My Sincerest Apologies

Hey everyone, I want to apologize for my absence over the holidays. Life got incredibly busy and it was getting hard for me to find time to do a lot of photography as I would have really liked to do, but it is what it is. I have been taking pictures, just not time to get them on the web. As you have probably noticed, I have had to give up on the 365 project for now, that doesn’t mean I am stopping with the pictures, I will be making a lot of pictures, just not with a set 365 deadline as usual.

I also plan on starting the 365 project up again in April after I complete my last and final move for a little while. Finally moving out of the house and into an apartment. Because of this I am setting up a way to sell my work, so make sure you check back at the website to figure out how to order some! That’s all I have for now. Enjoy this last photo and I am going to hit the road.

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Regarding Ben365

Hey guys. I just wanted to get on and tell you that everything is still going with my 365. I have still been shooting a photograph a day. Recently I have not had my camera around when I have my computer around, which makes uploading photos a slight bit difficult.

The past couple of weeks have been hectic too, I am approaching finals week, my family still has not finished the kitchen we are building (this is almost done though), and getting to do anything other than these things has just been a little difficult and there just is not enough time in the day for me to get my card from my camera to my computer. Do not fret though. I will be back on track no later than Christmas. So don’t give up on me, or leave me.

The above shot is an oldie but one of my favorites! Enjoy. I will be back ASAP!

Miss you all!

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Ben365 Day SeventySeven to Eighty

I feel like such a terrible person not having posted photos on time lately. I am taking the pictures once a day and getting them edited in that day. I am just not finding the time to get the blog entries written or the photos posted on flickr in time. So here are the previous days below.

Also, I just got my new 50mm f1.8 in the mail! Woot!

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Ben365 Day SeventyThree-SeventySix

Hey everyone. I want to apologize for the fact that I have not posted anything on here at all this weekend. I was in Fort Lauderdale with my girlfriend, keeping her company while she sat for 10 hours in a movie theater promoting a Twilight/New Moon convention down there on December 4-6. If you are interested you can see their website here, and buy tickets and all that kind of fun stuff. I would also like to quickly point out that some of the pictures used on that page are shots that I did when a Twilight convention was here in Orlando. The perks to knowing someone who helps do nerd conventions. Haha.*

ANYWAYS, on an actual photography note I took the time this past week to buy some stuff for myself. I bought a new 50mm f1.8 Nikkor lens. Cannot wait until that gets in. I had rented one a while back and absolutely fell in love with the sharpness of this prime lens. So it should be here by the end of the week, along with my new Flip Mino HD video camera. I thought it would be fun to stick my toes in the waters of the film world and get myself a Flip. I spent very little money on obtaining this one too. The joys and wonders of eBay. So I am very excited about getting this little device as well. And of course as soon as I can, I will write a nice little review on it all on here. I plan on using the camera to do some reference stuff and just to have fun with. VERY VERY excited!

Anyways here thumbnails of the pictures I did over the weekend. Click through to flickr to see them bigger.

Oh here is a blog exclusive shot for you guys. Sorry it was so late!

Last couple days:

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Ben365 Day SeventyTwo

Okay so a few days ago I was asking my friend Leigh what I should take a picture of. Each time I asked she always brought up NERDS. So finally I am satisfying that urge. A little brighter, and happier than my last couple shots. And I get NERDS out of all this. Willy Wonka was a freaking genius. NERDS are amazing!

Anyways, I am loving photography so much right now haha. I got to choose all my classes for next semester finally and will be taking Drawing 1, Psychology, Photography 2, Math (?). It looks like it will be a fun semester for sure. So if you go to SCC and if you are in the art program. Let me know. We may have classes together.

Anyways I have been incredibly busy lately. It kind of sucks. Oh well. Miami is calling me soon!

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Ben365 Day SeventyOne

So this shot was fun and interesting. I had really wanted to get a picture of a different sign at a specific angle. However, there was a pretty decently sized alligator sitting right in front of it. The subject I wanted to shoot would have required I get up close and personal with this gator, and I did not want to do that. So this is the shot I came up with. I like how dark and sort of ominous it came out. That alligator scared the crap out of me and really made me not want to go swimming. Well that and the water color was some kind of radioactive green looking. So if these gators become scary monsters that take of the state of Florida, I will not be surprised.

On another note I am going to Miami this weekend. Woohoo. Helping my girlfriend promote a convention she is coordinating down there. I’m not going to say what it is a convention for, but the hint is this: We are handing stuff out at a movie theater because it is this movies opening weekend.
The End!

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Ben365 Day Seventy

Today was a rather boringish day. Finished some stuff with the house and had to go to classes and such. The most exciting part of the day was when I was driving the Jeep around, I ran out of gas. My dad’s Jeep’s fuel gauge is off so I thought I still had a significant amount of gas left, but in actuality, it was empty. So that was fun. Haha. I really love driving the Jeep around though. More so than driving around my Honda. Oh well.

That’s all I really have to say for today. Wow…

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Ben365 Day SixtyNine

Today has been a quite excellent day. Spent the entire morning finishing up some of the final little moving details. So now all of our stuff is either at this house or at the storage unit. I really want to give out a special thanks to all of you guys who continue to check up on here, even though I have been a terrible blogger lately. Hopefully, now that this move is done, I will be able to get more involved in this again. I have been doing my absolute best to make sure I continue to stay loyal to this photographic assignment to improve my photography 300% over the course of a year.

So here I am again. To continue this journey and to make sure I am actually reflecting on the work I have done. Thanks again guys for being awesome. Life has been very awesome for me lately so I can’t see any reason why I shouldn’t be showing it through my photography. Had a job today shooting another show for the local community theater, Winter Springs Performing Arts. If you are in the central Florida area, I would recommend coming to see their show, Dear Edwina, Jr., it really was a great deal of fun. the photo above is not exactly how I am going to give the photo away. I just found it interesting =)

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Ben365 Day SixtyEight

Well today has been a busy day. We just decided to move a bunch of stuff into a storage unit. It has been a very hectic move. And I apologize that you guys are also made to suffer through this with me not having any blog entries or being able to comment on your work lately. I hope you guys come back, and to you faithful followers. You keep me going. This is going to be all I have for you guys today. Although I did do two pictures so be happy!

 

Have fun days

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Ben365 Day SixtySeven

Yesterdays photo. Enjoy folks!

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