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Day 23

Still no photo. I've been accompanying 12 hours today and it hurts just to think about picking up a camera. But for what it's worth, I had so much fun today. The director I'm playing for is the director of the Morehouse Glee Club and it has been a great learning experience for me. Good thing is that with playing all day long (and very repetitively, I might add) I'm not as nervous about the Haydn piece (Awake the Harp).

I'll have some time on Sunday to take some shots, but not before I catch up on all the overdue comments. Thanks to everyone!

Oh and cridley, about the whites, the way I do it besides trying to set my white balance correctly and lighting the scene, I also do a levels adjustment and use the highlights eyedropper and click on any area that should be pure white but is just a tad too dark. The good thing about using the eye dropper and a new layer for this is that you can click over and over to change it if needed.

Day 22 - fail

:(

I'm out of the contest, but I'll try to keep shooting. But probably not until Sunday. I'm about stressed to the maximum human limit right now. Besides everything that goes along with teaching, I spent all day preparing for a sub for my classes tomorrow and practicing piano. I'll be accompanying our District Honor Chorus' 11th & 12th grade chorus tomorrow and Saturday.

Here are just two of the six choral pieces I've been trying to get ready to play:
Awake the Harp (I S*U*C*K at counterpoint :( )
I Dream a World (really beautiful and fun to play but talk about challenge! The hemiola is sadistic in this thing!)
... did I mention I only received these a few days ago?
(The clips are not me playing... but hopefully I'll sound acceptable. Wish me luck!)

Day 21 - Tangerine

My son's teacher brought some tangerines and lemons back from her vacation home in Florida and shared them with us.

Day 20 - Infinity

My electric piano at an angle that seems to go on forever. :)

Day 19 - Horses

These are two of the horses in a carousel set that has six horses and a center "organ". When it's turned on, the horses spin, the lights blink and the organ plays music. The shutter was left open for about 2" to get the movement of the horses.

Day 18 - Keys

My classroom keys and name tag (which after only 5 months looks like it's been through a tornado, lol). I hang them around my rearview mirror so I won't forget them. I've only forgotten them once so far this year, and that's remarkable if you know me well! Shot through the back side door, lit with only the reading lights above the keys.