I’m participating in Project 365 for the year of 2012. I’ll take at least one picture per day and post them here. Here’s hoping I’ll be successful!

Update: I was clearly not successful in taking a photograph everyday. Or at least one that I felt comfortable publishing. That being said I don’t have the heart to take this page down, not yet!

Day 36

Toasted Pita for Shakshouka

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 400, f2.2, 1/400 of a sec, WB: Custom

Day 35

Hand and ring next to pool

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 100, f2.2, 1/4000 of a sec, underexposed by 2 stops WB: Custom

Day 34

Bubble tea aerial shot

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 200, f1.8, 1/1600 of a sec, WB: Custom

Day 33

A brick on a wall

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 200, f2.2, 1/50 of a sec, WB: Custom

Day 32

Dirt  and greens on a pathway

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 100, f1.8, 1/250 of a sec, WB: Custom

Day 31

Almond milk being poured

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 200, f1.8, 1/30 of a sec, WB: Custom

Day 30

One of the thousands of succulents in our backyard,

you can see that the light is banded in the background I think this is because of my camera

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 100, f1.8, 1/500 of a sec, WB: Custom

Day 29

Sunday Evening Dinner: Roasted tomato s0up with toasted bread and broiled cheddar cheese

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 100, f2.2, 1/60 of a sec, WB: Custom

Day 28

Iced coffee and coffee beans at Salvation Cafe

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 200, f1.8, 1/500 of a sec, WB: Custom

Day 27

A small gecko devours a giant cricket atop Table Mountain

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 18-55mm F3.5 kit lens

Settings: IS0 200, f5.6, 1/1600 of a sec, WB: Custom

Day 26

Rock towering above the Atlantic Ocean at the Cape of Good Hope

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 20mm F2.8 wide-angle

Settings: IS0 200, f2.8, 1/4000 of a sec, WB: Custom

Day 25

Nederburg Wine Estate in Paarl, Western Cape

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F 1.8

Settings: IS0 100, f1.8, 1/80 of a sec, WB: Custom

Day 24

South African Sunset

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50-250mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 100, f6.3, 1/320 of a sec, WB: Custom

Day 23

Elephant after her mud bath in Pilanesburg, edited with split toning and bleach preset in Lightroom

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50-250mm F3.5

Settings: IS0 1600, f5.6, 1/1250 of a sec, WB: Custom

Day22

Joburg Skyline, black and white and darkened

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 3200, f1.8, 1/400 of a sec, WB: Custom

Day 21

Bedroom sheets

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 800, f1.8, 1/80 of a sec, WB: Custom

Day 20

Poha for dinner

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 800, f1.8, 1/80 of a sec, WB: Custom

Day 19

Orchid with Heart Shaped Bokeh made at Kate’s using this tutorial

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 1600, f1.8, 1/30 of a sec, WB: Tungsten

Day 18

Chair at Martina and Rob’s house

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 3200, f1.8, 1/400 of a sec, WB: Custom

Day 17

Flower bud in a dimly lit restaurant

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 3200, f2.0, 1/100 of a sec, WB: Tungsten

Day 16

Shredded Zucchinis Before a Dinner Party

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 100, f1.8 1/20 of a sec, WB: Custom

Day 15

Pineapples at a roadside stand on the drive back from St. Lucia

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 100, f1.8, 1/3200 of a sec, WB: Daylight

Day14

Elephants surround the jeep in Imfolozi National Park, edited to look like an old photo

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 18-55mm F3.5 kit lens

Settings: IS0 100, 29mm, f4.5, 1/2000 of a sec, WB daylight

Day 13

Magical moment with a rhino in St. Lucia

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50-250mm F3.5

Settings: IS0 1600, 100mm, f9.0, 1/160 of a sec, WB: Daylight

Day 12

Crocodile in St. Lucia estuary nature reserve

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50-250mm F3.5

Settings: IS0 100, 171mm, f5.6, 1/200 of a sec, WB: Daylight

Day 11

Tuna Salad on the belt at Cod Father

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 200, f1.8, 1/80 of a sec, WB: Daylight

Day 10

Mosaic at Table Mountain Cable Car

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 18- 50mm F3.5 kit lens

Settings: IS0 100, f4.5, 1/2000 of a sec, WB: Daylight

Day 9

Menu at El Burro’s in Cape Town

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 3200, f1.8, 1/30 of a sec, WB: Daylight

Day 8

Orlando Towers and a sunburst in Soweto, Gauteng

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 200, f7.1, 1/2500 of a sec, WB: Daylight

Day 7

Neha’s cupcake at Kate’s Birthday party

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 200, f1.8, 1/250 of a sec, WB: Daylight

Day 6

Making pizza on the stone on a fire

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 1600, f2.0, 1/20 of a sec, WB: Tungsten

Day 5

White tiger at the Rhino and Lion reserve outside of Jozi

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 55-250mm

Settings: IS0 400, f 5.0, 1/500 of a sec, 109mm WB: Cloudy

Day 4

A pile of records in Collector’s Treasury, Jozi

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 400, f 2.8, 1/60 of a sec, WB: Tungsten

Day3

Tandoori Sellers in Fordsburg

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 1600, f2.0, 1/20 of a sec, WB: Daylight

Day 2

Sunset in Hartbeespoort

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 18-55mm F 3.5 (kit lens)

Settings: IS0 800, f15.6, 1/4000 of a sec, 48mm, WB: Daylight

Day 1

New Year’s Day Braai

Camera: my Canon 500D or Rebel T1i

Lens: 50mm F1.8

Settings: IS0 1600, f1.8, 1/50 of a sec, (underexposed by 2 stops), WB: Daylight