July 5 - 186/365

50mm lens, f/2.8, 1/320, ISO 200

We bought this wood mantle from someone who lives down the street from us months ago. But it has been sitting in our garage since then, patiently waiting to be lightly touched up and mounted in our family room. Finally, we got around to fixing it up tonight, including a light coat of stain to darken the wood a bit. The end result looks great! In the next few days we'll get it mounted inside and I can't wait to see the result.

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July 4 - 185/365

50mm lens, f/11, 1/2, ISO 200

Happy 4th of July! We celebrated our holiday by having a cookout with our parents, and capped off the evening with some commercial fireworks we bought at a stand down the street. A nice relaxing evening with family and no crowds to fight after the "show" was over!

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July 3 - 184/365

50mm lens, f/1.8, 1/4, ISO 400

This image definitely goes into that "I don't know how I managed to take this" folder. I was coming home late at night from a movie with friends and was looking around outside in the dark for photo since my day was just about up and I needed a photo still. I had already tried capturing lightning bugs the other day unsuccessfully, but another one caught my eye. It was barely blinking, but also not moving in a tree next to our driveway. When I tried to get a closer look, I realized that what I had actually spotted in the dark was a lightning bug caught up in a spider web. I ran inside to grab my speedlight flash and somehow managed to focus well enough in the pitch black dark to get this image of the spider spinning its web while holding on to its midnight snack. Can't believe I even saw it, let alone managed to capture it.

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July 2 - 183/365

Canon PowerShot SD600

Our first wedding of the season. Our friends, Fred and Lauren, had a beautiful wedding at the Annapolis Marriott Waterfront. I only brought my smaller point & shoot camera, so most of my images didn't turn out as well in the lower light situations. Even this one was a bit blurry, but I loved the interaction between the bride & groom and the beautiful harbor backdrop that I chose it over the other "better quality" pictures.

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July 1 - 182/365

28-135mm lens @ 28mm, f/3.5, 2sec, ISO 800

I've been thinking about taking this image for a while. In fact, I think I've attempted it a few times before, but it never quite turned out right. Tonight, I thought I would give it another shot (literally, I guess). This time I loved the angle of the window drapes and the red color [no digitally added/enhanced] that glowed from the outside lighting. Perfect.

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June 30 - 181/365

28-135mm lens @ 47mm, f/6.3, 1/40, ISO 200

An abstract image of electrical wire I saw while bike riding around the neighborhood.

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June 29 - 180/365

28-135mm lens @ 53mm, f/4.5, 1/30, ISO 1600

Anyone else finding a bit of difficulty with inspiration these days? 6+ months through and I'm starting to struggle if there aren't any events or activities going on. My husband came up with this idea. Movement from a ceiling fan in our family room. Not bad, but I'm going to need to start thinking harder for ideas.

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