welcome to the land of poo

I'm not going to be updating my Vox blog anymore and instead just focusing on my regular blog over at blog.dannyngan.com. It's not that I don't like Vox (on the contrary, it's quite fun), but more that I need to trim back on the number of online spots I maintain. Vox is essentially a duplicate of what I already do on my own blog, and, for the most part, all images here are pointed straight to my Flickr account, so there really isn't much point is keeping this up. I'll still keep reading my neighbors' posts, though, so I can still stay up-to-date on what everyone is doing. I just wont be posting here anymore. So, with that, I'm gone from Vox for now.

My cousin Hayley is all sorts of cute, and this picture makes me smile every time I look at it. This photo was taken Christmas morning. She was unbelievably wired and all-too-anxious to open presents.

Check it:

• Nikon D300 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
• 1/100 sec at f/1.4, ISO 3200
• In-camera monochrome Picture Control with added sharpness and contrast.
• RAW image edited in Lightroom to match camera LCD preview as close as possible.

I think I’m going to be shooting a lot more low-light images in black and white. This is just too awesome.

(BTW, this is Jeremy. He’s a kick-ass photographer.)

Well, it's done. On New Year's Eve, I took my final shot for 365 Days. It feels so good to be finished with this monster of a project. It was educational, inspirational, sometimes very tedious, and mostly a lot of fun.

I could get all chatty about how much I've grown as a photographer over the past year and how much I've learned by shooting the same subject everyday and how many great people I've met (online and in real life) through this project and how much I'll miss but won't actually miss shooting everyday, but I won't.

I will, however, go stat-happy and list some numbers that I think are fun.

Days Missed: 0
Cameras Used: 11
Interestingness on Flickr: 54
Ranked in the Top 10 of Explore: 12
Jumps: 52
With Mia: 28
With People: 54
With Cats: 9
With Food/Drink: 26
Reflections: 36
Parts of Me: 30
Sunsets: 11

I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do for my next long-term photo project. I thought about doing another round of 365 Days (366 this year, since it's a leap year), but I don't think I have the mental capacity to handle something that large. Maybe the 52 Weeks project. We'll see. I need to take a break from photo projects right now and just shoot for the pure enjoyment of it. Knowing me, though, I'll be back on something soon enough.

She really wanted me to eat that brownie. Mia did a variation of the shot as well. You can see it here.

It's been a while since I've done a proper jump shot. Figured I'd get another one in before the end of my 365 Days project. This one is day 362, and it also happens to be the first jump shot in the new apartment. And this only took me 4 takes to do. :)

After a few days of holiday craziness and a rather fun and drunken Brews and Views, it was nice to just chill at home for a day. Mia and I got a very slow start to our Friday and ended up ditching all of our original Friday plans. Instead we spent the day chilling at home, watching TV, editing photos, and working on our respective 365 Days shots. The rest of the weekend is looking to be a rather relaxed one as well. I have a strong feeling that we're not going to be very productive during the last few days of our vacation time (we're both off through the new year).

Brittney and Kate were kind enough to model in their wedding gowns for a fun little photo shoot this past weekend. Someone also decided to bring pink flasks as props. Let's just say much hilarity ensued during the afternoon. More images from this shoot on the way later this week (after I finish processing things and after all the crazy-busy Christmas stuff).

I’ve moved apartments. Same complex but a bigger place. The room in the above photo is to become the studio space. That nasty purple wall is changing colors later this week. I’m tired of moving and unpacking, but I’m so excited about this new chapter in my life. More to come later.

Kimberley and Kirt said they wanted to do some jump shots as part of their session. So, we went up to the roof of Mia’s apartment building, set up some lights, and did some jumps in the dark. It was awesome.