Photo Fairy Tail

I have finally given into peer pressure and started a 365 project. To those of you who do not know what this is, it is where you take a photo every day for a year and post it online. I also have the exciting news that I have a real internet domain now. For now it is still through blogger

Here is page one (picture number one)

You can find all the others at this address: http://www.photofairytail.com

A Noon Romp

I'm still tired and brain dead from this ride so no real good stories today. This ride was a lot of fun, but I have found out since getting back that the trail is meant for rather advanced riders. Well that explains why I thought I was going to kill myself a couple times there.....

An Evening Jaunt (I hope you like green)

YES!!!


If you do not know what this is, look at the third photograph in the previous post.

That aside, I have no real witty observation today. Mostly just the comment that the [enjoyable] effort I put into and the wasp sting I received to get my ol' mountain bike in working order and bike rack was all worth it to be able to ride again.

Here's my trip down the same trail as the last post, except a much further distance was traveled.



I like railroads, don't really know why, probably a childhood fascination of mine. So of course I like taking photos of said things, and that that goes on them. We have learned that the track along this trail is active, but tell me how several tons can be supported by THIS



I know when this picture was taken, but I do not recall taking it.... Oh well, I like it



How can I pass up a real mountain bike trail that is off the paved road? And I mean look at it. It looks nice a relaxing and enjoyable.



WRONG!!! The trail was awful, and apparently meant to be taken from the other direction than the one I came from. There were just awful spots that you could not feasibly ride up. The photos I took of the trail itself ended up blurry, so I'm not posting them here. One is up on my flickr however.

However-

Purrrrty



I never take pictures of myself, so:

During (equipped with dopey grin)



After (Get a haircut you dang hippy!)

An Evening Walk

Does walking even count as exercise? If so, how much do you have to do?

I am still waiting for my ankle to completely heal, in the mean time, I am stuck walking instead of running. Though earlier today I got my bike all up in working order again, so I hope to be able to ride it some too.

While going to a specific wine store the other day, I found out this place called Turkey Mountain is actually a lot shorter drive than I had always thought.

Well, we all know me, so on whim, I headed there the next day.



So, there is in fact slopes in the Tulsa area that are of a decent descent (you see what I did there?) Halfway down this hill was a broken sign saying "slow" on the ground. Guess that's what the bikers think of that.



I learned something this past week, apparently train tracks are still being build/laid, who'da thunk it?! Well, besides Warren Buffet.



Now then, who out there put coins on the train track to let them get squished by the train? I did! And on this walk on a rare occasion, I had a coin in my pocket. Woo! I cannot wait to go back and see if that train track is ever even used.



I still hate the walk back, but as I mentioned with the "I love you" picture, you do get to see things that you otherwise wouldn't.



Oh and I think I found an easter egg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg_%28video_games%29) in life. This warning label:

An Evening Ride

Went for a nice ride this past Saturday evening with my roommate. We were expecting to do a 10 mile ride, but that did not happen thanks to the antics of a certain someone (Wasn't me for once! May very well be the first time too!) My roommate, Kelsey was wondering about why I was bringing my camera along, I attempted to convince her saying that whenever doing stuff like this, you should always have your camera. It is better to lug the sucker around and not take a single shot, then to ever have the feeling of, "dang, I wish I had my camera."

I showed her.



Just a little left of the "51" is where the shenanigans happened. Kelsey rockets down this hill ahead of me and at the bottom of it there is a left hand curve. All I see is her pull of this amazing trick. She does a 360 and lets the bike go under her legs and she sticks the landing. The bike however...



I am far from a bike expert, but I don't think its supposed to look like that. To those of you wondering, as I said she stuck the landing on her feet and got away with only a little scrape. We will have to wait for her to comment either on facebook or here for her version of the story. I personally think she just didn't feel like doing a full ten mile ride (even if it was her idea)



So for once, I didn't hurt myself, and I wasn't the one breaking a bike. I gave her mine so she could get the car. Well, had to entertain myself somehow.

An evening run

Well, originally I was planning on going for an evening bike ride on Riverside but thanks to logistical problems, it ended up being a nice run. It was quite a nice run, even though the heat index was 108 degrees with no breeze. Lots of people were fishing, riding bikes and running also, I was surprised.

So, how could I pass up a chance to take pictures on Riverside? So I carried my camera with me as I ran. Here's how it went:



Not long after I started running



Here I am on the bridge dam thing that was in the last shot. As you can see, its getting dark pretty fast, oh well.



I actually though this bridge was an before my starting point, but it was actually right after my starting point. Good thing too, I was getting tired.



This is actually after I finished running. I drove by here and then remembered that I had been meaning to take this picture for two years!

Fourth of July Cardinal

I have got nothing to say other than my fourth of July weekend was good except being strongarmed into making a cake and rain ruining all my plans. But it was still a good weekend

Lightning Strikes

This is probably the most crazy shot I have ever taken. And I have more! several lightning strikes were flashing ever couple seconds last night when I took this. Was rather awe inspiring. And look at those colors! They are practically unreal!

On a different note, I have got to stop doing stupid stuff, like standing outside as an electrical storm rolls in.

The Journey Back

You know, walking down that path was a lot of fun, but as often happens, I forgot about the fact that I had to turn and walk back.

I thought seriously about calling someone and having them come pick me up. Really did not feel like walking back for another at least 3 miles. I mean, I had already seen the scenery so there it was going to be boring.

Well, I was wrong. There are some things that can only be seen on the journey back.

I've walked awhile....

Well, continuing from yesterday. I did in fact walk down that trail taking pictures as I saw things. There really was not much to take pictures of. No critters or flowers, or other things. Plenty of houses, and the occasional bicyclist that road by me.

After walking for a couple miles, I got a nice view of downtown.

Still not sure when the trail turned at brought me downtown, thought I was heading west and not north....

I think this is the Methodist Church.

The Path

Hey, I am back!

So this past Saturday I decided to get some fresh air with my good buddy Sonya (my camera). So I headed on down to Riverside here in Tulsa to get some pictures of this one area. You can see my picture of PSO if you take a look at my facebook links.

As I headed back to my car after getting some pictures, I noticed a bike trail heading Westish by the parking lot I was on.

You can imagine what I did. And I'll tell you about it throughout the week, so keep checking back here!

Once you stop caring about the destination, life becomes an adventure.

Bonfire Glade

I am back in Tulsa, and therefore have my desktop back and can format photos.

Took this particular shot a couple weeks ago. IF you didn't know, TU's official colors are Gold, Blue, and Hurricane Red. Has something to do with hurricane flags.

Anyway, as you can see, these are flowers planted in a creative way. And they are on a rise so you can see this from the road.

Oh and if you were wondering about the title. On homecoming, there is a large bonfire lit where those flowers are.

Springtime Wonderland

NYARGH! My eyes! So....bright...!

Just hit F11 to see full screen and enjoy this photo and wish you were chilling out in this park and not being productive.

BAMF

So, how is your day going? I actually wrote this post way back on the 27th. I am kind of out of things to write about at this point. Of the flower pictures I have done up to this point, this is the only one I actually did some serious editing to. Nothing was really done to the flower itself, but you can probably guess at what editing occurred to everything else.

The Cliche Shot

You know, cliches exist for a reason. Its because they are classic, they are good. I mean look at this shot, you cannot deny that there is nothing special about the setup, but it is still a gorgeous photo.

Because I can.

I stand out

Day 3

I have had people tell me I should try selling my photos or doing freelance work of some sort. It is an interesting thought. I do however need to give a copy of that fountain picture to someone here at TU. I will do it for free too so long as it gets posted somewhere outside of the art school where people get to see it.

Now then everyone, I want you to spend the rest of the day like the center tulip, outshine everyone!

Remember, F11 switches to full screen mode so you can enjoy my photography better.

Shades of Tulips

You see, I wasn't kidding, its 2:20 and there is a new post up. Believe me now?

I don't know about you, but I think these bright and happy pictures improve my day whenever I see them. This one in particular, I think it belongs in the default desktop background selections of Windows and/or Macs.

That's enough talking for today.

The Neon Rose

Alright Punks and Punkesses! I am starting out with an announcement. at 2:20pm every day until next Tuesday there will be a new post up.

Why you ask? It is because as I was looking over my shots from the past couple weeks I noticed that I had missed some really exceptional photos and I want to show them sooner rather than later. I felt that if I posted all of them at once they wouldn't get the attention the rightfully deserve. Therefore, you will get a flower related picture every day for a week.

An interesting fact about this photo is that there is absolutely no post processing. This picture is exactly how I took it with nothing done to it on the computer.

This rose is just naturally that unnaturally bright.

Thank you, that is all.

Art Final Project

I AM FREE!!!

Finished my art class today. It was one rough class. I think it says something when all the classes I take for fun end up being painful in one way or another.

I think the professor guy liked my stuff this semester. He said the thing he liked the most and thinks stands out the most is that all of my works seemed bipolar. He talked about how they are all complex, and have two or more personalities in it. And stuff like that. Maybe when i get his last critique email I'll be able to write down what he means.

Well, here is what I presented as my final project in that art class.

ROSES!

You know, I really do like that park, everytime I go back there are different things blooming. As you can see, the roses are now blooming. I like roses, therefore you are going to get your fill of them this week. If you only check this page on Tuesdays, then check back a couple other times this week as I post some more shots from the Woodward Park Rose garden.

I may also talk more then, so in the mean time I give you pretty pictures.



I see part of a spiderweb in this one!



Best for last!

Le Bridge

I know French! "Le" means "The" in France. Or so I have heard.

I know I know, you guys (All two of you) are probably getting tired of seeing pictures of flowers and wanting me to post something different. So I will stop posting pictures of flowers*.

This shot was taken today actually. I took it at this park here in Tulsa called Woodward Park. I really like this park, it is small but there are a lot of things in it. Plus a lot of people go there. Around this time of year it becomes even more popular because all the bushes that are in the park are a kind of flowering bush called Azalea. What this means is every photographer, professional, hobbiest, or parent comes out of the woodworks to come here. Or there are your normal people who just like going there because it is nice. However azaleas have kind of a bad smell.....But hey, they are pretty as you are about to see.

Ah yes, if you like this bridge and other random bits of architecture, you should check out my occasional partner [read as: "minion"] in crime Jeremy Jewell Photography. He lives in the O.C. where he apparently works. I personally doubt this heavily. I mean we have all seen the commercials with Schwarzenegger and other random Californians saying they don't actually work.




*maybe.

Out Like a Lamb

I woulda/coulda posted this last week, but then I might have jinxed it and sent Oklahoma in to another blizzard. But I can safely say now that March went ahead and went out like a lamb.

Baaaaaaaaa

Not much to say about this picture. Took it a couple weeks ago, and as I believe I have said before, certain things are just too adorable, such as a new lamb.



And as a way to distract you from the fact that this is going up on a Wednesday, be distracted by pretty flowers.

It isn't screwed up this time!

Alright, I believe that it is Spring here in Tulsa now. But I'm watching you Oklahoma!

If you are curious about why I do not trust the weather, I direct you to my post two weeks ago and then to last week's post.

Well, if you are curious about the title to this post, it is because last year I took a similar picture of these tulips, however it was messed up by some dang ol' leaf. Even with the leaf, the picture isn't bad and is actually one of my favorites. If you ever drop by my apartment, you will see it on the wall.

One other thing I wanted to mention was that people are very appreciative if you offer to take a picture of their whole family instead of the mother or father being out of the photo.

Press F11 to switch to full screen and see the image better