A picture a day every day

February was a short month, but on several days I had to scramble to keep up with the daily demands to get a picture taking. With warmer weather expected this month, I can’t wait to get some more outdoor shots, even if there’s not a lot of green out there. I feel like I’m getting a better hang of things, and I’m going to play around a bit more with some long exposure shots and nightime shooting. As always, new pictures will be added throughout the month, with at least one image per day represented. Some days will have more than one picture posted. Remember, new posts on the blog appear after this one and you can view past months using the links below.

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January 2009

February 2009

I took my dog out in the morning to play with him for a bit before heading out to go fishing with my wife, and the moments before sunrise were giving me some nice images, so I ran back inside and grabbed my camera. I was going to do some post processing on these to give them their maximum punch, but the 100% unaltered colors were worth presenting as they were. It’s interesting to see how in the span of only a few minutes the images fade from vivid to rather bland. It’s just another example of why photographers must take advantage of every moment as quickly as possible, because often times they just don’t last.

These three teenage girls were watching people skate around at the Gallivan Center in Salt Lake City. It seemed like they were interested in what was going on, but a little apprehensive to put on skates and join the group of people making the turns out on the crowded ice.

I took these with my wife while we were downtown walking around. I really wish I had my tripod, as the majority of the pictures I took that night turned out to be a blurry mess. There was something about this dad talking to his daughter that was a bit charming, however. This big ball of light was actually a bunch of used water bottles glued together into a giant sphere and a light had been placed smack dab in the middle of them. Pretty neat. The other shot is out in front of the X-Mission offices, a popular local ISP.

Here are the shots from January. I might do individual posts for pictures I particularly like, but here’s a collection of everything taken in the month. Some days have multiple images.

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