Day 201/265

     Yesterday was a pretty dreary day, but when it rains that usually means you can have some fun with reflections on the road, especially at night when you get different colored lights involved. So day 201 is just a little abstract bit of fun; I'm not big on abstract photography all that often, but every once in a while it's fun to play around with everything. 

Day 193/365

     One of the assignments I covered today was the scavenging of lumber from the historic Mill End building in Bay City that's scheduled to be torn down in the near future. The lumber from the floors and shelving units are being donated to the local Habitat for Humanity to sell in their resale store. We got to walk around all four floors and the basement of the building, which was cool and sad at the same time. It really is an interesting building, and it's too bad that it's too expensive to refurbish everything that's wrong with it. We had to wear masks and go outside for breaks every once in a while since there was asbestos found in a good amount of the materials, (which is why more can't be donated or saved). I ended up taking the photo from today's post in the basement of the building. The building's owner, the Habitat for Humanity director, an MLive reporter, and a college student that was shadowing me today were standing at the base of the stairs talking, and I liked the way their shadows mixed with the colored reflections from the glass panes in front of the stairs on the floor above.

If you'd like to see other photos I took at the Mill End building today, you can find them on MLive here!

Day 153/365

     Sunday's belated post is one I took from my mom's car as we were driving out to her cabin in northeast Ohio. You can see great blue herons almost any time you drive out there, and this past weekend was no different. I wasn't quite ready when I took this first shot, but I like it anyways. 

Day 134/365

     Today's post is due to an experiment and also an accident. I was assigned to shoot a rehearsal of a local theatre troupe's interpretation of 'Cats,' and I had been taking some photos with my camera setup on a tripod since there was no flash allowed. I had been switching off between having the camera mounted and then using it with a high ISO, and when this picture was taken had forgotten to adjust the settings. I haven't purposely done long exposures to show movement in a while, but I think that'll change after tonight.