Have Camera - Will Shoot...

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Just a Few...

I haven't had much time to shoot lately...despite my efforts! People have been pointing out my cease/seize grammatical error from the last post, LOL. I did it on purpose to be funny but I guess that didn't work! LOL!!

Since I've last posted I received hoods for my lenses and one UV filter. I'm still waiting on some more little toys. I went out today to try out the UV filter but only got one okay shot that I will share with you. The UV filter created bad sunspots so I will have to keep playing around with that until I can figure it out. I'm enjoying the hoods I've received. People online were saying the hoods are pretty useless for the basic lenses you get with the T2i but I ordered them anyway from eBay. How could I pass up getting them cheap from Hong Kong, free shipping? I thought, if they are useless then why are they being sold? For now all I have is the built in pop-up flash on my camera which creates harsh shadows and it's a straight on blast of light which I don't like. When I add the hoods to my camera, the shadows are lessened making the shots less overexposed looking. So, if someone tries to tell you hoods are useless, don't listen. Ideally what I want is the 320EX flash...but that will have to wait for a bit.

This coming week I will be flying to Nova Scotia with my daughter. I'm planning on taking as many pictures as my memory cards will hold! I will have the time, finally and it will be great! I will Carpe the Diem!! ;)

Bracelet I got for Valentine's Day from Tyler (50mm) - February 2012 (59)

Urban Sun (50mm UV filter used) - February 2012 (60)

Everywhere the lines (18mm-55mm) - February 2012 (61)

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Who Has The Time?

I've been meaning to post pictures for two weeks already!! If it's not one thing it's the other. I keep saying, "I'll do it tomorrow..." And now, two weeks have gone by. How does this happen? I keep getting these forwarded e-mails from people with the "carpe diem" vibe and I think...I have to cease the day! Just do it, as Nike would say. But, who has the time?? When did our lives get so busy?

Sometimes I sit and think of what it would have been like before technology. To live off of the land. Actually spend time with the family, day in and day out, not just for fleeting moments. As much as I love technology and think it's done wonders for the human race (what is it we're racing for?) I also think it's ruined us. We're stressed, high strung, OCD, ADD, ADHD, anxious, etc, etc. I find myself panicking if I can't find my phone...my heart actually starts racing, like OMG what if I can't post something on Facebook, Tweet, play Scrabble, Words with Friends, take a picture like right now??? Seriously I feel like smacking myself! It's ridiculous. I do have to say, I still read books and am able to sit in silence without having my skin crawl. That makes me feel like I still have a grip, that I'm not too far gone. LOL!

I'm glad I grew-up without all of this technology. I actually played outside, had to call a friend from a "land line" or just walk over to their house (alone, in the dark) to go talk to them. We would have family game night where we played actual board games. All things I want to pass on to my child(ren). Times have changed but our morals and values don't have to.

If I can't cease the day, I will at least cease the moment. Stop and smell the flowers, enjoy the sunrise/sunset, cuddle with Kaelynne, call my parents (just because). Maybe even have "no cell phone time"...just the thought of that and my heart's racing...LOL. To answer my own question, who has the time? We all do, we just have to take it!

A nice day at The Forks - Feb 2012 (35)

Moon - Feb 2012 (36)

Curling at The Forks - Feb 2012 (37)

Sunshine - Feb 2012 (38)

Sunshine Jetstream - Feb 2012 (39)

Teepee Top - Feb 2012 (40)

Gorgeous Day at The Forks - Feb 2012 (41)

Cross Country Skiing - Feb 2012 (42)

HDR Foorprints - Feb 2012 (43)

Path - Feb 2012 (44)

Tracks - Feb 2012 (45)

Woods - Feb 2012 (46)

Bridge - Feb 2012 (47)

Moon - Feb 2012 (48)

Downtown Winnipeg - Feb 2012 (49)

Downtown Winnipeg II - Feb 2012 (50)

Living Skies - Feb 2012 (51)

Downtown Winnipeg III - Feb 2012 (52)

Hotel Fort Garry (the sun was reflecting off of the smoke from the chimney) - Feb 2012 (53)

Human Rights Museum (construction) - Feb 2012 (54)

Provencher Bridge (Monochrome) - Feb 2012 (55)

Via Rail Station (Monochrome) - Feb 2012 (56)

Sunset Downtown - Feb 2012 (57)

Tree - Feb 2012 (58)

Saturday, February 11, 2012

More Clickin' It Old School...

I found more January pictures!

Kaelynne watching Ellen - January 2012 (30)

Chevelle - January 2012 (31)

Sugar (unedited) - January 2012 (32)

Sugar bath - January 2012 (33)

Chevelle - January 2012 (34)

Clickin' it Old School...

For Shop class and Home Ec we were bused to Earl Grey's neighboring town Southey. In Shop class we had different areas we could work in from semester to semester. There was wood working, welding, drafting and photography. I did the wood working and enjoyed it. Drafting was boring so I would end up with some of my friends who were doing photography. I did the welding but again ended up in the darkroom. Then, of course, I fully completed the photography part of the course! LOL.

We took black and white pictures with a 35mm Pentax camera. We learned a bit about aperture, shutter speed, lighting, focusing, etc. Most of all we just went out and had fun, goofed off and learned by just doing it.

Our instructor Mr. Morman would develop our film and then we had to develop our pictures in the dark room. (Which is one of my favorite things to do and I would love to have a dark room of my own one day!) I always loved the smell of the chemicals in the darkroom. Being able to control and manipulate the print and using certain parts of an image from the film was so cool. Then I loved watching it come to life as it sat in the chemical. A lot of good pictures came out of that darkroom along with a lot of great memories.

Instead of learning about drafting and welding, I was taking pictures or hiding out in the darkroom with my friends. Doing things my own way, because I was a know-it-all bratty teenager! I'll never forget Mr. Morman's shop class in Southey! I learned volumes whether I knew it or not at the time. For that, I am forever grateful!

My next camera will be an old 35mm Pentax.

January pictures...