photography
What I’ve learned while rassling my new camera
The other day I told someone in complete honesty that I love holding my new camera almost as much as I love the pictures that I get with it. I love the weight of it, the way my fingers curl around the body of it, the ’snick’ as I rotate a different lens onto...
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within 10 meters
Found an interesting challenge at DigitalPhotographySchool.com. The idea is that no matter where you are, chances are that there are at least 10 great pictures within 10 meters of you right now. So find them.
Here’s what I shot at midnight when the light was dim and my usual subjects were all asleep....
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Everyday moments
We live out in the country, in an area of Idaho where the annual rainfall is somewhere around 7-10 inches. (That fact still surprises my Missouri-born self–that much water hit the ground in a couple weeks where I grew up.) Irrigation water is essential. Mountain foothills are dotted with reservoirs to...
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This baby is sweetness
Straight off the FedEx truck today, here’s what I got with my new Canon 28-135 lens.
The sweetness.
Oh my stars, I am having fun.
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Littlest
I’ve been having lots of fun experimenting with the settings on my camera in the past few days. The best pictures still come when I put the thing on ‘auto’ with the flash turned off– I don’t understand shutter speed and aperature and ISO well enough yet. But I’m getting a few things...
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How many pictures?
This weekend while we were camping, I had my computer but no internet. Theoretically I could have gotten a lot of writing done during the evening hours. The reality? I spent hours sorting through the pictures on my computer. 7762, to be exact. From only 2007 and 2008. (Bad pictures...
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A cool photo idea, and a way to help kids
Here’s a really fun way to get some unusual photos -make your own sky cam!
And, on a totally unrelated note, my friend Carrien (whose blog is a gem) is offering folks a way to help refugee kids in Burma.
Technorati Tags: Burma, photography, photojojo, refugees
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