't want a piece of a car on their fence?

I took this last month while on break at the plantation. I'm guessing somebody thought this was a neat look for their fence. It's different. It's Berkeley.


Specifications:

Exposure: 1/800

Aperture: f4.0

Focal Length: 41 mm
ISO: 160
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 11:49 am-1/6/10
Posted: 2/21/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 51

Pandora

Once again, I don't know what type of flowers these are. I do know that in reality they were a light purple. I was playing around with the colors in Lightroom 2 and ended up turning from light purple to this blue color. Am I the only person thinking "Avatar," right about now?

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/320

Aperture: f5.6

Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO: 200
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 11:43 am-2/1/10
Posted: 2/20/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 50

Edamame drizzled with Soy Sauce

I love edamame. I can eat these like candy. So delicious. This lunch was courtesy of CraigiePoo.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/30

Aperture: f6.3

Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 1:49 pm-2/15/10
Posted: 2/15/10

Photo of the Day-Day 49

I was sitting at my cubicle, making an effort to look busy, when I noticed the reflection of my water in the darkened face of my Ipod.


Specifications:

Exposure: 1/30

Aperture: f2.8

Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 320
Camera: Sony DSC-W50

Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 1:51 pm-2/18/10
Posted: 2/18/10

Photo of the Day-Day 48

Fog City

It was really foggy when I left for work this morning. I opened the sunroof and took this while waiting for the light to change.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/20

Aperture: f2.8

Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 320
Camera: Sony DSC-W50

Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 7:02 am-2/17/10
Posted: 2/17/10

Photo of the Day-Day 47

Old Cellphone

There's no story behind this photo other than I was sitting at my desk, avoiding homework, when I took the picture.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/15

Aperture: f2.8

Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 320
Camera: Sony DSC-W50

Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 9:38 pm-2/11/10
Posted: 2/16/10

Photo of the Day-Day 46

Dirty Daisy

Ok, for all I know this isn't a daisy. I'm not sure what kind of flower this is actually. I just thought it was pretty. I had almost forgotten that I owned a point and shoot camera. I've been lugging my DSLR around all these weeks. I took this with my 3 year old Sony Cybershot. I played with the color just a teeny tiny bit in Lightroom. I wish I could have figured out how to get rid of the dirt on the flower. It's buggin' me.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/320

Aperture: f2.8

Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 80
Camera: Sony DSC-W50

Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 11:49 am-2/12/10
Posted: 2/15/10

Photo of the Day-Day 45

Rainy Day Red Velvet Cupcakes

I took this photo last month. CraigiePoo and I were on Fourth Street and the cupcake van was there. Cupcakes were bought. Cupcakes were eaten. All was right with the world.


Specifications:

Exposure: 1/15

Aperture: f6.3

Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO: 640
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6
Date & Time: 1:06 pm-1/24/10
Posted: 2/14/10

Photo of the Day-Day 44

Roots

I took this photo last month while CraigiePoo and I were out looking at apartment. We passed on the apartment (the electricity was 5000 years old in the place), but I couldn't pass on this tree. I thought the roots were kinda creepy looking. Like something out of a horror movie.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/13

Aperture: f6.3

Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO: 200
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6
Date & Time: 11:48 am-1/24/10
Posted: 2/13/10

Photo of the Day-Day 43

Cherry Blossom

I want to call these flowers cherry blossoms. I'm pretty sure that's what they are. They're blooming outside the plantation and falling on the ground.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/40

Aperture: f6.3

Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO: 250
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6
Date & Time: 3:10 pm-2/12/10
Posted: 2/12/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 42

This building is a few doors down from my apartment building. I think it's a halfway, rehab type of building. I never see it from this point of few because I'm always in my car when ever I go past it. This day I was actually walking around in my neighborhood and really liked the pointy thing at the top.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/1000

Aperture: f6.3

Focal Length: 80 mm
ISO:400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6
Date & Time: 4:23 pm-2/11/10
Posted: 2/11/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 41

Rejected Candy

More flash work today. I'm not happy with this photo. I could not get rid of the shadow and the lighting was just icky today. This is what you get when you incorporate common household lights into your photography.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/80 sec at f/5.6
Focal Length: 112mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6
Time: 7:39 pm
Date: 2/10/10
Posted: 2/10/10

- Strange ((^_~))

Photo of the Day-Day 40

Christmas Candy

Today I decided to not be afraid of using an external flash and hooked it up to my camera. The few times I've used the built in flash on my Canon 50D the pictures come out looking crazy and washed out. I've been reading a lot of photo sites lately about techniques for using an external flash and decided to bite the bullet.

Voila!

Christmas candy is still edible two months later, right?

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/13 sec at f/6.3
Focal Length: 135mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6
Time: 5:24pm
Date: 2/9/10
Posted: 2/9/10