project365

This is photo 3/100 of my 100 friends project. Desiree has been one of my best friends for nearly the last decade. We met up this afternoon at Flying Goat, which is pretty much my default meeting spot. There was a small pause in the rain this afternoon, so I went out to see the garden. We've had a great crop this year of all sorts of veggies, but our first batch of carrots didn't turn out. Looks like these ones are ready to eat! On the non-garden front, I had a great day, Elly and I met up for pupusas and clothes swaping and Katie and Amanda are over catching me up on Being Human. This is photo 4/100 of my 100 friends project. Mike had a bone marrow biopsy this morning in San Francisco and I asked if I could go with him. It was definitely not the most fun trip to the city that Mike and I have ever had, but the rain let up while we were there and the wearther was beautiful. On our way back home, we stopped at the rest stop on the North side of the bridge for a quick photo.

I assisted Rigel with his 365 today. I poured several gallons of water on his head for his self portrait and it was so fun to drench him that I asked if we could do it just one more time with my camera. I look a little maniacal but that was kind of the theme of the night, so I was pleased. This is photo 4/100 of my 100 Strangers project. I was walking in to work today just as Pablo was walking out of the office with his mail cart. I already had my camera in my hand, so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to get today's photo. I kept it quick, since Pablo was already on the way to his truck, but he was so nice to let me take a few shots of him. I was leaving the SAY office when I saw the trees reflected in this puddle of water and I grabbed my camera immediately. One of my coworkers droving into the parking lot and thought I was crazy, but I suppose that it's an acceptable price to pay.

I have had SO much fun this week with my 365 challenge. I started off the week at the California Academy of Sciences, taking a photo of my very first stranger for the 100 Strangers challenge (something I will be keeping up with all year), and wrapped it up with good friends and delicious pizza. I've been enjoying the challenge of discovering new things to photograph and new ways to take pictures. I can already tell that this year is going to make me stretch myself as a photographer to learn new skills and techniques for getting the photos I want. I think a tripod is going to have to be acquired pretty soon too. This is photo 1/100 of my 100 Strangers project. Ian works at the Academy of Sciences in the Tidepool area, and was nice enough to be my first 100 Strangers subject. We got to talking because I was afraid to touch the starfish, but the little kid next to me was all about it. Ian told me that if the kid could do it, I could too. And thus I struck up a conversation with him about abalone. He told me that abalone get a new hole (which they stick their grabbers through to get food) in their shell each year, so you can tell roughly

I'm celebrating the turn of the new year with a photo project. I will be taking (at least) one photo a day, every day for the next year. I'm planning on doing a weekly round-up here on caitlinchilds.com, but I'm kicking the challenge off with my photo from today. Sara Sanger of The New Trust, performing at the Phoenix Theater, 01/01/2010