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iPhone Photo #9

Mark Williamson — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:35:23 +0000

Walking toward the pool to officiate a game. Hoping it wouldn’t rain, but knowing that it already has recently. Then I noticed this puddle with the reflection of the sky and part of the railing.

iPhone Photo #8

Mark Williamson — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:36:02 +0000

It’s been a while since I got an iPhone photo up. I’ve been kind of busy preparing for school and my upcoming trips.

I was in our copy room and saw the wrappers for the reams of copy paper on the trash can. I love blue and yellow and I liked the pattern.

Again, except for the tagging of this post, everything was done on the iPhone.

iPhone Photo #7

Mark Williamson — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:35:16 +0000

Shadow of a fan. I liked the texture of the ceiling and contrast and shape of the shadows.

iPhone Photo #6

Mark Williamson — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:10:31 +0000

Ok, I’ve been away for a while. It’s not easy developing a habit.

I hope this is the start of a more solid habit.

I saw this outside a health clinic. The peace sign caught my eye. Yes, it’s a surgical glove, but it was on the ground in an interesting pattern. And as I look at it, I see a bunny rabbit more and more.

I think you have to be able to see patterns like this.

iPhone Photo #5

Mark Williamson — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:40:40 +0000

Three doors. It’s kind of a window in a window thing. Our school has really long hallways and an interesting indoor/outdoor design.

iPhone Photo #4

Mark Williamson — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:35:47 +0000

Sandals. The two different feet with the same sandals on them was interesting. She wouldn’t let me take a picture of her right foot.

iPhone Photo #3

Mark Williamson — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:49:23 +0000

Sitting at my desk, looked down, and saw this. I liked the lines.

iPhone Photo #2

Mark Williamson — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:16:40 +0000

I liked the window effect with the clouds in the background.

iPhone Photo #1

Mark Williamson — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:45:02 +0000

This is my first upload on my daily challenge. Again, this was ALL done with just my iPhone. Taken, enhanced, and uploaded. The only thing I do from a computer is add the tags/categories.

I saw the patterns of the table top and the shadow and liked it. Plus the blue against the grey is nice.

An Idea to Improve

Mark Williamson — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:35:27 +0000

I follow Scott Bourne on Twitter and ran across a post of his that I found VERY interesting. It linked to a blog by Tarsa Mar, a photographer who had talked to Scott about how to improve her photography. As a result, he challenged her to become better.

His challenge to her was simple.

View another professional photographer’s work.
Read one page in her camera manual.
Take at one picture.

Each day. Every day.

She is blogging about it in order to document it and to encourage her to do it everyday.

I LOVE this idea. With some changes.

Instead of reading one page of the manual, I will read at least one page of a photo related book. I am always trying to find ways to be utilize the camera to it’s fullest capability. I have read my manual three times and will continue reading it.

I will be taking one picture each day, but with my iPhone. I think that a good photographer can take a good picture with any camera and I ALWAYS have my iPhone with me. In addition, I have several apps that I can use to edit/manipulate the images and then upload them to this site. In other words, every image posted to here for this assignment will be shot, edited, and uploaded with my iPhone.

I will view at least one other photographer’s images each day, but they don’t have to be professional. I think there are some GREAT amatures .

When I say once each day, I will try to average five times a week. Being a teacher, water polo official, and actually having a life, I think that 5/7 days is a very reasonable and doable goal. Yet, it will still be challenging and educational.

Why change the challenge? Because every individual needs to be challenged in a unique and personal way. As long as the challenge is real and goal oriented, I think that every person should modify their goals to fit themselves. I can’t be Tarsa Mar. I wouldn’t want to her any more than she wants to be me. Therefore, I choose to modify the challenge.

As I said, I will be posting five times a week and will include my reading and whose images I viewed. I encourage your comments and input. Be brutal, but be nice.