Also, two things…

First, I think I forgot to take a picture yesterday! It finally happened… I forgot to take a daily shot… Oh well, put it on my tab. I’ll hopefully remember to shoot an extra day after I reach my 365 days.

Second, I messed up my daily count somewhere… Either on the blog or with my files, because the first shoot for today’s blog is tagged with “Day 199″ in Lightroom… So uh, I don’t know. Who cares, I’ll have two days that are tagged with “Day 199″.

Day 199/365

Dan and Debbie got married a little while back. They were awesome! Right from the engagement shoot, I discovered just how much fun and how adventurous and full of life these two were. The shopping cart shot is still comfortably one of my favorite engagement shots of all time.

Anyway, so Debbie came back to me, wanting to trash her dress. I was happy to oblige

Here was the result:

Day 200/365

Nathy could hardly speak english, having just moved from Columbia, so I was lucky to have had her posse act as translators.

Fortunately though, beauty doesn’t need to be translated.

Day 201/365

Josh & Natalie – I love seeing shoes being “left at the door” when someone’s doing something fun (dancing, golfing, whatever). I see it as breaking free from one’s constrictions.

Day 202/365

The shadows of grass. (iPhone photo)

Day 203/365

The iPhone sucks at catching action shots. (iPhone photo)

Day 204/365

The button you push when you wanna get across the street. (iPhone photo)

Day 205/365

I was on the freeway doing 70MPH, but I don’t care, that sky looked cool to me. (iPhone photo)

Day 206/365

We had a Category 4 tumbleweeds issue… (iPhone photo)

My neighbors on the other hand, had a Category 5 situation. (iPhone photo)

Also, BEAUTIFUL smoky skies from a nearby wildfire… I have no clue why I didn’t get my real camera to catch this… (iPhone photo)

Day 207/365

And finally, a shot from a wedding I did recently. This is the father of the groom I think.

Here’s what happened.

He got up to give a speech like many others had and did after him, but he went on for a while. So I got plenty of opportunities to get the shots that everyone would be happy with. Shots of him, shots of the bride and groom, shots of the guests, etc. All the traditional stuff.

But he was still going and my shots were getting repetitive, so I decided to goof around a little.

Now I’m willing to bet that most people, especially the bride and groom, won’t like this shot. I hope I’m completely wrong of course and please let me know how you feel about it in the comments section, because I love this shot.

I’ll say it again.

I LOVE this shot.

The man is completely dwarfed by the enormous expanse around him. He’s practically insignificant in terms of the space he occupies, and yet you can’t really look away from him can you.

I hope you like it too.

I should also mention that my iPhone was responsible for a few of the shots below and has been for many more of my daily shots since then. It’s easier to pull out my phone to take a picture than it is to lug around a camera that’s heavier than twelve bricks and a live goat combined.

I know you’re thinking “nuh-uh!”, but really, I’d sometimes rather lift twelve bricks and a live goat. And if someone can hang around with a video camera, I think we’ll have ourselves a real YouTube winner!

Day 194/365

Matt is yet another photographer who hired me to shoot his wedding. This was at his house. He knew to turn to the big windows letting in tons of natural light when putting on his shirt. Thanks Matt!

Oh and this is one of the coolest looking dudes I’ve seen in a while:

Day 195/365

Jim & Haley

We didn’t have much time to work on the “e” before having to stop… Oh well.

Day 196/365

Looking straight up from sitting on the lawn chair. (iPhone photo)

Day 197/365

Another long exposure experiment. I really love how this one turned out. My guitar is on fire.

Day 198/365

A bunch of new 5×7 promo cards that headed out to commercial / advertising places. (iPhone photo)

Day 199/365

Looking straight down a glass of water. (iPhone photo)