I caught Jamie Collum and the Count Basie Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl tonight (well last night now).  Amazing show, Jamie is very talented and did a cover of Rihanna’s Umbrella that was just awesome.  Tonight’s shot is a 1/30 second handheld exposure with my Powershot G9 of the Hollywood Bowl sign.  I tried to get it illuminated by the purple spotlight, but it changed to yellow during the exposure subsequently ruining my white balance, such is life…

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Well I already missed a day… :-\  I could probably come up with a really good excuse as to why I didn’t take a picture on Sunday but that would defeat the purpose of this blog, so I’ll just say I slakced off (what makes it worse is I could have taken a photo on my iPhone and uploaded with the handy WordPress App).  On a higher note my sand filled* D3 has returned from Nikon service good as new with only an “A Service”, talk about solid weather sealing.

*My D3, 24-70 and 200-400VR were subject to a monster sand storm in the Gobi Desert on my recent trip.  The 200-400VR and now D3 have been return safely and required only an “A Service” (general check and clean); however the 24-70 has been rated “C Service” and the results are pending

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Late last year my photography was in a serious creative slump so I started a project to take a photo a day everyday (work photos don’t count!) and have a made a concerted effort to do just that.  In the last 7 months I’ve failed at this task far more than I succeeded so in an effort to motivate myself I decided to take the project public.  So everyday, 7 days a week, 365 days a year there should be  a new photo posted here and maybe a bit of explanation about why I took it. So come back a little later today (and everyday thereafter if you like) to see if I’m on track.

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