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Candle burning in a punched metal candle holder

Chilly Photo Shoot

Yesterday afternoon I had a family photo shoot in the chilly low 40 degree weather. It was sunny though, so that was nice, and the family even braved the cool temps for a few pics without coats on. The 1 YO twin girls gave me a run for my money, but the older kids cooperated so easily!

We went to the family farm which belonged to the husband's grandparents. Although both of them have passed away, some of his family still lives there, and they were nice enough to let us take pictures on the property. It was a photographer's dream! Lots of neat textures and scenery for backgrounds!

Side of Shed

Our neighbors have a shed with these old fashioned metal objects hanging on it. I couldn't resist taking this pic a couple of months ago and then converting it to sepia to give it an even more old fashioned look.



I'm submitting it for Unique Exposure's "Sepia" photo challenge.

Autumn Landscapes

When I was on my photo walk the other day, I took these photos of the autumn colors near our house, and I'm submitting them for the "Landscape" theme for this week's challenge at Perceptive Perspective.

Week 2 Photography Class Assignments

I'm so sorry for the extended absence. This past week has just been extremely busy, and I just haven't had time to blog. In fact, I finally submitted my photos for my photography class assignments tonight, too.

This week our photography class focused on shutter speed. I'm actually pretty proud of myself because I shot 2 of the 5 photos for the class using completely manual settings. They may not be spectacular, but I'm especially proud that I was able to adjust the shutter speed and ISO so that the lighting wasn't too bad.

Here are all my shots SOOC (with the exception of the "watermark").

Moving Water
f5, 1/320, ISO 3200 (Shot completely manually)


f5, 1/10, ISO 100 (Shot completely manually)


Daylight action taken at slow shutter speed to show motion
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Low light action taken at slow shutter speed to show motion
I actually shot this at night on a tripod with a 15 second exposure for the shutter speed.


"Shoot Where You Are"
f4.5, 1/200, ISO 3200 (Shot completely manually)


I spent more time this week taking pictures in my bathrooms than ever before, trying to catch drops of water on "film" (How do you change that saying for digital cameras? "On memory card???" Doesn't have the same ring to it.) and adjusting my camera settings so that the lighting wasn't too dark. All in the name of photography!