Day 31

Well one month down 11 more to go !!!!! I didn't have a clue what to do today, so I walked around the house looking for things to photograph. I decided on a silk rose and some pearls set up on a chair. I used a flash through an umbrella at 1/16th power. Added some textures and turned it into sepia.

Day 30

There was a "wolf moon" last night, I went out at 1 a.m. to photograph it. The wolf was taken at Triple D Ranch a few years back. Of course I wanted them to be included in the same photograph. There really needs to be a lot more work done on the selection of the wolf, but I am just toooo tired to do it tonight. Maybe another day I'll try to do this perfectly. Since the wolf was taken late afternoon and the moon at 1 a.m., I added some textures to make them blend a little better.

Day 29

I spent most of the day at the gallery setting up for the reception and then selling the art work that was so generously donated by local artist to support "Save the Children". The event is called heART TO HAITI. More info is on Day 26. I took some photos of the gallery and some of the artwork that was donated.
I followed a tutorial I found here

http://designtutorials4u.com/top-40-background-and-texture-tutorials-and-resources/
to create a desktop, then added the photos I took today and a pen and book and teacup that I got here
http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&id=1173014
I had a hard time trying to figure out the scale of the book and teacup compared to the photos. It's after midnight and I am exhausted. Today is the day I thought I might not get my photo of the day done.

Day 28

What a crazy day this was. I had to drive Kathryn to Jury Duty this morning and there was unexpected heavy snow. Driving home I ran into many accidents and cars sliding off the road. I got through it safely. It started up again later in the afternoon
as I was driving home from helping to hang all the art work that was donated to heARTS TO HAITI. I got my camera and shot a few frames of this garage a few blocks away from my house. I am always attracted to the winding driveway and today it stood out more than usual. I added some additional textures that I found here Click here for free textures by Visualogist! 
and here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34053291@N05/4036214820/
In addition I added a sepia, a vignette, and a floating mat.

Day 27

I took this around 1 a.m, after picking up my daughter Kathryn from celebrating her friends 21st birthday. She was cuddling with "Dude" so I shot off a couple shots. Both their eyes looked so big and full of expression, I couldn't resist. It was a good thing I took these after midnight, because I was so busy collecting art work today for heART FOR HAITI I just didn't have time to take any photos.

See http://heartforhaitict.tumblr.com/#

"This important fund-raising effort will take place on January 29 + 30 in five Connecticut galleries across Fairfield County who will open their doors to sell hundreds of donated works of art, with all proceeds benefiting Save the Children.

Visit the galleries, tell your friends, purchase art and support the artists whose generous donations will help make a difference in the lives of the people and families in Haiti."

Day26

I spent a good part of the day distributing these posters in Fairfield, Ct.
It's an event called heARTS FOR HAITI. See http://heartforhaitict.tumblr.com/#

"This important fund-raising effort will take place on January 29 + 30 in five Connecticut galleries across Fairfield County who will open their doors to sell hundreds of donated works of art, with all proceeds benefiting Save the Children.

Visit the galleries, tell your friends, purchase art and support the artists whose generous donations will help make a difference in the lives of the people and families in Haiti."

My challenge today was to use a laser to light paint hearts on the poster. I didn't realize how difficult it is to make a nice looking heart with a laser. I had to resort to taking a straight photo of the poster then add a heart brush, which I got here http://www.easyelements.com/free-photoshop-brushes.html#heart, then added 2 textures and finally a light vignette.
The funny part was trying to draw the heart with the laser as my puppy kept jumping up on the wall to try to get it.

Day 25

With 60 mile an hour winds and rain today, I thought this would be appropriate. This is my favorite Mexican restaurant Rio Borders in Norwalk CT. The colors just pop. I shot this through my car window with my point and shoot, then took another shot through my sky-roof in the car to get more drops and added that as a texture. The saturation of each individual color was raised for more impact.