I need a steadier hand for my new lenses...

I let my more photographically talented friend Joseph Adams (of JAR Photography)play with my camera today while I played guitar at Southside Fellowship and he took some cool photos. He used my Sigma 50-200 for most of the shots, and it is quite obvious that he is far better at low light photography. I really struggle to be steady enough to avoid blur with longer shutter speeds...perhaps I will have to try out his technique that he showed me. It was a good day at Southside, although my voice really was hoarse by the last service. My throat was sore when I woke up, but it didn't really affect me until all of a sudden at the end of the second service when I couldn't hit high notes very well. I muddled through to the end though.

When I got home I took Lucy for a walk and tried to take some interesting pictures...I guess next I need a wide angle lens.

New Things

I got 2 new lenses for my camera on Friday which was very exciting...slightly overshadowed by the fact that I became deathly ill Friday so I pretty much stayed in bed for 2 days straight. Tonight I'm feeling a little better and at the least my fever is gone...which is good because I'm supposed to play/sing tomorrow and I don't think they have any backups for guitar at this point at Southside.

I've been playing around with my new lenses. One is a "nifty-fifty" and one is a Sigma 50-200. I haven't been able to do much with the Sigma yet as I need a pretty good day outside to use it for the type of things I want to use it for. With the Canon 50mm I've just been playing around with the aperture to see what it does at different settings and distances. I've gotten some interesting pics. I'm trying to think of somewhere to go so I can take pictures of something other than pets and family.

Clouds and Drizzle

Today wasn't too much of a day in the way of excitement. I helped out a little with Addy this morning and then slept for a few hours to try to make up for my next few night shifts...somehow the trade-off for night hours never quite seems equal. Off to work I go...locator, pen light, and all.

I think it's time...

It's been over a year since I've posted on the blog. 2011 was a big year; at times it was wonderful and at times it was also exhausting. I finally finished nursing school and got a full-time job with real benefits...quite the good feeling after several years of part-time, poor-paying jobs.

After maintaining this blog for so long I feel like I missed out a little bit on memories last year. I don't have any blog posts to read through and reminisce, and I also did not take many pictures. Pictures are something I usually have been good about keeping up with in the past.

2012 is already underway, and hopefully it will prove to be another big year for the family, but one with more stability. Addy is becoming quite the beautiful young woman, Kristi is steadily caring for her and the boys at her nanny job, and I am doing my best to be a competent nurse in a hospital setting. I think that I would like to start blogging again...although I never have had any readers, I enjoy having part of my life almost archived in words and pictures. I hope to be a little less wordy as many of my older posts seem a bit cumbersome, and I hope to have lots of pictures to share as those are always my favorite parts of my old posts. I do have a new camera, and I have already been able to take several pictures I enjoy:




As I get older time seems to pass more quickly...maybe these posts will help me remember where I've been and what I've done. Pictures and words are certainly less easily forgotten than a fleeting moment in life.

As such, I'll leave you this video which I made for Kristi this Valentine's Day with a help of a friend.