My Uncle Wayne is Back Safe From Haiti!!!

(He had borrowed my camera and so put my blog on a pause. I have decided to use photos from his journey that were taken with my camera to represent the missing days. )

This was his second time there and he is getting ready to go back for a third time already! What a great person, I am very glad to say I am related to him. He understandably didn't have a lot of time to take pictures, and when he did have a spare second, he said there wasn't much to take a picture of. On the last day of his trip, the translator brought my Uncle to his friend's orphanage. This women has started this very well run and organized orphanage, just because she saw the need. My Uncle Wayne got a lot of pics with these kids and around the area. I will post some photos shortly, believe me, they were worth the wait - he captured some very sweet and heartwarming moments at this Haitian orphanage.

So.......update


I know my blog has been on hiatus for a few days. The reason for that is that I have lent my camera to my Uncle Wayne, a London Firefighter, who has gone into Haiti and needed to borrow it. My camera is one of those rough and tough ones that if you drop it, it won't break and it is also water proof. He has gone into Haiti with a group of doctors from Mustard Seed Missions (www.mustardseedmissions.org, they have a blog where you can read about my Uncle's & the other's progress). My Uncle Wayne and the group are in charge of changing the bandages on children with major cuts or recent amputations. The stories has told us from the ground perspective are too heart-wrenching and horrible to write.

I have been keeping up my photo-a-day project by taking pictures with my blackberry, but the quality is very poor (about 2 mega pixels). I am thinking what I will do for the days my Uncle has my camera, I will select a photo that he has taken with that camera to represent those days. I think these will be more symbolic and much more photographically interesting. After he comes home to Canada and returns my camera to me, I will resume my photo blog as I have been doing. One photo taken everyday, on that day.

February 2, 2010

Getting ready for the (Official) Grand Opening Weekend (February 5th, 6th & 7th) of my restaurant.

February 1, 2010

Chinese button on a blue cloth box.

January 31, 2010

Cutting chilies for dinner.

January 30, 2010

This is by far my favorite photo to date. I was having a cry about something very near to my heart that comes up ever now and then. I decided to take a photo of that moment. I feel I captured how I was feeling and the photo came out beautifully. I am very proud of this photo.

January 29, 2010

My favorite subject - my dog Scotty.

January 28, 2010

A basket.

January 27, 2010

My favorite diamond pinky ring I got from my parents for my champagne birthday. (Your champagne birthday is when you turn the same number as your date - ex. I turned 24 on March 24, 2009, therefore that was my "champagne" birthday)

January 26, 2010

Fire hydrant outside my home.

January 25, 2010

Wet snow falling on the grass - I think the real winter that we all have been expecting is just around the corner....yuk. (I hate winter!)

January 24, 2010

Zipper from my favorite leather clutch. The zipper has been stuck every since I jammed it up in the leather on a girl's weekend in November 2009.

CORRECTION:

On January 20th, at the bottom of my post I accidentaly typed, "I am not able to buy a new car." I meant, "I am NOW able to buy a new car." That was the whole point of the post and why it was a significant moment!

January 23, 2010

Inside my jewellery box.

January 22, 2010

My dog Scotty, relaxing against a pillow.

January 21, 2010

Tiny dried flowers at my parent's house.

January 20, 2010

This is a photo of the keys from my new car. This was a very emotional moment for me. For the last few years, I have really put a lot of effort, a LOT, into trying to start my own business. I have a very strong entrepreneurial spirit, I defiantly get it from my parents. I have had mediocre success and my business ventures had always been on a small scale. I would always imagine that when I "made it", I would get myself a new car. From a little over a year now, I have been working on a new venture, one that is bigger than anything I had taken on before. I worked very hard at it, especially since this past May and on. I have been paying my dues and trying to bank a little good karma on the way, hoping it would pay off. I decided it was time for me to make it or break it, since I wasn't getting any younger and running out of "youth" time. (Youth time for me is the time you can take to find yourself and explore different avenues of life. I used this time to its absolute fullest!) In May 2009, I officially formed my corporation, Hunter's Empire Ltd. The name is a written version of my ambition - to build an empire to take care financially of myself and my family.

I have never in my life felt that being a women or being young was an obstacle - until recently. Just when I thought my business wasn't going to go anywhere, I got a great break. Now I have a positive project that I am currently working on and things are definitely in the works. I am now able to purchase a brand new car. That moment really felt like I am on my way. This is the beginning of the rest of my life. What a great feeling.

January 19, 2010

This was actually a last minute change. I originally had a different photo up but as I was editing my photos that I had taken for the day, I really like this one. So I changed my selection. This is my second self portrait in this project, so far. I'm sure there will be a lot more because I will always be a ready subject!

January 18, 2010

Taken in a field beside my home while walking my dog. Frost on a tiny sprig, actual size is about 3 cm wide.

January 17, 2010

Underneath my dining room chandelier, which still has Christmas glass balls hanging from it.

January 16, 2010

A "just for fun" shot!

January 15, 2010

Photo of a photoshoot in progress inside my restaurant.

January 14, 2010

Today was the first day this project was starting to get tough. I found myself taking pictures of things, just for the sake of taking a picture. I decided just to step back, and really look at the angles of things and find something that interests my lens. This is from a decoration in my front hall. I really like the colours shown here.

January 13, 2010

Evening shot. My common-law husband, Juande, walking our dog.

To Note

I forgot to mention it in my introduction, but I do edit my photos. I know there is many different opinions in the world of photography, to stage or to capture the moment, to edit or to show as is. Since I am still experimenting with my photography hobby, I have decided not to restrict myself. The truth is, I don't really know what I prefer yet. Some photos are stages, some are a real moment in time. Almost all my photos will be edited, some with major effects and some just with light adjusting applied. I don't really have a choice not to edit, at least the lighting, my photos because I am just using a point-and-shoot style camera. One day, (when I have the disposable income!) I am going to purchase a really nice SLR camera. Until then, I work with what I have, and do the best I can with it.

January 12, 2010

Scotty relaxing in the sun.

January 11, 2010

One of my 2 favorite kinds of rum. (The other is Goslings Black Seal rum from Bermuda)

January 10, 2010

Self portrait.

January 9, 2010

City streets on a cold and rainy day.

January 8, 2010

I just liked it. I love my sun glasses and I liked how they landed in the sand when I tossed them down.

January 7, 2010

"Cameras" made out of recycled pop cans! Need I say more?
(Note: When you click a lever in the back, the front pops open and a co-co bird pops out)

January 6, 2010

Walking on the beach on a cold day. Los Dos Amigos comes to mind for me with this one.

January 5, 2010

Spoon from my delicious cappuccino.

January 4, 2010

Unusually small pineapple. This one had a great mix of red, green and yellow.

January 3, 2010

My dog, Scotty. He is a beagle/jack russell mix. This day I had to take him to a kennel, well, more like a dog hotel, for a week while I was out of Canada.

January 2, 2010

From the London Free Press, my local newspaper from the announcement my parents had placed to celebrate my graduation and my academic award from the Business Purchasing program at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario.

January 1, 2010

Taken on New Years Day and also my Dad's birthday. The champagne is from his birthday toast at dinner.

Introduction!!

OOOOk! Well, this is my first time blogging so bear with me here! ;)

I was inspired by another photographer on Facebook for this project, so I can't take credit for the project idea. I saw that a man named Fred Meulemeester, was attempting to take a photo a day for a year. He is a photographer by profession, so a lot of his daily photos were actual photos from his work, mixed in with photos of places and things he had seen. I had a pretty interesting life. My resume has GOT to be the one of the most diverse out there. I have worked as an Entertainer/Dancer/Fire Performer in Mexico in a resort, have working as a Youth Councillor on a major cruise line, become a certified Master Engraver, was at one time the youngest and most successful female Night Club Promoter in my city, have achieved honours and awards on my program of study at Fanshawe College (Business Purchasing was my program) and I am also the head of my own corporation and part owner and Director of Marketing of a major name restaurant, to name a few!!! So I though, how neat would it be if I could attempt to take a photo a day, every day for a whole year, s at the end of that year I would have a documented summery of my year that I could look back on.


Before starting this project, I had to layout some guidelines for myself to follow. I decided that there would be no restrictions on what I could photograph, but it had to be something that interested me that day. Also, the photo actually had to be taken on that exact day - no cheating! Lastly, only one photo per day can be used. This one might be hard because I usually get shutter-happy and have a lot to chose from.


So this is my project. I am not a professional and have no training. I don't have any special camera or equipment. I am just going to do my best with what I have. My camera is a year old (got it Dec 08) an Olympus Stylus 850SW that is shockproof and waterproof (30m). It is an ok camera, but my next camera investment will defiantly be a Canon. Macro and Super Macro settings are my FAVORITE and I find that generally Canon cameras focus better.


If you like/don't like my photos, have suggestions or any comments, I would love to hear it!