4th of July [Day 2011]
- On July 4, 2014
- By Brian J. Matis
- In Photo a day
Photo-a-Day: Year 6, Day 185 – Total Days: 2,011
Several years ago I bought a pair of blue Converse All-Stars shoes. I soon followed that up by getting a pair of red ones. And ever since then, every 4th of July, I mismatch them in order to get into the Independence Day spirit. It’s always great fun when someone notices them — almost always bring a laugh or a smile.
Happy 4th of July!
Squares of colored light [Day 2010]
- On July 3, 2014
- By Brian J. Matis
- In Photo a day
Photo-a-Day: Year 6, Day 184 – Total Days: 2,010
I‘ve had the pleasure of providing daycare for a friend’s daughter, Willow, this week (one of the perks of going entirely freelance is that my schedule is now my own and I’m free to handle jobs like this. The pay is way less, but it feels much more meaningful in so many ways!)
We’ve done fun things like going to the park, getting ice cream, hiking around the neighborhood and up some nearby hills, and today, we had an extra special trip to the San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum! (Don’t let the name fool you though, it’s not a museum about children ;-)
It’s got all sorts of fun things to interact with, explore, and experiment on. One of the more interesting photo opportunities was this one light table that had transparent, colored, magnetic shapes you could put together. Willow built this large surface with walls and I just loved how the colors and shapes came together to create a neat abstract design that I thought would photograph well. So of course, I pulled out my iPhone and grabbed a few shots in order to come up with today’s photo of the day.
Coca-Cola [Day 2009]
- On July 2, 2014
- By Brian J. Matis
- In Photo a day
Photo-a-Day: Year 6, Day 183 – Total Days: 2,009
Read More»westley [Day 2008]
- On July 1, 2014
- By Brian J. Matis
- In Photo a day
Photo-a-Day: Year 6, Day 182 – Total Days: 2,008
Went out for a nice evening walk with friends. I thought Westley’s shirt was pretty fantastic.
tools of the trade [2007]
- On June 30, 2014
- By Brian J. Matis
- In Photo a day
Photo-a-Day: Year 6, Day 181 – Total Days: 2,007
Got my coffee, MacBook Air, and a copy of WordPress: the missing manual — that’s how you can tell it’s time to get to work!
beef stew [2006]
- On June 29, 2014
- By Brian J. Matis
- In Photo a day
Photo-a-Day: Year 6, Day 180 – Total Days: 2,006
Today I:
- Found out how to enable nested comments on the site
- Installed a plug-in to provide a good pagination display
- Chatted with some friends
- Went to club member wine release event at Edna Valley Winery (where I took today’s photo)
- Grocery shopping at CostCo
- Ran 5K and got a personal record: 9:23 min/mile pace!
All-in-all, an excellent day!
June 28th Photowalk [2005]
- On June 28, 2014
- By Brian J. Matis
- In Photo a day
Photo-a-Day: Year 6, Day 179 – Total Days: 2,005
Today I made sure to get in some good quality time with my new Canon 6D (see my first impressions here) by doing a nice little photowalk around the neighborhood. I ended up choosing 10 photos I liked and that I knew I’d display here, but when it came time to pick just one of them to be the official Photo of the Day, I got stuck…
Read More»objects in mirror [2004]
- On June 27, 2014
- By Brian J. Matis
- In Photo a day
Thanks to all the hubbub and work put into getting the new www.brianjmatis.com site up and running, I haven’t had much chance to actually play around with my new Canon 6D. What a shame! At least I got to use it for yesterday and Tuesday’s photos, and today, I spent a few minutes wandering outside this evening to start getting more of a feel for it. I’ll be posting some initial impressions of it on the site very soon!
I’ll say one thing for it right now though: it’s definitely a bit of a narcissistic camera. See how it just had to do a selfie using whatever handy mirror was nearby ;-)
Photo-a-Day: Year 6, Day 178 – Total Days: 2,004
www.brianjmatis.com launch! [2003]
- On June 26, 2014
- By Brian J. Matis
- In Meta / Photo a day
Today was a big day: I launched my new website at www.brianjmatis.com!
Read More»Canon 6D [2002]
- On June 25, 2014
- By Brian J. Matis
- In Photo a day / Photography
Today is my birthday! So in honor of that, combined with having just recently completed my two thousandth photo of the day, I got a new camera: the Canon 6D. That’s right, now I can shoot full frame. :-D
Plus, since my 50D is still going pretty stong, I can now have two cameras at events so I don’t need to change lenses :-)
Photo-a-Day: Year 6, Day 176 – Total Days: 2,002