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2006-11-07T09:09:00.000-06:00

Lots of pics

2006-07-15T12:08:00.000-05:00

Okay, so I know it's been a really long time, but I have been taking a few pictures. So here is a really long (26 pictures) post to make up for the last month. There's some of Tracy's new baby, some of Mendota, IL (there for a suprise birthday party), a couple of the pride parade, quite a few from the 4th of July celebraiton down in Evergreen Park, and a few I took during a storm off of my back stairs (just thought it looked cool). For some of the firework pictures, I used a technique I saw on this blog: Looper

Jury Duty

2006-06-05T21:51:00.000-05:00

It's been a while. Jennie had jury duty downtown, so I went and took a few pictures on the way to the Sox game.

Another day at the ballpark

2006-05-06T15:43:00.000-05:00

Ther's just something about a baseball game and sepia pictures

Of course, black and white isn't too bad either

And of course, fireworks always look great with a little extra color!

On the Lakefront

2006-04-08T10:19:00.000-05:00

Sunny day on the lakefront

Opening Day

2006-04-04T21:38:00.000-05:00

Opening day at U.S. Cellular Field.

Shedd

2006-03-12T07:05:00.000-06:00

Took a trip to the Shedd Aquarium this weekend.

Finally

2006-02-22T13:31:00.000-06:00

I was finally able to get out and take a few pictures around the neighborhood.

Valentines

2006-02-17T09:57:00.000-06:00

Ok, so I know I said I would have some pictures from around town, and I have lots of pictures of flowers already. But, it's really cold here! Plus, we've had a lot of flowers around, and they make good pictures. These just looked so good, I had to post a few, hope you like them too!

Car Show

2006-02-13T21:10:00.000-06:00

Here are some pictures from the 2006 Chicago Auto Show, followed up with some more pictures of me screwing around with the camera. I dialed up the color and contrast a little bit on the Car Show pics.

Lexus IS 350

Infinity Coupe Concept

Infinity Coupe Concept

Ford GT

Shelby Cobra Replica

Playing with lighting at night

More night photography, playing with depth of field

A few more pictures playing with depth of field and exposure

Back in highschool!

2006-02-03T14:20:00.000-06:00

This is fun, I haven't really played with an SLR like this since highschool photography. It's like learning how to use a real camera all over again! I spent some time the last few days playing with different aperture, shutter speed, and exposure settings. If you know what I'm talking about, see if you can tell what I was trying to do. If not, just enjoy the picutres! I promise I'll get some more interesting shots soon, but for now, here are a few neighborhood shots and a whole bunch of still lifes.

And so it begins

2006-02-01T12:45:00.000-06:00

Here we go. As I said in the description, I set up this blog to make sure I make good use of my new camera. It's sort of an incentive to make my purchase worthwhile, a public way to make sure I don't ignore my new, expensive, toy! Anyway, I'll try to do at least one post a week.

These are the first few shots from the camera. These were taken right after I took the camera out of the box, no adjustments, just what the camera will produce in it's completely automatic mode. Nothing special. Hopefully as time goes on, the pictures get more creative, or at least more interesting!

Here is a closeup of a tasty local beverage! Wanted to get the white dish there in the background to see how the camera handled a shiny, bright white object next to some dark objects using the flash. Not too bad, especially for using default settings.

Closeup of a lampshade, using a telephoto lens (80-300, I believe) from across the room. Gave me great detail on the knitting of the shade. Nice tight focus area also.

Another picture of the Goose Island, this time focusing more on the labeling. Looking to see what kind of detail I get on a close up of fine print.