Frame-A-Day: Bibi

12. Bibi, originally uploaded by jeffrey_knight.

Bibi used to work at the same studio as I do until she moved on to greener pastures in fall 2010. It was a real treat to be able to get together with her and catch up last month.

Bibi's photostream

Frame-A-Day: Mercury

11. Mercury, originally uploaded by jeffrey_knight.

Ah, the Saint Louis Science Center, "playground for your head." It's a pretty nifty place- but it is sorely lacking in dinosaurs especially compared to museums such as the Field Museum in Chicago or the American Natural History Museum in New York City.

Saint Louis Science Center

Frame-A-Day 10: Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.

Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas., originally uploaded by jeffrey_knight.

Stage one is becoming open to the possibilities of interesting photographic subjects that surround us in everyday life. You need to learn to see what's there all the time in front of you.

That's the easy part,

Stage two is being able to translate that quality which catches your attention into a compelling image. I'm still working on that one.

Frame-A-Day 9: The Awakening

9. The Awakening, originally uploaded by jeffrey_knight.

For the most part, the photos I take for the project will be snapshots made during my normal day-to-day activities. But every now and again, I like to go out of my way to shoot something specifically for my frame.

Case in point: The Awakening, by J. Seward Johnson. 70 feet long, 17 feet high, it really is a massive piece of outdoor art (although the Chesterfield casting is slightly smaller than the one located in Maryland near Washington D.C.)

 J. Seward Johnson's website 

Frame-A-Day 8: Family Get-Together

8. Family Get-Together, originally uploaded by jeffrey_knight.

My family will use any excuse to gather to eat and drink and be merry. Anything from the Super Bowl (regardless of who's playing) to a new couch becomes reason to celebrate together. In particular case, it's a three-way birthday celebration for my dad, sister-in-law and myself.

Technically, the focus is a bit off- I focused to far forward and didn't have enough depth-of-field to reach all the way to the back of the table. This is a result from being a 'ninja' shot- most of my siblings are notoriously camera-shy and it's hard to get them in a picture when they're aware. So, popping out from around a corner, focusing the ae-1 correctly, and getting the shot off without alerting anyone is a feat I have yet to master.

Frame-A-Day: Carving the Turkey

7. Carving the Turkey, originally uploaded by jeffrey_knight.

Back to the 24mm lens!

Frame-A-Day #6: Headlight

6. Headlight, originally uploaded by jeffrey_knight.

Remember how I had said that I would take one picture a day, every day for this project? Well I broke that rule rather early. There have been days I didn't take any pictures, and days I took several. I think it all balances out in the end, and I am trying to tighten my discipline up a bit more.

The other thing worth noting about this image is that I did not shoot it with the 24mm lens. Rather I used my 100mm lens- the better for getting in tight and picking out the detail.