Day 134 - Great Mom - 24 Apr 2011

This is my grandmother, Lucille Roth. She picked up the name "Great Mom" when she became a great grandmother and that was too many syllables for the kids to say.

Though she is in her mid-nineties there is still an indomitable spark to her character that has been there as long as I've known her.

She's seen so much in her 9+ decades that I wonder what she was thinking about in this moment of contemplation. Probably something along the lines of "He better not be taking my picture."

Day 125 - Heat Wave - 15 Apr 2011

Still working on that thing where I am trying to take more portraits. When my friend came by and was sitting on my porch, drinking my beer, and chatting with my wife while I was trying to work, I thought it would be a good chance.

If you know this person, I hope you think this picture did a good job in summing her up. She is a happy, social person who enjoys good friends and good beer and will wear a sweater when it is 80 degrees out.

Make your own jokes about the name of the beer.

Day 50 - Under Ten - 30 Jan 2011

You wouldn't know it by looking, but something I am trying to do this time around is take more portraits. It is certainly one area where my photography skills are lacking, so this could be a good opportunity for improvement. The specific kind of portraits I'd like to get good at taking are Environmental Portraits. Wikipedia defines these as:

An environmental portrait is a portrait executed in the subject's usual environment, such as in their home or workplace, and typically illuminates the subject's life and surroundings. By photographing a person in their natural surroundings, it is thought that you will be able to better illuminate their character, and therefore portray the essence of their personality, rather than merely a likeness of their physical features.

So anyway, at least you now know what I was trying to do with this shot. Hopefully you will see more of these in the next 315 days.

Day 20 - Shelley Knows - Dec 31 2010

No one I would rather end the year with.