day 10 – The perfect pairing

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I was lucky enough to visit with a friend for the BCS championship game. Wine, steak and other treats along with great company.

Had a great time, but sorry Ducks, maybe next year.

50mm f/1.4 at forced 100 ISO and bounced fill flash worked really well.

day 9 – Where San Francisco happens

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Where San Francisco happens

San Francisco City Hall is a beautiful building, especially at night with all the exterior lighting. The light posts outside, however, make it very difficult to take a good photo from the quad (I had to shield the lens with my hand from the glare).

Taken with my gorillapod from the handrail of the parking garage steps.

day 8 – Saturday hoops

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Saturday hoops

I used to do this every Saturday with old friends in Corvallis. Felt good to get on the court to start the weekend.

Best part was lugging around my huge camera in my gym bag, but for project 365 one has to put photos over vanity.

day 5 – Unsteady hand

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Unsteady hand

Okay, so putting off your 365 photo until late at night isn’t a good idea, especially if you don’t have a tripod with you.

But, amazingly, I saw a comet, and right when I shot it a UFO flew right over me. It was amazing.

Also, they gave me some Bud Light.

day 4 – Long-lost friend

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Long-lost Friend

I started when I was 10 years old. 9 years later, I quit as a sophomore in college after a punishing year in the OSU marching band practicing outdoors in the waning fall of the pacific northwest.

I loved the symphony more than ensembles or marching band, and I’ll pick it back up eventually. I still know all my scales, everything just comes out a half step out of tune.

day 2 – Finders keepers

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Woah, free shoe!

By chance, this little guy found a free shoe, which is really just a pine needle in the shape of a bird’s foot, but use your imagination, will ya?

3 stops down from the max of f/1.8 on the 85mm prime gives excellent results.