365 Photo Project - Day 175

Taken: June 24, 2010, approx. 2 p.m.
Location: Santa Rosa, Ca.

This is what most photographers would call a mistake. I was sitting at my car at a stop light and thought this would make a great image. Only the red light was about to turn green, there was a car behind me and I had my camera set for the previous night when I was trying to capture a sunset shot. So this was one shot and out. I suppose I could have went around the block again and tried a second time but wouldn't you know it, I was heading for the Apple store to pick up my new iPhone 4, having dutifully reserved it in the middle of the night last week.

A friend pointed out to me that a vintage shot overexposed is kind of serendipitous and you know, I think I will have to agree. I'm traveling South as I write this and won't likely post this until I'm down in LA over the weekend. Further, I'll have limited access to the Internet for the first few days in the City of Angels so bear with me. I'll be shooting for sure. I hope the images will be worth the wait. I should get the weekend's shots up by the end of the day on Sunday.

I did get my that iPhone 4 and it's very wonderfully cool, let me tell you. Warms that old gadget heart of mine for sure.

365 Photo Project - Day 127

Taken: May 7, 2010, 11:00 p.m.
Location: Healdsburg, CA

This is another one of my experiments. I sometimes drive by the windows of the shops near the downtown plaza at night and think it would be cool to take a photo of them. Last night, I had precious few photos for today's project installment so I stopped and walked along the side streets with my camera. I call these "experiments" because I'm still trying to figure out how to shoot them well. I wanted this to be a little more spooky in feel but I didn't quite get it the way I wanted it.

I know the woman who owns this store, which is called Arboretum. I love how she does the front windows -- bringing a little big city to our small town.  We have a lot of young creative talent around here and it's very inspiring for an old dog like myself.

I shot this with my K100D and edited it in Photoshop.