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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Snapshots from a Sunday

On Sunday when I woke up, I had the task of taking one photo. I had decided to participate in the Snapshots from a Sunday project (I don't think anyone else calls it a project, but I like to call it a project). Originally, I was thinking that this would give me a great reason to go exploring Uppsala on a Sunday morning to try to capture some beautiful images. But if the point of Snapshots is to share a glimpse of your daily life, I was certainly not going to embody that point.

So then I started thinking about how I could beautifully capture the ordinary that is my life on a Sunday morning. This is when I got the idea of playing with a long exposure to capture movement and activity in a still image. Normally I don't make the room as dark as possible while I make coffee, but on this particular day, I figured it would be worth it to get the longest possible exposure time.

This is the image that I chose to include in the Project.

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I had the 3 am eastern time slot (9 am in Sweden). I loved looking through all the other images from the day, which you can view here.




Fun fact #1: I took eleven photos during my one hour slot. Here are a few of the others.

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Fun fact #2: Snapshots from a Sunday is also a good project to motivate cleaning up your kitchen counter. Before I took these photos it was covered in dirty dishes and tons of recycling.

4 comments:

  1. I love calling it a "project". From now on, that's my term, and I'm sticking to it.

    Thanks for joining. Your ghost shot was so, so beautiful.

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    1. Oh thank you, and thanks for letting me join in the fun(:

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  2. Long exposure! Awesome. Thank you for sharing :)

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    1. Of course! I'll be waiting to see some ghost shots make an appearance on your blog in the future!

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