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This was actually shot about a month ago, but I'm not sure how it didn't make it to shot of the day, because clearly...it's AWESOME!

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Cody listening to Ross playing the guitar as the sun is going down on Austin.

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Jovaughn Williams and Chad's little boy, Grayson at Zilker Botanical Garden.

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Courtney Ateyeh is breathtakingly beautiful.

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This shot was taken under the lamar pedestrian bridge on Lady Bird Lake. The water reflects beautifully off of the concrete.

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Lila. Who else?

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Macro.

These are the beautiful eyes I see and love every day.

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Ross and I went to Fort Worth to visit my parents this weekend. While we were there, we all went to the Arts Festival downtown. While we were there, I snapped this picture of a man playing the Scottish bagpipes.

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GSD&M, the agency Ross works for, sent out an email Thursday afternoon encouraging everyone to take an alternative form of transportation to work for Earth Day. He walks to work every day, so didn't really have another idea. I told him he should fly to work. He planked on the fence near the train track at the top of the hill and we took a picture, which won him two Rudy's breakfast tacos when he arrived at work. Score!

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After my AYC Poker Tournament planning meeting at The Tavern, I drove across the street to the infamous Castle on the Hill. It was a bit sketchy, but certainly interesting!

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This shot of the Tom Miller Dam was taken from the roof patio at Abel's on the Lake. It's a beautiful day in Austin, Texas.

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This shot was actually taken the day we visited Austin Speed Shop, but it was too cool not to include as a shot of the day!

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I crawled to the top of the spiral hill at the Long Center to get this gorgeous shot of the downtown skyline. What a beautiful day.

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Nice night for a swim. Lacking inspiration on the roof of Gables Park Plaza and in dire last minute need of a great shot of the day, Ross kindly offered to free fall backward fully clothed into the swimming pool moments after we were unofficially given the boot. Oh yeah... got it!

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The Texas Stars asked me to shoot some photos at their last home game Saturday night. This shot is of Mike Hedden after he scored on a penalty shot. It was our first goal of the game. I am going to miss hockey season. Go Stars! Good thing it's Stanley Cup Playoff times. Go Bruins, Go Penguins!

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Cousin Heath and Uncle John came to Austin last weekend for the Lonestar Round Up traditional hot rod event. Friday night, Ross and I met them at Jesse James' Austin Speed Shop on South Lamar for an Open House. The Discovery channel recently began airing a reality show based around the shop. It was awesome!

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This shot was taken late at night off of Walter Seaholm Dr and Sandra Muraida Way. Most of the image has been de-saturated with the exception of the red neon lights!

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The sunset is absolutely beautiful looking out from the footbridge underneath Mopac over Lady Bird Lake. Update: I have decided that every photo does not have to include a person or be portrait-style. Ross asked a valid question: Do you always want to shoot portraits? To which I responded: Not at all. Therefore, my photos for this project will also include landscape and architecture. :) Hope you enjoy!

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When you are sidelined with the stomach flu, this is the only sight you see. All. Day. Long. Thankfully that has passed and I am all better. Needless to say, it's not the most interesting shot, but the bed was certainly my only reality on Monday.

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Ross rode his bike ;) to Lou Neff Point this afternoon.

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Near Midnight I finally caught the shot of the day. Lovebirds. Courtney and Alex.

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Today Ross and I hiked up the rocks near Pennybacker (360) Bridge in Westlake and took some sweet pics.

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Had to fight to get this shot of the day in. Right before sunset while making dinner for my lovely grandparents who are visiting, Ross and I ran up to the Robertson Hill rooftop to snap a few sunset photos. Here he is Tim Tebow-ing...

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This shot of Brittany was taken at Mt. Bonnell park off of 2222 in West Austin. The views are incredible.

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On my way home from College Station this afternoon I passed this old abandoned gas station near Paige, Texas. I turned around, pulled over in front of it on the side of Highway 21, set up the camera + tripod and snapped a few pictures of Lila and myself. This one turned out pretty sweet.

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Kandace, Ryan and I went to take pictures in the bluebonnets today off of Hwy 47 in College Station. We decided Leap Frog would probably be the most fun thing we could do. :) Here is your shot...

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Courtney's live show was incredible. This shot was taken right outside! Killa de-mount. ;)

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Ross is very excited to have made the daily shot! We took Cody to Redbud Isle park and Cody got to do lots of swimming. And here is your best father/son shot:

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I shot portraits for the Rodgers (as in Jonny's brother) family in the bluebonnets near Barton Creek Mall this weekend. The kids were beautiful. Avery and Rock. This picture of Avery is so precious. She knows how to work the camera!

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Today was a rainy, gloomy day. I considered going to find a spot to shoot outside anyway. I always avoid shooting indoors. Probably because I haven't taken the time to learn how to do it well. Since a goal of this project is to become a better photographer, I must force myself to do things I don't want to do, right? Here is your third shot.

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For this shot, I ventured over to Redbud Isle park off of Redbud Trail. As I began to walk carrying my camera bag and tripod, I immediately noticed a beautiful spot on the bank of the river about 30 yards up and to the right of the parking lot. There were giant granite rocks, beautiful green trees and perfectly calm and peaceful water. This was my first shot where I set up the camera and ran the entire show by myself. Aside from huge dogs running past me to jump and play in the water, come back up and shake all over the place, the shoot was pretty simple. What a beautiful spot!

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Inspired by Alex Stoddard's 365-day project of shooting something new and creative each day of the year, I have decided to embark on my own 365-day journey. His portfolio is so creative. He is only 17 years old and for him to create something this incredible is so inspiring to me. The only rule I have set for my project so far is that there has to be a person in each picture. Sometimes it will be me, sometimes it will be a friend who I can convince to pose for me. When it's me, I will set the camera up and use remote to take the shots. I would like to create a collection of photos that have some sort of theme or capture an idea. They will not all be flattering or beautiful or glamorous or typical. That's not what this is about; this is about creating art. This is in effort to become a better photographer, learn how to manipulate light and hopefully create something amazing.

This first shot was taken near the Tom Miller Dam off of Redbud trail near Lake Austin Blvd. Kayleigh came with me to help give me advice with posing and to hold the camera/tripod so it did not tumble down the concrete bank into the river. And here is your first shot.

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