11/366

Snowy morning in Denver.

10/366 in my iPhone 366 project.

Last night's frost made some great pattern's on the window of my vehicle. I really want a macro lens for the iPhone now.

Edited in Snapseed on the iPad 2.

8/366

Blue skies and fresh snow.

My daughter has been dying to go sledding this winter. Except last week it was near 70F here. Thankfully a cold snap came this week, and we got back to feeling like it was winter. She was really happy to get the sled out.

It’s another powder day here in Colorado. The riding on the windshield of my car is perfect.

This has to be one of the driest winters so far that we have ever seen here in Denver. I needed something to cheer me up, so I went back to this picture I took last year. One of my favorite Christmas gifts, it took a long time to build. But this Lego Snowcat is pretty darned cool, and it helps me remember happier times (snowy days). I sure hope it at least snows before Christmas…

Today is a holiday at the company I work for, so I am going skiing. Not sure if Copper Mountain has enough snow yet to ski the part of the mountain in the picture, but I hope so. I worked at Copper for 2 years, and pride myself in being able to find all the powder stashes. But it has to snow for that to happen.

We received about 10″ of snow recently, so I took that opportunity to go get a new view of my normal surroundings (luckily my Sorel’s are good to about 12″ of snow). Got what I think is a great shot of this creek near my home. Converted it to a high contrast black and white in Lightroom. I wish it snowed more often.

I was waiting to write today until the canvas wraps I ordered from Canvas On Demand had arrived. I have always wanted to do a canvas wrap of a picture, but never really knew which one to do.

As it turns out, we are decorating one room of our house in a ski theme, and the two pictures here seemed perfect for it. So last week I sent the pics off to Canvas On Demand and waited anxiously. Once I got the shipping notice on Tuesday, I knew they would arrive today.

They come packed very well so nothing gets damaged in transit. Standard shipping is via FedEx ground, but you can pay more to expedite it. The quality of these images is superb. After having these two made, you can be sure I will be doing more. Maybe some small 8×10′s of my flower macros. I could even add a water-color treatment in Photoshop first before I send the file in. I’ll bet those would look really sharp. I am glad I bit the bullet and did this. You should try it too!

If you have read this blog for a while, you know that it is challenging for me to get a good picture of my youngest daughter. She is much happier making a silly face for you instead of a simple smile, as most any 3 year old would. This past weekend it all came together though. It was a nice day outside at our home in Lakewood (albeit a bit chilly), she was all dressed up because we were having company over for the big game, and she was in a good mood for pictures. She posed for me for a few minutes before we got too cold. This is one of the portraits that came from it. I love it when things come together like this.

Oh, and happy birthday to my sister Jaimee today.