Rule of Thirds

Rule of Thirds
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Ken working the snowblower to clear the passages between the barns and pens.

The rule of thirds is a time-honored composition guideline. Put it to use today in a photo.

Winter Soft

Winter Soft
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Soft light filtered through the storm.

Make a photograph with as soft a light source as you can find or create.

Cold Metal

Cold Metal
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Cold is the gate chain with fresh snow fallen while we were doing chores. It melts and freezes and can make the chain hard to open.

Illustrate coldness in a photograph today.

Horse Horizon

Horse Horizon
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

The only horizon today was formed by the horses and the pond.

Make a photograph that emphasizes the horizon today and post it.

All is Calm, All is Bright

All is Calm, All is Bright
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

I actually took this on the 26th because I really wanted to get a sunrise for this shot.

Illustrate your idea of peace and harmony--or maybe just peace and quiet--today with a photograph.

Red Barn

Red Barn
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Our old red barn. We use it for the chickens and storage.

Today's color is red. Make a photograph dominated by the color and post it today.

Round Beverages

Round Beverages
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Beer and bubbles at Revolution Brewing.

Make a photograph of a circular or round object today.

Solstice - Sort Of

Solstice - Sort Of
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Normally Colorado is bright and sunny but it's been raining so we are grey and muddy instead. But it is the Solstice and light will start coming back now.

It's the solstice. Make a photo that captures the day for you wherever you are.

Passagway

Passagway
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

We stack the hay so we can stay under cover and still feed the sheep. Ewes are on the left and hay on the right.

Make a photo of a hallway or passage and post it today.

Squares

Squares
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Fences for sheep are made of all sorts of grid patterns.

Squares and grids surround us in our built environment. Focus in on some squares today and make a photograph.

Pair of Sheep

Pair of Sheep
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

That's Wye Heights Latham in back and Desert Weyr Gwendolyn in front. A pair of sheep. The next few shots were not work or family safe. Lambs in 142 days we hope.

Make a photo of a pair of subjects today. People or inanimate objects are both fair game!

Coffee Emergency!

Coffee Emergency!
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

I need my 2 cups of coffee in the morning brewed from fresh ground beans. Getting low causes me much anxiety.

What makes you anxious? Illustrate it in a photograph today.

Simple Egg

Simple Egg
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Even an egg can be very complex. The patterns and color on the shell are only a thin layer on the outside. You can scrub it off. Try it on your own eggs.

Make a photograph of a beautiful simple shape, such as an egg, today. Utilize lighting and focus to make it sing.

Strong Light & Distant Visitors

Strong Light & Distant Visitors
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

I did a farm tour for a group of Peruvian Weavers. They went in and were interested in both our sheep and our solar system. This was the only picture I got but I loved the sharp light in it.

Make a photograph today with strong direct light that casts crisp dark shadows.

T-Shirt Rug

T-Shirt Rug
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

My first attempt at a rag rug from old t-shirts. I think it looks nice even if it is small.

Double up on your art today. Make a photograph of something else that you've created or crafted.

Golden Ratio

Golden Ratio
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

I tried to put points of interest in the ratio but it didn't work out as well as I hoped.

The Golden Ratio has been used in art for millennia. Use or illustrate the Golden Ratio in a photograph today.

Clean Ditch

Clean Ditch
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

A pleasing vista is a ditch cleaned when I didn't have to dig it. This is the back catch ditch and we had a trackhoe in to clean it out. It's not been cleaned for 20+ years.

The dictionary defines a vista as a pleasing view. Make a photo of a vista that pleases you today.

Containers

Containers
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

I am paranoid about wool moths so I keep all my yarns in plastic containers with mothballs. I try to keep the labels accurate but they are never perfect.

Containers, boxes, and packages. Make a photo with one or more as a subject and illustrate what they mean to you.

Family

Family
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

All of our parents have passed on and my brother in law lives far away. But my stepdad came to help at the Farmers' Market and is our closest family.

Make a photograph today that documents your family or conveys how you think of your family.

Baaaa!

Baaaa!
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Have you ever tried to catch a picture of the baa of a hungry sheep?

Make a photograph today that visually communicates a sound. Your choice of sound, but do your best to make us "hear" it.

One Peak

One Peak
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

A single element, Mount Lamborn. I never get tired of the view and this one had a lot of contrast with the new snow.

For the 1st assignment of @dailyshoot year 2, create a photo with a single element, no distractions, & lots of contrast.

Weather Station

Weather Station
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

On a farm one of the most important gauges is the weather station. Weather determines everything. This sits in the dining room and we check it every morning. Data from the station are fed onto the web page with our local weather.

Gauges, meters, and turn signals are all indicators. Make a photograph of an indicator that catches your attention today.

Belinda

Belinda
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

I was actually able to use the macro function on my camera for this because Belinda is a very friendly sheep. I like how you can see the red coats and the hay barn reflected in her eye.

Sometimes, the best advice is to get closer. Today, get really close to your subject. Use a macro lens if you have one.

Moving Hay

Moving Hay
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Carefully balanced.

There word balance has many meanings, literal and abstract. Pick one and make a photograph today.

Halloween Sheep

Halloween Sheep
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Yoda the Sheep in his lovely blaze orange coat.

The color of the day is orange. Make a photograph that is full of orange today.

Centered Bale

Centered Bale
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Center of the bale plus centered in the frame.

Make a photograph today that has a strongly centered composition.

Reaching For Dinner

Reaching For Dinner
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Ewes are on diets so they are eager to reach in to the feeder when dinner is served.

Reaching up, reaching for, reaching out, or reaching in. Show the action of reaching in a photograph today.

String Heddles

String Heddles
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

I['m weaving again so have been spending more time in the shop. These are the heddles on the older floor loom, currently not warped but maybe soon.

Make a photograph today where vertical elements or lines dominate the scene.

Gifford in Pink

Gifford in Pink
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Thursday is our regular day to deliver eggs to the brewery. Fortunately there was a high school game and everyone was asked to wear pink to the game instead of the school colors. I don't DO pink so I was glad to see Tom Gifford there to take a picture of.

October is breast cancer awareness month. Make a photo of something pink to support the cause.

Partially Crafted

Partially Crafted
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

First weaving on the new big loom, partially started. The strip is from when I remembered how to weave weft faced rugs.

Double your art today. Make a photo of something you've created or crafted.

Curved Lines

Curved Lines
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

I sell horns for making shepherd crooks, shofar, knife handles and buttons. These are some of the curved horns from our butcher rams waiting to be sold.

Make a photograph of a curved line or spherical surface today.

Pond Edge

Pond Edge
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

We had the cattails cleaned out of the pond so you can finally see the pond edge.

Make a photograph of an edge of something today. The edge of a knife, the waters edge, or some other edge.

Fiery Dragon

Fiery Dragon
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

I wanted to go over to a friends house and photograph some forge welding or blacksmithing but never got the chance. So this dragon is something that might have used fire at one time. It's a stuffed knitted toy a friend made for us.

Fire is dramatic, as it its effect. Make a picture of a flame or something changed by fire or flame. (@btusdin)

Stairway to Fun

Stairway to Fun
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

This is the long stairway up to the second floor of the shop, where my looms are.

Stairs and ramps lead the eye and take us places. Make a photo of a stair or ramp that you see today. (@Melhutch)

Black & Red

Black & Red
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

One of the ewes, in winter corrals and wearing a nice new red coat. I've been sewing like mad!

Let's start out the new week by making a photo with a red point of interest. Make sure your subject really stands out.

Cleaning Ditches

Cleaning Ditches
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Watching the trackhoe clean out the catch ditch from the shop window. Best I could do for high up viewpoint.

Make a photograph today of an interesting subject with as vertical or high a point of view as you can manage.

Warm Room

Warm Room
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Most bathrooms seem cold and sterile. I love our downstairs bathroom with its cedar shower stall.

Bathrooms are full of hard surfaces, textures, and personal implements. Find an inspiring photograph in a bathroom today.

North Fork Horizon

North Fork Horizon
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Grass is gone and the trees are changing color. Our horizon view is always changing.

Make a photograph that emphasizes the horizon. It's your choice whether to place it on the third lines or to center it.

Cleaning the Barn

Cleaning the Barn
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Red & Green and a lot of dust from cleaning out the chicken dust in the red barn.

Make a photograph that plays two complementary colors off of each other today. See http://bit.ly/9L0FAS.

Garden Bounty

Garden Bounty
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

The simplest of garden pleasures. A lovely vine ripe tomato.

Simplicity is economy. Make the simplest photograph you can today. Take things out until you can't remove anything else.

Large Economy Size

Large Economy Size
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

One of the welders we use on the farm.

Power plugs are ubiquitous. Can you make a creative photo of such a common thing? Try it today!

Divider Fence

Divider Fence
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

This divider fence separates the orchard into the east and west halves. We use it to limit how much grazing the sheep have more easily.

Fences and walls can divide or demarcate. Make a creative photo of a fence or wall today (@muffett68)

Guilty Pleasure

Guilty Pleasure
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Bejeweled is my guilty pleasure. Mindless but fun!

Make a photograph that shows an interpretation of your favorite indulgence or guilty pleasure. (@PrimalPhil)

Banned Books

Banned Books
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

The American Library Association's Banned Books Week is from 25 Sept to 2 October. Here are just some of the books in my shelves that have been banned at one time or another. How many times must we repeat this before we learn that banning ideas does not make them go away and freedom demands the right to read anything you want!

Make a photo of an interesting stack of books or magazines. Consider how you handle repeating lines in your composition.

Symmetry

Symmetry
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Kona has nearly perfectly matching horns. Too bad he doesn't like to pose very well.

Symmetry can be calm and soothing. Make a photo today featuring symmetry, either in subject or composition. (@logista)

Chaotic Storage

Chaotic Storage
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Fleeces, sorted by sheep name ready to go to the wool mill. Chaotic but soon to be beautiful yarn.

Communicate chaos, disorganization or messiness in a photograph. Find some beauty in it. (@divadeb88)

Truck Mirror

Truck Mirror
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

I wanted to do something completely different so I kept looking for a mirror in an odd place. The bright sun off the truck hood seemed the right picture to me.

Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!

Chicken Feather

Chicken Feather
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

Our hens are molting right now. This means among other things, that we are getting very few eggs and there are feathers everywhere.

Make a photograph of something that is soft, or at least looks that way. Convince the viewer of the softness.

Pocket Knife

Pocket Knife
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

This one lives in my coat pocket. Every farmer always carries a knife, I usually have at least 2 on my person at all times.

Some carry a talisman, amulet, "lucky charm", or just a comforting thing in our pocket. What do you carry? (@btusdin)

Big & Little

Big & Little
Originally uploaded by Oogie McGuire

My 2 floor looms. The smaller 4 harness and the huge soon to be 8 harness one. Empty and forlorn but soon to be working again.

Make a photo of two complementary objects arranged in a pleasing composition, one large and one small.