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Friday, March 5, 2010

Lunch Hour Photo Outing

One of my friends who shares an enthusiasm for photography (and cycling) got a new lens and tripod this week. Of course whenever a person acquires a new gadget/toy/tool, it is necessary to try it out immediately, if not sooner. She suggested meeting at the Shrine to Music Museum across campus to see what captures our imaginations.



While it wasn't a highly social outing, we did regroup to compare notes and see what the other was doing. I haven't visited the museum often, but it was a nice break from the day to explore a place in our backyard. If you enjoy music at all, I would suggest stopping by. I've done the audio tour before and would give it a thumbs up as well.

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I haven't seen Cathy's photos yet, I'm looking forward to them! She was working with the harps and a couple of the pianos. I'd like to go to the museum again, an hour just isn't enough time.

This one's my fave from the outing:

2 comments:

  1. Very cool photos! I learn so much from you! I still find it hard to understand how you don't show up in the pictures when you're doing the light painting.....amazing.

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  2. Thanks Cathy!! I'll need a crash course in bokeh from you! :-D If you set your aperture to the smallest setting then it takes a lot of light to make anything appear. And make sure your ISO is low too. It takes trial and error to get the right balance so that the rest of the scene appears. I wear dark clothing, so that helps. Sometimes light reflects off my hands, so there's a flesh colored blur that appears. That happened a bit yesterday.

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