Winter Concert

The winter concert was nice - wish William had been in a little better lighting.  I tried very hard to get some better pictures but didn't want to be the geek mm with the major lens walking around taking loads of pictures.  This one captures the feel of the concert.  It was a nice setting as the Nutcracker backdrops were up and gave the concert the extra holiday feel.

Photoshop Class

I re-commited myself to getting a couple of the Photoshop lessons under my belt.  I really felt this photo could be a good one, but was disappointed with the low light results when I downloaded the photo.

The result after making some corrections was a nice surprise.

Messing with the camera

I still find that the indoor shots are the toughest for me.  Of course the dog and my son never really cooperate.  If I keep practicing, maybe I'll get better at the settings.

Here are a couple of shots that I was practicing the basics with (once again):

focus on the first shot is the checkbook, second shot on the Easy Button and final shot is the white door.

Shots are still a bit dark but not too bad on manual.  Can't get my shutter speed this weekend.  Need to work through my lessons again, seem to have forgotten a basic component somewhere along the line.  I'm going to refresh my memory.

Elton John Rescheduled??

So, I found a post today that at least 3 of the cancelled tour dates have been rescheduled for February. Portland has been rescheduled for 2/10/10. I'm a bit ticked that I had to google to find it and that the Rose Garden hasn't found fit to notify ticket holders. I just sent them an e-mail voicing my concern that they have not contacted ticket holders but they have posted the revised date on their site without a banner to highlight this development.

It is a Wednesday night now. I'm hoping it is a real date, now a bit hesitant. I'm glad they aren't trying to shove the concert into December (as was previously communicated through the media).

More Aquarium Shots

This was at the interactive pool. I love the bright colors of the anemones and starfish. The boys were cooperating - Nice!

One of my favorite shots of the day. William was watching the fish and the scuba dudes cleaning the tank. Eventually one of the scuba folks came over to the glass - I took too long to get the proper manual focus and Bill said - "just put it on automatic" - the following is the photo on auto (I got used to not having the flash bounce off the glass). I think my manual shot is much better - shows the tank instead of the black abyss)!