Day 34: Nachos

You have to have some snack foods during the Super Bowl! What's better than melted cheese and taco meat on chips? The only thing that would have made this a better Super Bowl was if the Steelers had won, but you can't win them all.

"I like vending machines because snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at the store, oftentimes I will drop it so that is achieves its maximum flavor potential." -Mitch Hedberg

Day 33: Music

Music is such a big part of our lives! It seems like as I've gotten older I appreciate it more and more. It somehow can express something that is not expressible in words.

"Music is the universal language of mankind." -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Day 32: Sunsetting

My favorite number! 32 days into this photography project and I can't wait for the other 333 days. Today I thought I'd capture the sun setting. The day was so nice I was able to get a photo without my hands freezing too. In just the last 21 days I can already tell I'm learning to use my camera better and quickly know how to change the settings to get the desired photo. I also thought I'd mention that in the right-upper corner a bird flew by and it is not a speck of dirt on my lens. The weekend is here!

"Science will never be able to reduce the value of a sunset to arithmetic. Nor can it reduce friendship or statesmanship to a formula." -Dr. Louis Orr

Day 31: Coca-Cola Machine

Again I was working with light as I continue to learn more about how my camera works in different lighting situations. Tonight I took a picture of a Coca-Cola machine that was outside. Anytime I see a Coca-Cola machine now it reminds me of the scene in the movie Dr. Strangelove. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUAK7t3Lf8s).

"You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company." -from the movie Dr. Strangelove

Day 30: Pogs

Today I was talking with some friends at school and one of us mentioned pogs. What a great thing so many of us collected! I don't know anyone who actually played the game though. When I got home I had to dig out the small collection I still have.

"Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. They forget. They don't remember what it's like to be 12 years old. They patronize, they treat children as inferiors. Well I won't do that." -Walt Disney

Scholastic Photography Portfolio

I had a few requests to post the eight photographs I submitted to the Scholastic Art contest on this blog. Here you go! This is from my senior year (2010) and for which I nationally won a Silver Key. Kristen is the foot model.

"Close your eyes and tap your heels three times. And think to yourself, 'There's no place like home.'"- Wizard of Oz

Day 29: Light

After I chauffeured my sister around I drove around a little while until I saw one of the many churches in Washington. It was lit beautifully so I couldn't pass up the opportunity to photograph it. I quickly got this shot while it was pouring rain.

"There is not enough darkness in the world to put out the light of even one small candle." -Robert Alden