Pretty Girl!

Exp 1/125
F/4
66mm
ISO 500
It is a cold and rainy Saturday so I have zero motivation to go outside. Instead, I am staying in with my husband and kitties. I really wish that I hadn't chopped off the top of Mia's ear, but it is still a cute shot of her. I really think that she is a bit of a camera whore, she seems to love when I get out my camera and take pictures of her.

Big Yawn.

66mm

ISO 400

f/4

Exp 1/160

I caught Spitz in a big yawn, and that pretty much sums up this week. Nothing really exciting happened. With Brandon gone for three weeks and with me winding down from the race, it was a pretty uneventful. I could have posted pictures of me lounging on the couch, but instead I'll post another picture of my cute kitties!

38mm
ISO 400
f/3.5
Exp 1/160

The Race.

I ran the Vienna Half Marathon this past weekend. Sadly, we were only there for a short time so I really don't have any good pictures of the city. We arrived late and on the day of the race I was definitely not going to haul my camera around as I ran the 13.1 miles! So there are no pictures of beautiful Vienna, just memories as I huffed around the city trying to get to the finish line.

Oh, but here is a picture of my beautiful medal! Our hotel room had a random wooden beam in it, which made for a perfect place to hang my medal.

Catching up and a bit of a change.

Because I am horrible at keeping up with the 365 project and uploading photos to the blog, I have decided to turn this into just a photoblog and not a 365 project. The goal is the same, the plan to get there is just a little different. I will continue to take photos and post them a couple times a week. Hopefully over time I will see improvement and will learn more and more about photography along the way.

So here are some photos from while I was away:

I'm not sure how I feel about the tilt on this one, but I liked the lighting, even if it is overexposed. I took the shot and forgot to change my ISO setting. oops.

35mm

Exp 1/25

f/2.8

ISO 1000

Mia was fascinated with the raindrops on the window in our loft. I definitely need to work on my exposure and lighting on this one, but I still love the moment.

24mm

Exp 1/400

f/3.2

ISO 200

Playing with my new lens...the rain on our patio table.

62mm

Exp. 1/100

f/4

ISO 200

My new Epiphanie camera bag arrived! In between studying for my exams and playing with my cats, I snapped a quick picture of my beatiful new bag.


Here is my new lens - Nikon 24-85mm. I am still playing with it and I'm not sure exactly how I feel about it, but so far it's not too bad. This picture is horribly out of focus but you get the point.

I used this lens at a conference this week and had some pretty good results with low light. Any problems with focus and exposure were purely the fault of the photographer ;)

Day Sixteen: 22 March 2010

Mia loves doing photoshoots on a gorgeous spring day.

35mm

f/5

Exp 1/400

ISO 200

Day Fifteen: 21 March 2010

Lazy day.

35mm

f/2

1/200

Day Fourteen: 20 March 2010

Mia is enjoying the spring weather on our porch.

35mm
f/2.8
1/400

Day Thirteen: 18 March 2010

Okay, so I have been slacking on the blog as I have been playing/figuring out my new camera. I've been busy with work, busy figuring this new camera out and just busy making excuses. Today was a beautiful day here in Germany, so I had to get some pictures of the kitties out on the patio. Unfortunately, I had some issues getting good poses and positioning...they were plotting their escape to freedom so it was difficult to get them to look at me.