Week 6 - Memorial Day Weekend

The week started with my first attempt at an ultra-wide lens.  I'm going to try to use this lens weekly until I get the hang of it.   More flowers mid-week, then Memorial Day weekend on Martha's Vineyard capped off the photos.

Day 42/May 28 - Rickard's Bakery, Edgartown

Day 41/May 27 - Lonely Iris

Day 40/May 26 - Plum Tree Leaves

Day 39/May 25 - Hosta

Day 38/May 24 - Thunder Clouds

Day 37/May 232 - Dogwood Blossoms #2

Day 36/May 22 - Cows on Katama Farm

Week 5 - Martha's Vineyard Season Begins

The Martha's Vineyard season has begun for me - we'll be spending most weekends on the Island.  So expect more Vineyard photos and less Westford photos.  I hope there will be many fish photos (boring to some, not so boring to others).  The weather has been rainy, foggy, and just down right lousy.  But I think I took some decent photos this week...

Day 35/May 21 - Boat in Fog

Day 34/May 20 - Makonikey Sunset

Day 33/May 19 - Turn to Clear Vision

Day 32/May 18 - Full Service, Cash or Credit

Day 31/May 17 - "Twins" en route to Paris, France

Day 30/May 16 - Dogwood Blossoms

Day 29/May 15 - Pink Tulip #3

Week 4 - More Spring

The Spring flowers are giving me a good colorful subject to take photos of.  It makes me wonder what I'll be taking pictures of come January/February 2012?

This week started with seeing the Celtics lose Playoff Game 4 against the Miami Heat.  It ended with Thomas' 1st Communion.

Oh, and I did acquire 2 new lenses this week.  A wide angle Tokina 11-16mm f2.8, which I plan to use for Martha's Vineyard beach photos, and a Nikkor 35mm f/1.8, which I used for the last shot (Thomas) this week.

Day 28/May 14 - Thomas' First Communion

Day 27/May 13 - Japanese Maple in front of an Evening Sky

Day 26/May 12 -Bugleweed (Ajuga)

Day 25/May 11 - Dandelion

Day 24/May 10 - Bleeding Hearts

Day 23/May 9 - Boston Celtics v. Miami Heat - Game 4

Day 22/May 8 - Daffodil (Narcissus)

Week 3 - Tulips

Day 21/May 7 - Pink Tulip #2

Day 20/May 6 - Red Maple in the Evening.

Day 19/May 5 - Pink Tulip #1.

Day 18/May 4 - Survivor Night (Karen was in Atlanta).

Day 17/May 3 - Neighbor Butterscotch's (in rear) last photo.  He met his maker (a red fox) within an hour after this picture was taken!

Day 16/May 2 - We got him!

Day 15/May 1 - Menemsha Blues Cafe, Vineyard Haven, MA.

Week 2 - Spring

Day 14/April 30 - Harbor Seal Pup on South Beach, Martha's Vineyard.

Day 13/April 29 - Plum tree in bloom.

Day 12/April 28 - Grape Hyacinths in my  yard.

Day 11/April 27 - Maseratti on Rt 40.

Day 10/April 26 - Plum tree on the verge of blooming.

Day 9/April 25 - Daffodils in my yard. 

 

Day 8/April 24 - Easter Sunday Piekos Family Photo.

Week 1 - Washington D.C.

Week 1 started with a long weekend in Washington DC, my first time being a tourist in the city.

Day 7/April 23 - Rain on the TL

Day 6/April 22 - Karen at Chuck's Father's funeral.

Day 5/April 21 - The fine work of Troy, our Landscaper.

Day 4/April 20 - These shrubs to be ripped out.

Day 3/April 19 - The Washington Monument.

Day 2/April 18 - Vodka Martinis at the W, overlooking the White House.

Day 1/April 17 - The JFK Eternal Flame at Arlington National Cemetery.

Project 48

Beyond  my professional passion of delivering software products, my personal passions include running, fishing and photography (not necessarily in that order!).   I've decided to kick off a year long project with one of my passions:  photography.  I plan on taking at least one picture a day during my 48th year here on earth.  People have done this before.  I haven't.  There are a number of groups on Flickr and such where people take a photo of themselves every day.  I won't be doing that, specifically.  I'm viewing this effort as a photo journal of sorts, of my 48th year, that will hopefully including a good portion of  nice photos in the mix.

My goals:

1. Learn more about my camera(s) and photography.
2. Use and learn all of my lenses.
3. Become better at photography.
4. Have fun and capture some great photos.

My rules:

1. I must personally take the photo.
2. I must take at least one photo each day, from April 17, 2011 up to and including April 16, 2012.
3. Any digital camera is allowed, including my iPhone, though I will give preference to my DSLR, currently a Nikon D80.  
4. Any settings on the camera are allowed.
5. Any subject matter is allowed. Some pictures will be boring (hopefully not many), and hopefully some will be interesting to great.

Equipment at the start of this project (yes, assumption is this will change over the year!):

Cameras:

• Nikon D80
• Nikon CoolPix S70 
• iPhone 4

 Lenses:

• Nikkor 18-200mm VR 3.5-5.6G
• Nikkor 50mm 1.8D
• Nikkor 18-55mm VR 3.5-5.6G

I'll post weekly entries here that will include the 7 photos of that week.  

Perhaps in some future year I'll fish every day of the year... I can't wait!

Self Portrait, Day 1, in Washington DC. 

Thanks for visiting,


John Piekos