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Picture info: ISO 200, 2 sec, f/22, 55mm, Manual

I put the camera on a tripod and zoomed after pressing the shutter to get our Xmas lights to streak.

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Picture info: ISO 100, 1/4, f/5.60, 50mm, Av

We put up Xmas stuff today. Or, more accurately, Marci and the kids did while I was at work.

Anyway, I closed down the aperture to make sure the shutter would be open a bit longer, then moved the camera. The ones with longer exposures were busier, but I liked this shorter one. The lights look like neon chilis.

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Picture info: ISO 800, 1/80, f/0.00, 50mm, Av

This is our Xmas tree. I shot it with a style called "freelensing" where I detached the lens from the camera, held it at a slight angle, and clicked away.

Maybe not the best for the equipment, but it can lead to some nifty effects.

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Picture info: ISO100 1/6 f/4.0 70-210mm

It's late, but it's done. I didn't take too many pictures today. I spent some time today setting up Marci's old laptop with a fresh O/S load and some imaging software. The point being, I wanted to be able to do tethered shooting (take picture, have picture go directly to laptop, where I can view it much larger than on the tiny camera screen) and fiddle around with that.

In between that and now, I did the trek to Tacoma for some much needed band practice. My fingers are sore, but it was great anyway.

On the way home, I saw something in the non-rainy night that looked like it had potential, but, alas, I didn't bring my camera with me. So I had to improvise tonight.

A few months ago, I built a tiny light box out of an old cardboard box we had. I lined it with tissue paper and a piece of tag board from the local drugstore. I'd goofed around with it a little and thought it was kind of cool.

Fast forward to now and I've amassed a handful of lights from friends and family and I set up a horrible (re: ghetto) little impromptu studio on my wet bar. Haley got some new shoes today and since they're brand new (and she TORTURES shoes), I figured I'd try to shoot them in their still-pristine state.

See you tomorrow.

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I took a little road trip down the freeway to Gene Coulon Park in Renton. It was very misty out and completely overcast, so colors were pretty muted. As luck would have it, Christmas lights were still strung and I thought they would look cool going along the railing. I also thought the yellow pop at the middle of the frame would add some much needed color, but to me, it's just distracting. I did straighten the shot and bump the brightness up a tick or too in Elements, but otherwise, it's untouched.

Picture info: ISO100 1/160 f4.0 70-210mm lens