A PHOTOGRAPHER FRIEND

This gallery will feature my 2nd year of participation in the fabulous, most enjoyable and valuable "Daily Photos Community". I will try to take or process a photo every day as best I can to keep up with daily posts. I have been rewarded with wonderful friendships, advice and growth in my photography and am really proud to be a part of this community. I always enjoy comments and hope you will let me know what you think and constructive criticism is more than welcome, it is greatly appreciated!!!

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Hillary Yasmer Shemin > Post 634 12.31.09 My Brother Larry.....Greatly missed and never forgotten.
9.28.46 ---12.31.98
Scanned photo from 1989....

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > Post 633 12.30.09 Whoa....this water is C O L D!!! Quick snap of a quack, er uh...duck, on my way home...

Thank you all so much for so many kind comments on my scanned portrait. That was very encouraging...I think I will do more!!! Ha ha...just need time! Thank you so much..it really was great to read all your kind comments!!! I think I am going to try and make this daily posting more of a daily routine again..I am feeling motivated again!!! Now..off to sleep.... :)

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > Post 632 12/29.09 Well, well, well...something new learned by me. This is a photo I took in Chengdu, China in July of 2000. (Taken with my old Canon EOS Rebel film camera) I have spent some time off and on the last couple of nights trying to understand better how to use my scanner and then how to upload this to SmugMug..Easy you say??? Not so, but I have now done it so I hope to do it again. I have so many old photos from different trips that are printed or in negatives. Now maybe I can off and on use some of them for my dailies..
I had not looked through my China pictures for a long time and after showing them to a cousin who was visiting last weekend and receiving an encouraging 'kick in the behind', I decided to see what I could do with some of these old shots..expect to be going back in time.....

Shoot...I thought I had edited out the date in Elements 8, but then the .psd would not load and I went back and uploaded the .jpg. I forgot that this was not edited. Oh well, this could be a very good learning experience for me..

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > Post 631 12.27.09 A Colorful display that caught my eye while waiting for some food to take home for dinner Saturday night! Belgian Fries and veggie wraps...MMmmm, that was fun!

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Hillary Yasmer Shemin > Post 630 12.25.09 Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrate this special holiday. I hope your day was all you were hoping for.

This is a shot of one of the hygiene operatories in the dental office where I work. For the last few weeks I have been printing, matting and framing some of my photos to hang on the walls of our office. We have plugs and holes where the dentist hopes to eventually hang TV's, but so far he is not able to do it. I was offered the opportunity to hang my photography and jumped at the chance. It is very exciting to see them up on the walls and so encouraging to get the nice comments I have gotten so far. I did sell one of my photos ( not shown here as it was already taken) so that was a great start! If you would like to see all of them that I have hung you can see them HERE

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > Post 644 12.22.09 You inspired me to take another snow shot!

I was totally surprised to have such a nice response to my snow shot from my balcony that I posted yesterday. Thank you all... this shot I took when I parked at work. The pattern of a snow covered shed behind the fence gave a very striking pattern. Thought I would take a picture.. I liked this crop and now you are seeing it, too!

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > Post 643 12.21.09 Yesterday's snow scene upon waking up -

I admit....I am not terribly inspired by snow to take pictures. Maybe it is too hard for me to get contrast, maybe as a transplanted desertrat I don't want to trek out to where the good pictures are...I'm not sure. However, I was compelled to post this view from our balcony. This was the scene of about 11-12 inches...Philly airport, about 45 minutes south of us got 23"...the second highest recorded snowfall EVER for Philly... All in all, I'm glad the roads are clear for my drive to work this morning.

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > Post 642 12.20.09 ....Back to the kitchen studio!

I always like the light in my kitchen and since it was gray and snowy outside yesterday I took a couple shots of my fruit bowl once again. This is almost straight out of the camera. A slight increase in the black and a light vignette in Lightroom is all.
Happy Sunday to all of you....

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > Post 641 (Post 3 of 3 today) 12.19.09 Yay...we got a SmugMug meet-up in before the big Snow today!
I was able to connect with Betsy Foster-Breen while she is in New York and this shot was taken by Steve of the two of us last night across the street from Radio City Music Hall. Can you believe she recognized me from behind because she saw my hair???? Yeah, I believe it, too!
What a fun hour Steve and I had chatting with Betsy and her good friend and travel buddy Jim. We warmed up in a little coffee shop and get a chance to talk 'shop' and get to know each other a little better!!! It was just great!
I love meeting Smuggers!!!!
Stay bundled Betsy!!! Baby, it's cold outside..!~

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > Post 640 (Post 2 of 3 today) 12.19.09 Betsy and Jim being themselves...ha ha..they are so funny together!

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > Post 639 (Post 3 of 3 today) 12.19.09

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > Post 638 12.18.09 I admit it. I am showing off a little. This also helps me commit to staying on track the next few weeks. I have lost 47 pounds this year since Jan1st. I bought this whole new outfit last night as a reward for eating a big salad at my office "holiday lunch". Thanks for letting me show off! Steve took the pic with my iPhone and i edited with 2 iPhone apps.

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > Post 637 12.16.09 "All I want for Christmas is my NEW front teeth....
....This lovely lady, Rosalie, graciously allowed me to show this photo as my daily to share her lovely smile with everyone. Dr. Fingeret just finished placing porcelain veneers on her upper teeth to give her the beautiful smile she had always dreamed of.... She was thrilled and we were all very excited to see the beautiful results of Dr. Fingeret's dental artistry!

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > Post 636 12.13.09 Celebrating the Festival of Lights.....

Almost every year since we have been back in the Philly area we are invited to the home of friends for their annual fabulous party Hanukkah Party with unbelieveable amounts of food, drink, singing and just a heck of a lot of fun..

I really love the look of their Hanukkiya ( or Menorah) as it sits here on the mantle waiting for the matches to be struck and the second candle on the second night to be lighted. I took a lot of photos as I do each year, but I think my shooting earlier in the day at Help_Portrait was a great help in better understanding how to use my flash in this type of close event shooting. That was a nice benefit to me.
If you would like to see the rest of the shots from the party, they are HERE

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > Post 635 12.12.09 Brother Fred and I at Help_Portrait today! It was an awesome experience to be part of this worldwide event! We are not allowed to post pictures of the people we took pictures of and 'gave' to them. Brother Fred was a volunteer at the event and he gave me permission to post this picture of the two of us. Someone else took this pic of us, but if you see he has a picture in his hand, that was a picture I took of him that he was delighted to have. This felt good and I look forward to being part of it again next year!

Post 634 12.31.09 My Brother Larry.....Greatly missed and never forgotten.

9.28.46 ---12.31.98
Scanned photo from 1989....

Hillary Yasmer Shemin > Post 634 12.31.09 My Brother Larry.....Greatly missed and never forgotten.
9.28.46 ---12.31.98
Scanned photo from 1989....

Post 634 12.31.09 My Brother Larry.....Greatly missed and never forgotten.

9.28.46 ---12.31.98
Scanned photo from 1989....

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