Capture Your 365

Clouds, rust, and workout clothes – that sums up my week of photos for you, so here they are:

extraordinary in the ordinary

ISO 200, 50mm, f/6.3, 1/2500 sec

Day 237 – Extraordinary In The Ordinary: I don’t know about you, but there is something special about a beautiful cloud filled sky in the summer time. Have you ever just sat and watched the clouds go by and tried to imagine what the different shapes could be? We can so easily miss this simple things in our day when we are too busy moving from one thing to the next. I know many of us have a lot we need to accomplish each day, but I hope you take time to stop and be thankful for all that God has created for us to enjoy.

rust

ISO 400, 50mm, f/4.5, 1/250 sec

Day 240 – Rust: When I first saw the prompt for this day, I have to admit, I wasn’t too excited about it. I mean, really, rust? How exciting can that be? But I decided to poke around my backyard to see if I could even find anything that had rust on it. Then I remembered! The windows in my beach backyard retreat probably had some rust on them. Bingo! And bokeh! I guess this just goes to show me that even something as simple as rust can make a great photo.

fashion statement

ISO 800, 26mm, f/4.2, 1/30 sec

Day 241 – Fashion Statement: So you won’t see me walking around at a fashion show wearing this get up, but this is what I wear three times a week when I go out for my morning walk. An old Disney California Adventure T-shirt, cut off sweats, sneakers, and my iPhone. I take along my iPhone to keep track of my time and distance using MapMyWalk, and I listen to my walking station on Pandora. Fashionable? No. Comfortable? Yes!

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pink

ISO 100, 50mm, f/2.2, 1/80 sec

Day 229 – Pink: Pink is not my color, blue is. My home is decorated with lots of blue and I have a lot of clothes that are blue. It is hard for me to find pink things around my home. It was getting to the end of day and I remembered that I still needed to capture a photo from my day. A cloud filled evening sky usually has some shades of pink, so I stepped outside and saw this lovely summer evening sky with just a few shades of pink. Perfect!

measured

ISO 100, 50mm, f/2.2, 1/50 sec

Day 230 – Measured:Pinterest is a wonderful way for me to store recipes that I want to try (I even have a whole board devoted to recipes I would love to try!) No more piles of clippings from magazines collecting dust in my home. But every now and then, there is a recipe I find that sits on my counter just begging me to give it a try. And since I had just about all of the ingredients at home on this summer day, I decided to make it!

spin

ISO 100, 50mm, f/14, 1/80 sec

Day 233 – Spin: Kelsey and I were meeting a young mom from church at one of our local parks. Since I knew they had swings, I just had to bring my camera along! She wasn’t spinning too quickly, so I knew I didn’t need too fast of a shutter speed to freeze the motion. This was my favorite one out of the bunch. I love how her braid is ‘flying’ out away from her. And I love that my 13 year old daughter is not ‘too old’ to swing for me.

abundant

ISO 400, 50mm, f/16, 1/320 sec

Day 234 – Abundant: Kelsey and I were able to spend the whole day with friends up in the foothills today. My friend and I were able to talk all day long while the girls played, chatted, swam, and made fun videos. It was a wonderful day! On the way home, I knew I wanted to capture the sunset. We pulled over a couple of times to get just the right shot. I love the sun flares on this one.

local landscape

ISO 200, 50mm, f/6.3, 1/80 sec

Day 235 – Local Landscape: As I have mentioned before, there are some days when we just stay home all day long. I could have driven around town to find something away from our home to photograph for this prompt, but why not take a picture of my own backyard since it is part of my local landscape and a place I enjoy spending time. Especially reading over in those red chairs with my iced coffee.

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I am on photo overload right now! So many photos to edit! But I did manage to complete four of the photo prompts for this last week.

clouds

ISO 100, 18mm, f/5.6, 1/4000 sec

Day 86 – Hunt: I just love clouds in a blue sky! Do you ever look for shapes in the clouds? When the sky is filled with clouds like these, I love to take a moment to ‘hunt’ for things in the clouds. Makes you wish for those days when you could lay out on a blanket in the afternoon and watch the clouds roll by.

washing machine

ISO 800, 55mm, f/13, 0.6 sec

Day 87 – Flowing: Now why would I take a picture of my washing machine filling up? Because I was trying to get some blurred water shots. Also, since we have hard water where we live, I have found that cleaning my washing machine every few months helps it clean my clothes better. I know, boring picture, but it completely fit the photo prompt!

bare feet

ISO 100, 55mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec

Day 88 – Minimal: Ahhh, bare feet! I just love when the weather starts to get warm enough here that I can walk around in bare feet and not have to put socks on!

hard boiled eggs

ISO 100, 48mm, f/5.6, 1/10 sec

Day 89 – Dyed: plain, white, boring hard boiled eggs. That is what we had for Easter this year. My kids really didn’t want to dye eggs this year. But I still did a batch of hard boiled eggs because my husband loves them!

So that is my week of Capture Your 365. Did you take any fun pictures this past week?