December 28 to January 03

It was a light week in the photography department. I was working really hard on a quilt most of the week.

When I work on my sewing, very often I’ll just set up my ironing board, iron, and sewing machine in the living room. Elli quickly learned that the morning sun hits just so, and the ironing board is a great place for a nap.

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December 21 to December 27

I’m getting in late because last night my Flickr plugin quit working and I was hoping it was just a little glitch. But it’s still not working. Dammit. 

Anyway.

Bubbles + Jack Russell Terrier = invisible trampoline

If you look closely at her left eye, you can see the reflection of the Christmas tree 

Can someone help a gal out here? I’ve played and played with my shutter speed and aperture, and I can’t get what I want out of my low light pictures. Especially since I hate using the flash. It’s so harsh and also too attention grabbing when I’m trying to get some good candids.

I’m very frustrated with my new boyfriend, Manual Mode. He’s kind of a persnickity doody head.

(Above) No flash, f/4.4, 1/2 second, and I set the ISO to 400. But the color is weird and it’s not as sharp as I’d like it to be. 

(Below) Flash, f/4.4, 1/60 second… I hate how harsh the light is and how dark the background is. 

What settings do you use for your low light situations?

I’m very determined to work it out with Manual Mode. Perhaps we should try couples counseling.

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December 14 to December 20

 Emma hanging out underneath the tree

This was just kind of fun because I was playing in Manual mode (I’m getting more brave!) and this is at 1/4 second.
She’s really fast. She tosses her head in the air and squeaks the ball as much as she can.

Took a walk this week and brought home a bunch of snow shots. This was Hunky’s favorite.

I spent a couple hours playing with Photoshop today… More snow shots coming on Wordless Wednesday!

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November 16 to November 22

My friend’s band was playing so we went to see them Friday night. I’m still trying to figure out how to take decent low-light pictures. Here we go!

I love his expression!

I like how sharp this one is…

But I like the light better on this one…

So now I just have to figure out how to find that happy medium.

This was just an OK shot, but I was playing in the Photoshop Filter Gallery and Poster Edges made this look pretty groovaliscious.

I was playing with the shutter speed. My first instinct was to just send this one to the trash because it was too blurry. But I decided that I think the blur speaks for the motion in the scene, and I love the light. I think it’s a keeper.

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November 9 to November 15

She sits like this quite frequently; cracks me UP!
I couldn’t resist the pose plus the light equaled MUST snap UNBEARABLY CUTE PIC.

Crazy Drummer Boy

Still trying to fiddle with the whole aperture/shutterspeed balance thing

Good pickin’

Practicing safe sax