Wednesday, July 22, 2009
New Class New Technique
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Bar Harbor Sunrise
Bar Harbor, Maine, a photographers paradise. Woke up and saw the beginning of a beautiful morning sky. Since we were staying at the Ullikani Inn right across from the bay it was easy to jump out of bed and head over to the edge of the water to set up for some shots. I didn't even realize I had the opportunity for the sunrise until I was right there. Took just a few and was hoping for another morning of it but there haven't been too many clear days this year up here either and it seems that the next few days will be cloudy as well. Glad I got to just see it nevermind take a picture of it.Also, as I uploaded my photos of the day I realized I have a big dust spot inside the camera. It's not on the mirror, it's on the opposite side where you are not supposed to clean it unless you are 1) very brave, 2) very experienced, or 3) very stupid and inexperienced. Guess which one I am? Cameras and wine do not mix, LOL! Well at least I can laugh about it. If I had the top of the line Canon I don't think I'd be laughing though. I probably wouldn't have dared to go inside the camera either.
Camera shop here I come!
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Pear Tree Blossoms
What's more beautiful than these Callery Pear trees blossoming in Spring? These showy white blossoms don't last long and they liven up the streets with their whiteness. It's the smell that is so strange. It's an overwhelming fragrance and to some it smells wonderful and to others it smells horrible. I overheard comments the other day at church while we were waiting for the service to start. When one of the Deacon's said she couldn't stand the smell I was surprised. And lo and behold, at the end of service the smell had turned and it wasn't so pleasant after all. They are still so beautiful though!
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
December 12th Full Moon

On December 12th, 2008 the full Moon loomed larger in the sky than it has since 1993. It entered its full phase, its disc appeared completely illuminated by the Sun, just four hours after reaching its closest point to Earth.
I missed taking any pictures of it at the beginning of the night but got my first moon picture ever the next morning. I know, I know, I wasn't using the tripod. It was enough for me to realize that the moon was looking pretty good at 6 something AM . I had just woken up, saw the moonlight, grabbed the camera and a sweater and ran outside in the freezing New England morning. I wasn't thinking of the tripod but just wanted to capture what I could before the dawn light took away the dark sky.
I used my Canon XTi Digital Rebel. Didn't do anything special, 6.4 aperture, 200 iso with my Tamron zoom lens out to 300mm. I tried to frame it as best as I could without it being to busy. There wasn't much open space and I was still in my pajamas so I wasn't about to run around the neighborhood looking for a better shot. That's the down side to getting that few minutes window of opportunity for those golden hour shots. Maybe the next full moon I will be better prepared.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Yale - Princeton Game Nov 15
I tried some other shots with an increased shutter speed but still didn't get what I was looking for. I did like how the football on the ground came out though! Hah!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Yale - Columbia Game Nov 1
Instead of playing around with all the aperature and shutter speed settings I let the camera go on it's own and just set it on sports mode. Took all the guesswork out of it and I just shot randomly where I thought something was happening. The next game I'm going to I'll use a few more tips I picked up from some online sports photography searches. One thing that I read is that it is important to know the game to anticipate some of the action. Knowing nothing about football I just had fun going with pure instinct and seeing what I came up with.


