Mike Hoff Photo

Since completing my 365 last December I will be the first to admit that my motivation to take pictures has dwindled. I had hoped that re-upping this domain would provide me motivation to keep shooting, uploading, and discussing photography. But alas it did not. I don’t want to do another 365, I’m far too busy with work and life to make that a viable option.

Hopefully now that the weather has turned a bit warmer I’ll be better able to get out there and shoot. Also any and all photography related postings that I decide to make will appear on this blog and my Flickr, not on Crashweb.net. With that in mind, below are some of the images that I have managed to take recently. Hopefully I continue to get out there and shoot.

I have been home for a few days so Daisy has appeared in a few of my 365 photos. I may soon have to do a no daisy in 365 like I did for myself.

On Wednesday I got in my car and drove along the road that follows the Tulpehocken River, along the way I spotted a heron hanging out on the banks. I quickly turned my car around, pulled off the road, and grabbed my camera. I spent the next half hour sneaking closer and closer to the bird. By the end of it I was standing on a rock in the water with the bird across the river from me. This all lead to 139/365:

I have taken to bribing my friends to let me take their portraits using beer. The first one was a few days ago when I took my roommate’s picture. Thursday I bribed my friend Shane into letting me take his picture for my 365. I’m trying to go 20 days without taking a picture of myself, Shane was day 8.

I like this picture so much it deserves its own post. To take this I simply put a sheet up on my wall, arranged my 5 bulb lamp directly in front of me with the camera just below that. Few snaps and some photoshop work later this is what I got. 131/365