Day 122 - Crispy Chicken and Rice

It's another food photo today. I went out for Vietnamese food with my cousins and my friend today and my friend ordered this very well put together dish. I'm always very impressed by how restaurants make these dishes look so appetizing. It's been a good year I think. Let's hope next year is even better.

Happy New Year Everyone!

Day 121 - Vintage Necklace

My friend bought this in a vintage store and was very proud of it. I think it has a specific name or something but I forget. It feels like this week's gone by so fast. It's almost time to get back to work again.

Day 120 - Basket of Goodies

Admittedly this is a lazy photo. It's just one of those gift baskets that we got and I just put it on the carpet and took a super quick shot of it. I'm trying to convince myself that those unflattering shadows are artistic or something. Lighting is simply mysterious.

Day 119 - Still got Christmas Spirit

Today I was at a store called Remark's and it was such a quaint little store. I wasn't quite sure what these things were. I think they're for bouquets but I'm not sure why they were $7.99 each.

Day 118 - Windmill

I went to see the doctor's today and so I think I'll be feeling better. I was a little lazy today so this photo is just a windmill model against the window. Our window was very dirty so there were a lot of gross specs that I had to get rid of. The sky had such a beautiful colour today.

Day 117 - Piano

I'm not feeling too well today. Yesterday I was feeling absolutely dandy but today it feels like everything's not right. It's a combination of feverish, sore throat, headache and just overall pain. I remember last year I was also sick during the holidays. Oh well, as long as I feel better eventually.

This is a picture of our piano. I used to play but I quit, and then my sister played but she also quit. It's just sitting there acting as a decoration now, and every once in a while we'll play one-handed song or something.

Day 116 - Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! I hope you all enjoyed it. I ran around the house looking for something festive and I ended up with this. I might have over-edited but it was looking a little strange beforehand. Eat heartily!

Day 115 - Homemade Christmas Tree Ornament

This is an ornament that I "made" a few years ago. I guess I didn't really make it, I just painted it. I remember being very proud of it though. I thought I was very crafty.

Day 114 - Joy to the World

I went to Bowring today and there were lots of holiday decorations. I'm actually not sure if you're allowed to take photos in stores. I think it depends on a lot of things but I always feel like some fugitive or something with a camera in store.

Day 113 - Belgium Chocolate Cups

I'm at my cousins today. My aunt had a box of Belgium chocolates and they were absolutely delicious. I may have eaten too many though.

Day 112 - Who Lives in a Pineapple Under the Sea?

I'm back in Windsor and it feels nice to do absolutely nothing. This is a photo of my sister's aquarium that's fairly new. The crooked pineapple is really bothering me but I'm too lazy to change it.

Day 111 - Crows Crow

I'm done. I feel like I have overworked my brain for the past few weeks but now I get to take a super long mental break. While I was studying today, these crows outside my house were going crazy and were just cawing for such a long time. It was a little scary and ominous for some reason.

Day 110 - Hanging Binder Clips

I only have one more exam left. I'm so excited to finally go home and see my family. I'll be able to spend more time on photography and reading. This is all quite motivating.

Today's photo is just a bunch of binder clips that I thought were interestingly coloured and patterned. I didn't really know how to take a photo of them so I ended up hanging them with yarn. I got to play a little bit with my flash today.

Day 109 - Who doesn't love bubble wrap?

Part of the reason I love buying things online is that they usually come with bubble wrap. It's a big bonus for me and it just provides so much fun. The sound, the texture and just the whole process of popping bubble wrap is so exciting.

Day 108 - The End of the World

I'm not so sure why I decided to go with a title that was so dramatic. I spent a very long time deciding whether I wanted this to be in a landscape or portrait orientation. This is actually a photo of a ceiling light we have in our house. I originally thought it was a very ugly light fixture but then I noticed the smoke-like patterns on it. I guess I just have to look at things closer.

Day 107 - Light Swirls

Well this was fun to do. I'm actually really happy with this. I remember seeing a lot of abstract wallpapers similar to this and having no idea how they were all done but somehow I kind of accidentally made one.

Day 106 - Canon Speedlite 430EX II

I was so excited when I saw a package with my address on my desk. I can finally experiment with lighting! I have absolutely no idea how to use it and I just quickly glanced at the instruction manual but I shall be playing around with it soon enough! I'm feeling a little blind right now because I kept flashing the light at myself. That was a bad idea, but at least I know that now.

My desk is still very messy from "studying" but that will change soon enough. This picture is kind of lazy but I liked the interesting bokeh and the slight rainbow colour on the right of the flash.

Day 105 - Icey Abstract

I was actually planning on taking a photo indoors today but I couldn't resist taking a picture of icicles when I saw them on our roof. I couldn't get a nice angle of the photo without distracting background, so I ended editing it... a lot. I played around with it for a long time but in the end I liked this random abstract thing.

Day 104 - Frosted Branch

I'm still enjoying winter. Everything just looks so pretty covered in a white blanket of snow. I'm sure in a month or two I'll be sick of it though.

Day 103 - Winter Water

I woke up early today and looked out the window and it was snowing so much. For some reason, I decided to take a short mini photo walk. I wish there was better focus in this photo but it always looks so much better on the little LCD screen.

Day 102 - Pill Capsule Notes

I'm back to the harsh shadows now, but at least I noticed it. It's so hard to find lighting now that it gets so dark so quickly.

These are strange little pill capsules with mini blank notes inside them. I'm not so sure why I have them but this is the first time I've "used" them. The other day I was looking around random photo streams and was amazed with some of the crazy photo manipulations out there. After all these exams are over, I'd like to play around with Photoshop some more again.

Day 101 - Camera Necklace

I have turned taking a photo and uploading it into my daily study break. I searched my room for a very long time to find a subject to take a photo of. I think by the end of this, I will have taken a photo of pretty much everything in my room.

I'm happy with how the lighting with this. I avoided the super harsh shadows! I'm starting to notice the lighting and shadows in all my photos now... I used to just snap and not pay attention at all. This is good.

Day 100 - Paw Prints

It's already Day 100? That went fast. It just seems so natural to take a photo every day now. I do feel that the quality goes up and down due to life sometimes. I was looking through other's Project 365s and I find it amazing when people can produce high quality creative photos EVERY SINGLE DAY. I'm already trying to decide what I want to do after I finish my 365... I suppose I still have 265 days left to decide.

I looked out our backyard window today and noticed that there were paw prints in the snow. It was probably the kitty that visits. We weren't there to feed him/her and so he/she probably just gave up. I'm so concerned about the kitty though. I hope he/she will be able to fight the winter.

Day 99 - Fake Flowers

I went to my friend's house again to study and her house is so clean. It feels like one of those houses in movies, where everything is placed to serve a purpose. There were these fake flowers on the dining table and I thought they made a good photo subject.

Day 98 - Exam Dinner

Today was just another boring study day. I already feel like I'm burned out but I still have two weeks left. This was my dinner for today, with a bunch of books and textbooks around it but you don't quite see it in this photo.

Day 97 - BA II-Plus

I had to take a photo from my desk today because I just ate a giant bowl of instant noodles and I swear I can't move. This is the calculator and books from my actuarial science "mathematical interest theory" course and it will be my frienemy for the next week. I think in the next few weeks, I'll have a few more of these lazy exam day photos...

Day 96 - Here Kitty Kitty

The cat came back! This time we fed it milk and fish balls. Today the kitty seemed more frightened than normal. I hope it's okay for the winter.

Day 95 - Winter Hat

It was so cold today it was burning. This is the hat that I have been sporting recently. I got it last weekend and it certainly keeps my ears on me. I've been taking a lot of dark photos lately. I wanted something light. It was a really lazy photo too. I'll get back into photography mode when there's less exams to worry about.

Day 94 - Christmas Lights at Victoria Park

Today was the second last day of class. I'm one day closer to exams... This is a park in Kitchener called Victoria Park and it's very well decorated. It's honestly starting to look a lot like Christmas. It's so exciting.

Day 93 - Snowflake

I took this while waiting at the bus stop today. It was almost a perfect snowflake. The snowflake landed on my jacket and it's quite obvious that I need a lint roller for my jacket... or maybe just a new jacket.

Day 92 - Snowfall

I brought my kit lens out today. Usually I'm just with my nifty fifty but I still ended up getting as close as I could get. I think I was going for a grainy film look. It gets so dark so quickly nowadays... I might have to continue relying on high ISO for a while until I figure something out.

Day 91 - Rainy Bus Windows

I was on the bus today going to the mall and was just shooting randomly. This was from the inside of the bus. It was pretty wet and gloomy today. Thank goodness for my new purchase of rain boots the other day. I feel like December is going to be full of abstract shots and Christmas shots...

Day 90 - Dirty Door

I never realized how many marks and scratches were on our doors until this photo. I was feeling lazy and wanted a texture photo today so that I can use it as a stock pattern or something for later.

Day 89 - Juicy Couture Bracelet

I am back in Waterloo again. It's time for the reality of school and bills. After finals will be another break. Christmas is my next motivator.

Day 88 - International House of Pancakes

I'm late for uploading again. We woke up at around 2:00pm today and then we went to the International House of Pancakes (IHOP) and had a huge breakfast/lunch/dinner since it was the only meal we had today. We then went to two malls again and then we watched the movie Burlesque. I really enjoyed the movie but unfortunately, since we watched the late show, I missed the "deadline" to upload my photo. Again, at least I have a photo. I think I'll forgive myself as long as I take a photo every day.

P.S. The International House of Pancakes (IHOP) has DELICIOUS pancakes.

Day 87 - Christmas is Coming

Well, this is depressing. At least it's an interesting story though. 25 hours ago, at 1:22am, my friends and I left Waterloo to go to Buffalo, New York. The drive was about two and a half hours and we arrived at around 4:00am at the Walden Galleria mall for Black Friday shopping. The number of people awake at that time was ridiculous. There were so many people lined up in the freezing cold for doorbuster deals. We shopped for about 10 hours with no sleep, I think it's actually kind of impressive. We weren't done after that. We went to a Burlington Coat Factory, an Electronic store called Ultimate, Target and K-mart. We had dinner at about 3:00pm. When we got to the hotel, we were all pretty exhausted, but we were all doing online shopping and I was going to upload my photo. I had my camera, laptop, Photoshop, Flickr and Blogger all ready in front of me and was ready to upload my photo at around 7:00pm. I put my head down for a second while waiting for YouTube video to load. Somehow, when I woke up it was 2:00am...

I think today's sort of an extenuating circumstance. At least I took a photo, and somewhere in the world it's still Friday right now (San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver etc.). I was really upset but I'm okay with it now. I think I'll continue to do some more online shopping because I can't sleep yet.

This is a photo of one of the Christmas tree displays they had at Target. I really wanted to take a lot of photos in stores today but I had a lot of bags with me and there were just so many people that I was afraid of dropping my camera. Plus, I'm still not completely comfortable with the weird looks that some people give. I do like how there are other Christmas trees in the background that made for a nice bokeh effect though.

Day 86 - Lego Earphones

Today's a lazy photo again. I'll be going to shopping tomorrow for the Black Friday weekend so hopefully I'll get some more interesting photos this weekend. I bought these earphones a while ago because they were on sale and I thought they were interesting but I have yet to use them.

Day 85 - Pentagonal Lights

I went to the UW photo club meeting again and today there was a challenge where everyone was given a different set of camera settings and people would have to find something to take a photo of with those settings. My assigned settings were: 1/500 shutter speed, f4.0 aperture and 1400 ISO. I had a lot of problems with getting light so I ended up just taking a photo of these abstract lights.

Day 84 - Noodles in Hot Dogs

My friend saw a photo of noodles in hot dogs online and so we decided to try it out for ourselves. You just have to put the spaghetti inside the hot dogs before you boil everything. It was actually quite delicious.

Day 83 - After the Rain

It gets so dark so quickly nowadays. I took this under an hour ago and now I'm looking out the window and it's already really dark. I really miss nature pictures. After all these midterms and finals are over, I would like to take a dedicated photo walk. It has certainly been a long time since the last time I've done so.

Day 82 - Light Switch

Today's a quick photo. I am starting to realize that I really need to start studying again. I was considering fixing the flaws in the wall of this photo but decided that all the holes in the wall kind of gave it a little bit of personality. This is the light switch in my friend's room and for some reason it's the only one with a different cover thing.

Day 81 - Shoe Rack

I am in London right now visiting some friends. This is just a quick little photo of their shoe rack.

Day 80 - Tool Fence

This is the side of house of our current neighbours. This photo actually came out more interesting than I thought it would be. I'd like to take more pictures during the day. Natural sunlight is so much nicer than the yellow light a lamp provides.

Day 79 - Take a Bow

This is a a photo of a little bow clip that I put on a mirror. It's been a very tiring week.

Day 78 - Rainbow Rice Krispies

I bought a pack of rice krispies so that would be able to have a snack break during school but I end up always just eating them at home.

Day 77 - Piggy Flashlight

I wanted to go with a dark background for a change. This little piggy key has a heart shaped button on the button that you press for light. I found this in one of my miscellaneous storage boxes and discovered a lot of tinkers I forgot I had. I think I'll be taking photos of those soon.

Day 76 - Oh My

Lighting and Photoshop has not been very kind to me today but I don't really have the time to be as meticulous as I'd like due to a midterm tomorrow. The background really makes me cringe but I'm surprised I was able to make such a surprised face. I don't think there has ever been a real situation that called for that reaction thus far in my life.

Note: The background looks less distracting on Black

Day 75 - Penguin Bobblehead from Mexico

I'm not sure why, but I seem to really enjoy the square crop. Anyways, this is a souvenir my friend bought me from Mexico. They were bought with the Turtle Bobbleheads from Mexico on my Day 48 of my Project 365.

Day 74 - Mango Mochi

This is a mango mochi, it's a Japanese snack that I enjoy very much. I don't think I made it look as delicious as it really is but nevertheless.

Sometimes I feel like my photography is lacking consistency. I feel like my photos are so random. It seems everyone has a style and I'm afraid I might not have one. I guess that's why I'm doing this project so that I can experiment and discover it.

Day 73 - Joe Poster

The other day I decided to put this up on my wall. My friend made these for me on my last birthday and they seem very decorative and make my room seem a lot more happier.