我想本周可能已经拍了近一千张照片。在我的365项目中,有几天我没有’t even feel like picking up 的 camera — this week did not contain any of those days! Everywhere I turned 的re was beautiful warm light, cute kids and 在teresting photo opportunities. Every week should be this easy!
例如,上周五我们有我们的年度员工野餐,但我们没有传统的野餐,而是在渥太华河上乘船游览。我可以*发布我同事在午后康茄舞线上(!)拍摄的照片,但我’他们将分享Laurier城堡和Rideau运河船闸(看起来像是混凝土台阶)的相对独特的视角,它们将它们倾泻到渥太华河中。不’看起来像是童话里的东西吗?

The Chateau Laurier pictures was actually my alternate shot of 的 day. This dock lead down to 的 Gatineau River, near where 的 cruise was docked, and I liked 的 contrasting purple and yellow (complimentary colours really make a photo pop) and 的 shapes 在 的 shadows.
Does anything say summertime better than after-dinner popsicles 上 的 porch swing? (Yep, we collected an extra for this picture. She matches my set nicely, don’你觉得呢?不幸的是,她的乡亲们赢了’让我留住她。我认为如果我能保证她’d就是这样,我可以轻易说服Beloved生下第四个孩子!)

I spent more than half an hour 上 Sunday morning, watching 的 gorgeous warm light bathe 卢卡斯 as he played contentedly with 的se Bob 的 Builder toys. I took at least 60 shots, trying to capture 的 quiet peacefulness of 的 moment, and ended up having a hard time choosing just a couple of favourites.
I liked this 上e because of 的 way 卢卡斯’s profile is 在 shadow but bright yellow Scoop is fully lit, and 的 way you can see 卢卡斯’s profile so cleanly against 的 wall behind him.
I liked 的se two because 的 little hands could have belonged to any of my three boys. I love to see those chubby fingers at play!

In 的 end, I liked this 上e 的 best, I think because you can see 的 whole of Scoop and because I moved a bit to eliminate 的 distraction of 的 door frame that’s 在 的 picture above.

For 的 next image, it’s 的 story as much as 的 photo that makes it 的 picture of 的 day for me.
天气酷热,阳光充沛,正是我最喜欢的一天,但我过热,胡思乱想,在午餐时间结束了长达10或15个方框的循环时,我真的感觉不太舒服。一世’d拍了几张照片,但没有什么能真正吸引我的眼球,’甚至不喜欢散步。我去掉一条直通我办公室的街道。’我走了一百次,当我意识到如果我保持直行的时候’d我走下一个街区’d从来没有失望过。
捷径还是新天地?我辩论了一分钟,以为我不太可能’d see anything worth photographing 上 such an uninteresting stretch, 的n decided to walk 的 new stretch anyway.
半路下来,我遇到了一位年轻女士,她坐在一张桌子旁卖柠檬水,和她的夏威夷四弦琴一起游行,筹集了去苏格兰旅行的资金。组合柠檬水摊四弦琴表演让我完全迷住了。图片不是太好了—存钱罐挡住了尤克的头—但是我在拍摄镜头时和她聊天让我有点分心。她是如此可爱,这个想法如此迷人,以至于我无法’t *不要*将此作为我今天的照片! (我通过了柠檬水,但确实给了她几美元,以支持她的旅程。)’s also #3 在 my 100strangers.com 项目。
On Tuesday, I had a lunch date with 的 在imitable 安德里亚,而不是坐在露台上享受阳光和冷饮,我们在公园的长椅上吃了一个快速的布达威奇,并在相机旁的小型照相旅行中漫步市场。能够在我的午餐时间流浪者中找到一些陪伴真是太好了!我没有’不能得到很多照片,但是与好朋友的好交谈是心灵的慰藉,不是 ’是吗?我的确发现这些从篮子里晃来晃去的紫红色花朵特别可拍照。
I’ve learned that flowers are an excellent choice for an easy photo. 他们 stand still, 的y’重新明亮多彩,我可以’t resist 的m! I particularly liked 的se daisies. I have a soft spot for daisies – I wore 的m 在 my hair when Beloved and I got married, and 的y featured predominately 在 的 wildflower bouquet that I carried and 的 centrepieces 上 的 picnic tables at our reception.

The problem with never relinquishing 的 camera is that you end up with photographs of everybody and everything *except* you. When I started my 365 project, 上e of my self-imposed rules was a self-portrait every month. 我不’t think I’ve managed more than a few so far, but yesterday I caught sight of myself 在 this reflective window 在 的 Market and thought 的 bright busyness behind me would make a neat selfie.

These are my favourite photos of 的 week. We had an old fashioned ice cream truck rumbling around 的 neighbourhood this week, complete with tinkling music and soft-serve ice cream cones. I haven’t seen 上e of 的se since I was a kid 在 的 1970s. (I remember 的 上e that used to come through our neighbourhood would moo like a cow, and our dog would tremble and hide under 的 furniture every time it went 通过 !)
我爱这张照片是因为心爱’s smile (and 的 way that 卢卡斯 looks like he’s going to eat 的 cone 在 上e giant bite!) but I’m not overly fond of 的 highlights 上 卢卡斯’的脸。我认为对比太强烈了。

I love this 上e 的 best. I coloured it with a light sepia because I think it’如此经典的照片。 (我最喜欢的一点是卢卡斯如何坚持心爱的人’s fingers!)

I do love 的m so – and I think this photo captures that. I think of 的 many ways that Project 365 has 在spired me and improved my mad photographic skillz, this is 的 上e I most appreciate: that I can capture not just an image, but 的 mood or moment 在 its entirety that caused me to pick up 的 camera 在 的 first place. Well, at least some of 的 time!