happy canada day, canadian friends!
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because july 1st falls on a sunday this year, the retail world’s schedule is all topsy-turvy: stores are OPEN with the usual hours today, but everyone is CLOSED tomorrow, our store included. so, i will work today and enjoy a free day tomorrow!
canada day celebrations at columbia lake are being held today – any locals going over for the fun and games?? we have our annual loft-y rooftop bbq this eve, and when the fireworks show starts at 10 pm tonight, i’ll have prime viewing from the condo casa windows!
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well, today is the first day in 30 days that we do not have an official photo of the day – the 30 photo challenge ended yesterday. and now we’re on to a new month! i ♥ july to pieces and hope we have a hot, humid, sunny month ahead of us.
tomorrow we will discuss july plans; today, we’re going to take a quick look back at the 30 day photo challenge – call it “the best and worst of,” if you will.
the top three favourite posts (i like when i can make myself chuckle as i blog-write!):
day #11: what’ll it be, what’ll it be…
day #13: as random as you can get
day #14: the eyes have it
the three entries that sucked were not that exciting:
day #7: unas manzanas -> i discovered i’d rather photograph scenery, shoes or people than fruit in a grocery store!
day #16: you can imagine a waterfall, ok? -> some anonymous person left a snarky “zzzz” comment on this one!
day #29: zero shades of grey -> i hate it when a plan fails to come together!
the two most labour-intensive days:
day #6: towering baby food -> building and dismantling my baby food wall took a good 20-30 minutes
day #18: classic -> arranging my shoe-flower was a half-hour job!
two entries that came together effortlessly:
day #5: look down, way down -> i knew i wanted to shoot this photo right from day one
day #22: the look of love -> first shot, and the emotion in the photo surpassed my hopes
one fun entry:
day #1: self-portrait -> i enjoyed making silly faces!
one major disappointment:
the unreliability of my little camera!
final thoughts:
i am super glad i took on the photography challenge. i expanded my vocabulary (bokeh! sunflare!) and i liked having a specific assignment to pursue for each day, yet still having lots of creative license to interpret as i wished (some days more than others!).
i thought we were presented with a good variety of subjects to go out and chase down. all scenery or all technical terms would have been boring.
i do not think i improved my skills, per se, but i did put more thought than usual into lighting and photo composition – i will try to keep these photography elements in mind from here on out.
there are a number of photo challenges out there if you just google “30 day photography challenge;” i would be interested in trying another one again some time…like, in a few months!
happy sunday, happy holiday!
