2007 Daily Shots. - # - Photos by Hillary

I will try to post a photo daily. I love people shots, travel and still life shots. I struggle with scenic photography. Never seem to capture the majesty of what I see with my eyes. I am totally in awe of the photography I see on the 'Daily Photo Site'. I have lots of room for improvement and this will be a great avenue for it! For now, I am figuring out how to even post and use SmugMug!!! Please leave comments... Constructive criticisms encouraged and appreciated... Compliments welcome, too, of course!
Thanks for visiting, Hillary :-)

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Hillary Yasmer Shemin > 12/31/07 - Brian you were half right! Actually your comment on these 2008 glasses in yesterday's shot gave me the idea to use this as my New Year's Eve post. This guy was drumming out his beat on these overturned buckets.. Part of a New York City kind of celebration!!! Happy New Year everyone! I look forward to enjoying and learning from you more and more in the next near! Hugs, Hillary :-)

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > 12-30-07 - We rode the train into NYC today to take in the sights, sounds and smells of the holiday celebrations... There were numerous street shots to take, but this was my photo for the day. These novelty glasses spell out 2008 and the small print on the label says, "Made in China"... That's the future, right???

Healthy and Happy New Year!!
~Hillary

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > 12_29_07 A Walk in the Park with my husband.... A little fresh air, some exercise and a chance to take pictures. Might as well enjoy these 50 degree days.... There will come a time in the near future that it will not be so mild. Good chance to try some scenic photography, not my strength afterall, so good to take the challenge!

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > 12/28/07 - This, amazingly, was an SP taken by me with my cell phone. I was feeling blue today and after my husband cheered me up on the phone I sent him a pic of me smiling, but I noticed I hadn't had any lipstick on. I put on lipstick and took another shot, then used the editing on the phone with a setting called "milky" or something like that. This is the shot unchanged from what was sent by the phone. I thought it was pretty neat.

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > 12/27/07 - We took time for a drive into Lancaster County, PA today. As we drove through the town of Ephrata, PA we saw this group of Mennonite girls playing volleyball behind a school. Glad I have a telephoto zoom on my camera. This was a shot from the street as I was not too sure how comfortable they would be for me to take their picture. I will post a few other shots from the drive in my travel gallery.

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > 12_26_07 I wanted chocolate! Ever make little Chocolate Lava Cakes??? I hadn't until these. MMmm very good!

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > 12_25_07 - Philly Chinatown Chinese Restaurant on Christmas....Busy, busy, busy!

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > 12_23_07 Independence Hall. Yesterday when we went into Center City for the movie, we were early so I asked my husband to just drive the Olde City streets a little in case there were some interesting shots. This was taken through a fence that surrounds Independence Plaza in front of Independence Hall.

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > December 23rd - Today we invited Steve's 90 year old mother to join us to see a movie in Center City Philadelphia. As we walked to the car she had her umbrella up and... aha... photo-op... Now you can see where my husband gets his good looks! Actually, he looks just like his Dad...but we are hoping he has her good genes!

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > Okay....here we are together in the bathroom studio... had a hard time for some reason getting one that was more or less centered. I also posted this shot as a Black and White in my experimental gallery...I am not sure which I like best. This SP stuff is fun!!!

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > December 21st, 20007- Happy 61st Birthday to my wonderful husband Steve. He is my photo of the day and most frequently photographed subject for the past 28 years! Happy Birthday Stevie!!!

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > 12/20/07 -Today was beautiful and sunny and I had time for a walk at lunch! I brought a very healthy lunch, did not touch the chocolates, cookies, nuts, candy or anything junkie that is piled up in the staff lunch room. Then I took a walk for 30 minutes. This was one of my rewards. A lovely reflection of the sky on a still "tow path"... It was a good break for me in many ways today. This is as I shot it, no cropping, sharpening, color saturating or anything...just my camera's view.

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > 12/18/07- SP......This was a recent photo I took after learning that the bathroom and it's well lighted mirror were a good studio for me. Did some adjusting of the contrast and thought it worthy of posting. Now to sleep...

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > 12/17 -OOooops, I uploaded this to the wrong gallery, but I will leave it anyway. This was taken as a self-portrait with a little old Olympus point and shoot that I haven't used in a long time. I did the poster effect again for the fun of it. With work and a photo club holiday party tomorrow night I probably won't post anyway... Will call this one a credit on my posting account!

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > 12/16/07 - We went out to dinner 2 nights ago and I took this shot of our friend enjoying crab for dinner. Tried out a little of the "George type technique" in Photoshop Elements and liked the effect. The shot had not been very sharp due to long shutter speed, so this effect helped in a fun way to make it presentable. What do you think???

12/31/07 - Brian you were half right! Actually your comment on these 2008 glasses in yesterday's shot gave me the idea to use this as my New Year's Eve post. This guy was drumming out his beat on these overturned buckets.. Part of a New York City kind of celebration!!! Happy New Year everyone! I look forward to enjoying and learning from you more and more in the next near! Hugs, Hillary :-)

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