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365 Photos: Days 47-55

I can't believe so many days have passed by between posts about my progress on the 365 photos project. Here is a mosaic of photos I took recently. Descriptions of each photo are on Flickr if you are so inclined to know what is going on in each photo.

Days 47-55 Mosaic


I have given up on the "Purple Theme" for the month of February. Seriously, if I had kept up with it, you'd probably see 20 shitty photos of ugly purple flowers. Since I truly enjoy taking photos of my cat, I have reverted to taking a lot more photos of my sweet Bailey. In order to not bore my small readership, my goal from this point forward is to take photos of him in different positions and situations.

Only two of the photos in the above mosaic were taken with my dlsr and one of them actually didn't come out that well despite using an external flash. My kitchen definitely has the worst lighting and I had a lot of difficulty figuring out how to best bounce the flash while still lighting the subject (my cat) with a dark background directly behind him. (wedding photography is so far out of my reach.....bleeerrrrggg.) Four of my iphone photos were edited using a filter and I actually like how all of them turned out, although I do admit that using a filter feels like cheating. Does anyone else feel this way? The remaining 3 photos were taken with my iphone and edited using Snapseed, which I discovered is free! I want to do a future post on some before/after comparison with using Snapseed. The floral photo from Day 50 is a good example that I will use.

Is it just me or has February FLOWN by? March arrives this Friday! This part of the year always bums me out because it feels like all I do is work. The next work holiday isn't until Memorial Day.....waaaahhh! I have a lot of vacation time saved up (4 weeks!), but I'm just not quite ready to splurge on an awesome vacation. Recently I was talking to my coworkers about low cost vacations and they gave me a great idea. Actually, they pretty much planned my itinerary. I ran it by my husband and he seemed pretty excited as well since it would cover spots that neither of us have visited. Hopefully we can go on this vacation in late March or early April; I gotta plan it around some upcoming submittals. Ok, is "submittal" really not a word? Because we use it ALL THE TIME in my line of field.

Enjoy the last week of February, everyone!
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  1. PigLoveFebruary 24, 2013 at 9:56 PM

    Bailey is a really cute purr thing - nice pictures! XOXO - Bacon

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  2. kaorumarieFebruary 25, 2013 at 12:59 AM

    Thanks! I always think Bailey is adorable (but I know I'm totally biased) so it warms my heart when others compliment him.

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