Bunny Trails Photography

New Camera and Project

2011-12-30T21:20:00.000-07:00

You know how it is at the end of one year and beginning of a new one? You get that want to make changes and improve my life thing. Or maybe that's just me. Naturally, there's plenty of outside influence since everyone is making resolutions, brainstorming their one word, setting goals, and generally evaluating their lives.

There are myriad photography projects - 365 (one image per day, although it would have to be a 366 project in 2012), 52 (one image per week), and others.

(Me, in Lego form. Tee hee!)

Sarah over at My Four Hens Photography is hosting a Project 52 and I'm joining in. I hope that a picture a week will be a little more manageable than one per day. She's including a theme each week, and participants are free to follow the theme...or not.

In the time between weekly posts, hopefully I can get back in the habit of posting some random pictures. I don't think I've mentioned it here, but I was able to get a new camera last month. I'm now the proud owner of a Canon 60D. I'm also planning to move from being a hobbyist photographer to being a part-time professional photographer. Scary, but I'm going for it.

So I'm looking forward to an exciting photographic 2012. What about you? What plans do you have?

Amazing Colorado Sunset

2011-12-28T22:53:00.001-07:00

These are all from the same sunset. It changed moment by moment and I couldn't stop shooting. I took over 100 images total. All are SOOC.

Colored Lights

2011-12-21T21:45:00.000-07:00

It's fun to shoot Christmas lights way out of focus (on a tripod, of course). I really like how the colored circles have the same pattern on each one.

The tree lights are reflected in a glass jar on the right and there's a framed picture behind it (on the left) where they're also reflected. Love the colors!

aspen leaves

2011-10-28T23:51:00.000-06:00

I just love the turning of the aspen in the fall. While we have a lot of stunning aspens in the mountains of Colorado, I am blessed to have a neighbor across the street with a nice batch (?), grove (?), collection (?) of them. It's especially handy for those earlier morning shots when the sun's melting the snow from the day before.

Second Snow

2011-10-26T17:35:00.000-06:00

If you get a nice wet snow, you should go build small snowmen.

And then shoot at them with your airsoft guns.

That's what homeschool recess looks like at my house.

Shifting Gears

2011-09-22T22:13:00.000-06:00

I started this blog because I wanted to post pictures without feeling the need to explain them. Unless I felt like explaining. Then I joined in the 365 Project fray back in 2009. I didn't make it the entire year. In 2010, I gimped through the year - caught up for awhile, falling behind, then catching back up. I did finish out the year and jumped into it for 2011. Things went the same way - caught up, behind, caught up, behind. Well, the Mommytography 365 Project was stopped earlier this year, but I thought I'd finish the year out anyway.

But that hasn't panned out so well. Unfortunately, it becomes a bit of a legalistic issue - I feel like I can't post any new photos until I catch up, but if I don't have time to catch up, nothing gets posted.

So I've decided to bag the whole project. This will go back to being the photoblog it was in the beginning. I'll just post photos when I want to, with or without explanations.

So without further ado, a picture. Just because.

The Mommytography 365 Project ended earlier this year. I had intended to keep up my 365 Project anyway.

205/365 ren faire

2011-07-24T20:35:00.001-06:00

One of my son's friends had his birthday party at the Renaissance Festival this year. So yours truly had the pleasure of creating an outfit for said son. Other than the belt, I made the entire costume. I was actually quite pleased with how it turned out and he was very happy with it as well. They had a blast - 5 teenage boys having the time of their life amidst swords and other weaponry. The birthday boy came home with a very nice sword, in fact.

204/365 a bird in the mirror

2011-07-23T20:33:00.001-06:00

You'll have to look closely, but there's a bird flying in place (sort of hummingbird style) in front of the mirror on this truck. It kept landing on a tiny ledge and then flapping its wings like crazy to stay in place. Not sure if it was interested in a long-lost cousin in the mirror or just liked its own reflection, but it was sure entertaining to watch.

203/365 up2u

2011-07-22T19:54:00.002-06:00

202/365 snack dinner

2011-07-21T20:28:00.002-06:00

It had been so hot all the time that we didn't feel much like eating. So we decided snacks would work, as long as they were fairly healthy snacks, right?

201/365 pink

2011-07-20T20:26:00.001-06:00

200/365 bike rack

2011-07-19T20:25:00.001-06:00

Our local fine art museum and school of art has a number of yarn bombs on the campus. This is one of the newer installments.

199/365 ladybug on dill

2011-07-18T20:23:00.000-06:00

198/365 first lily

2011-07-17T09:24:00.001-06:00

197/365 grilling essentials

2011-07-16T19:45:00.002-06:00

196/365 untitled me {28*/52}

2011-07-15T22:29:00.000-06:00

195/365 happy sky

2011-07-14T16:46:00.004-06:00

I know I've said it a number of times, but I absolutely love the sky in Colorado. It's so blue and lovely and the clouds so white and fluffy.

194/365 blowing bubbles

2011-07-13T15:17:00.001-06:00

193/365 learning to ride

2011-07-12T17:03:00.002-06:00

My niece has been having a great time learning how to ride a scooter. Fortunately, we live on a cul-de-sac, which is perfect for scooter practice.

192/365 peek-a-boo bird

2011-07-11T16:52:00.002-06:00

191/365 snacking squirrel

2011-07-10T15:40:00.005-06:00

One of the reason that we never get any apples from our trees.

190/365 my diet

2011-07-09T22:54:00.000-06:00

Given my recent dental issues, eating isn't terribly appealing. I've also not been terribly hungry, so this is what I've been eating much of the time lately. Some protein, a little carbs and salt, along with water.

It could be worse, right?

189/365 3D shades {27*/52}

2011-07-08T22:19:00.001-06:00

I am officially caught back up on my 365 Project!!! Yippee!!! Hopefully I can do a better job of staying on top of this the second half of the year.

188/365 crystal

2011-07-07T22:16:00.001-06:00

187/365 wheelbarrow

2011-07-06T22:15:00.002-06:00

186/365 hen-n-chick blooms

2011-07-05T22:11:00.002-06:00

This is such an unusual plant. Some of them grow indented and others grow up. And then these show up.

185/365 fireworks

2011-07-04T22:06:00.001-06:00

It's been so dry here that we had a ban on all types of fire and fireworks on the 4th. There weren't as many fireworks shows around town as usual, and this was about all I was able to see from our house.

184/365 clematis

2011-07-03T22:05:00.001-06:00

183/365 storm line

2011-07-02T22:04:00.001-06:00

So funny when you can see such a distinct line between a storm and blue skies.

182/365 fish face {26*/52}

2011-07-01T21:27:00.004-06:00

181/365 daisy center

2011-06-30T21:18:00.001-06:00

180/365 sweet wild onion

2011-06-29T21:16:00.001-06:00

179/365 semi flambe

2011-06-28T21:15:00.003-06:00

I came out of a restaurant after having lunch with my mom and saw smoke across the way. The guy who had been driving the truck was having lunch with his kids in the same shopping center where we had been. Sadly, he had no idea that the truck was on fire across the street. I really felt bad for him.

178/365 pelican

2011-06-27T21:13:00.001-06:00

177/365 bird in flight

2011-06-26T21:12:00.002-06:00

176/365 guard dog

2011-06-25T21:10:00.001-06:00

175/365 crazy curl {25*/52}

2011-06-24T21:09:00.002-06:00

174/365 daisies

2011-06-23T21:08:00.002-06:00

173/365 cosmos

2011-06-22T21:05:00.001-06:00

I bought this lovely cosmos, planted it out front, and enjoyed it for all of 4-5 days. Then it died. Sad face.

172/365 lily plant

2011-06-21T21:02:00.001-06:00

171/365 sprinkler

2011-06-20T21:01:00.001-06:00

170/365 broken

2011-06-19T21:00:00.001-06:00

169/365 dianthus

2011-06-18T20:58:00.001-06:00

168/365 water intake {24*/52}

2011-06-17T20:56:00.002-06:00

I've been working on increasing my water intake. Here's proof.

167-365 any questions

2011-06-16T20:54:00.001-06:00

166/365 flippity do dah

2011-06-15T21:54:00.001-06:00

165/365 wheeeee

2011-06-14T21:52:00.001-06:00

164/365 high jump

2011-06-13T21:51:00.003-06:00

163/365 balancing act

2011-06-12T21:49:00.002-06:00

You can't tell by the picture, but this silver orb rolls around. This act is more difficult than it appears.

162/365 blowing out candles

2011-06-11T21:48:00.002-06:00

161/365 uncooperative curl {23*/52}

2011-06-10T21:46:00.001-06:00

160/365 dandelion

2011-06-09T21:43:00.001-06:00

159/365 patio lights

2011-06-08T21:42:00.001-06:00

158/365 rusted

2011-06-07T21:41:00.001-06:00

157/365 vintage rv stove

2011-06-06T21:39:00.002-06:00

156/365 smoky sunset

2011-06-05T21:38:00.001-06:00

The first in southern Colorado and New Mexico are terrible, but the smoke that blew our way provided for a lovely sunset.

155/365 mowing the jungle

2011-06-04T21:36:00.001-06:00

154/365 tired photographer {22*/52}

2011-06-03T21:32:00.003-06:00

153/365 johnny jump ups

2011-06-02T21:30:00.002-06:00

They're so cute and happy and they spread their cheer all over my garden.

152/365 many faces of mom

2011-06-01T21:13:00.005-06:00

We had a surprise 60th birthday party a few years back for my mom and I still had leftover mom masks (we all wore them when she came in at the party). I figured her birthday this year would be a good time to bring them out.

151/365 sleek

2011-05-31T21:11:00.002-06:00

150/365 graupel

2011-05-30T21:10:00.001-06:00

149/365 enough already

2011-05-29T21:08:00.000-06:00

I was practicing with the Speedlite and taking a copious amount of pictures of my sister. I think she was pretty much done being a model for me.

148/365 my pretty sister

2011-05-28T21:06:00.001-06:00

147/365 my fuzzy pink sleep {21*/52}

2011-05-27T21:03:00.001-06:00

146/365 robin

2011-05-26T20:58:00.002-06:00

145/365 tree reflection

2011-05-25T20:56:00.001-06:00

144/365 may snow

2011-05-24T20:55:00.005-06:00

What can I say? It's Colorado.

143/365 red hen-n-chick

2011-05-23T20:54:00.001-06:00

142/365 alium raindrop

2011-05-22T20:52:00.002-06:00

141/365 full moon

2011-05-21T20:48:00.004-06:00

I was so excited to see the moon peeking up over the bluffs on our way home! It definitely pays to have your camera handy.

140/365 aloe head {20*/52}

2011-05-20T20:46:00.002-06:00

You know how they say say you should pay attention to the stuff in the background? Well, we did. With humorous intent.

139/365 birthday candles

2011-05-19T22:59:00.001-06:00

138/365 blooming

2011-05-18T22:57:00.001-06:00

I sure do love the alium in my garden.

137/365 alium bud

2011-05-17T22:56:00.001-06:00

One of my favorite occurrences each year - the appearance of alium buds.

136/365 shadow creature

2011-05-15T22:52:00.006-06:00

John put up a screen on the side of our west-facing patio since it was getting a little hot. This provided the perfect opportunity for my niece to put on a shadow puppet show for us.

135/365 prospective tenants

2011-05-15T22:50:00.001-06:00

It was interesting to watch a few bird couples fight it out over who was going to move into birdhouse this spring.

134/365 grandma's bench

2011-05-14T22:46:00.002-06:00

133/365 relaxing on mother's day {19*52}

2011-05-13T22:42:00.001-06:00

132/365 bee in bloom

2011-05-12T22:41:00.002-06:00

131/365 gerbera

2011-05-11T22:38:00.002-06:00

130/365 dark bouquet

2011-05-10T22:36:00.001-06:00

The lighting is kind of off here, but I really like the light shining through the petals and the contrast of the blown-out light in the background.

129/365 found them

2011-05-09T22:33:00.004-06:00

The Thunderbirds during the Air Force Academy graduation.

128/365 where are...

2011-05-08T22:30:00.004-06:00

...the Thunderbirds?

This seems to happen every time I try and capture them. I end up with some lovely sky and cloud pictures. They're rather fast and you can't listen for them, because the sound is someplace besides where they are. Ha! Ha!

127/365 boiling

2011-05-07T22:20:00.002-06:00

126/365 curly me {18*52}

2011-05-06T22:11:00.000-06:00

This has become one of my favorite pictures of how curly my hair has gotten. And it was shot with my phone. :-)

125/365 apple leaves

2011-05-05T21:30:00.001-06:00

124/365 lichen

2011-05-04T23:13:00.000-06:00

I always thought lichen was fascinating as a child. I mean, when I was child, I thought lichen was fascinating.

123/365 plastic vase

2011-05-03T21:09:00.001-06:00

Office Depot had these very interesting flat, plastic vases for $1.00. I figured I ought to try one out for that price. They actually work quite well and require minimal storage space when not containing a bouquet. I think I made a good purchase on this one.

122/365 alstro

2011-05-02T21:08:00.001-06:00

121/365 more apple blossoms

2011-05-01T20:23:00.003-06:00

Because they're beautiful and I love to photograph them.

120/365 chopper ride

2011-04-30T17:21:00.001-06:00

My brother-in-law got a helicopter ride for his birthday and was able to take two other people. So his daughters got to join him. This is my oldest niece, buckled in, headset on, ready for lift off.

119/365 chopper window {17*/52}

2011-04-29T20:19:00.001-06:00

118/365 bowling prizes

2011-04-28T20:10:00.001-06:00

117/365 lens spot

2011-04-27T20:58:00.001-06:00

116/365 malted milk ball love

2011-04-26T19:08:00.001-06:00

My brother-in-law LOVES malted milk balls. Fortunately his birthday is near Easter. Robin's Egg season.

115/365 monkey feet

2011-04-25T20:07:00.000-06:00

114/365 50 years

2011-04-24T20:05:00.001-06:00

My brother-in-law turned 50 this year. My sister made him the cutest, colorful cake.

113/365 intentional spill

2011-04-23T20:02:00.002-06:00

I needed an image of a spilled soda for a newsletter article. When I searched stock photography, I could find spilled milk, spilled wine, spilled water, but no spilled soda. So I staged my own.

112/365 crazy hair {16*/52}

2011-04-22T19:59:00.003-06:00