365 # 162

A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in.
~ Robert Orben ~

This blog is taking a vacation. I’ll be back in two weeks.
Provence is waiting for me. I’ll be back with loads of pictures to update this blog!

365 # 145

 

Date: 2010/05/25 10:21
Model: Canon EOS D40
ISO: 800
Exposure time: 1/30 sec
Aperture: 9.0
Exposure Bias: 0.00 EV
Focal Length: 50.0 mm
Metering Mode: center weight
Flash Used: no
Exposure: aperture priority
White balance: flash

 

A happy marriage is a long conversation that always seems too short. 
~ Andre Maurois ~

( today is our 19th wedding anniversary)

365 #124

 

Date: 2010/05/04 17:21
Model: Canon EOS D40
ISO: 800
Exposure time: 1/13 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure Bias: 0.00 EV
Focal Length: 85.0 mm
Metering Mode: center weight
Flash Used: no
Exposure: Aperture priority
White Balance: Auto

There are always two people in every picture:  the photographer and the viewer. 
~ Ansel Adams ~

365 #107

Date: 2010/04/17 14:32
Model: Canon EOS D40
ISO: 400
Exposure time: 1/8000 sec
Aperture: 4.5
Exposure Bias: 0.00 EV
Focal Length: 28.0 mm
Metering Mode: center weight
Flash Used: no
Exposure: aperture priority
White Balance: flash

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
~ Logan Pearsall Smith ~ Afterthoughts, 1931

365 #37

 

Date: 2010/02/6 14:19
Model: Canon EOS D40
ISO: 800
Exposure time: 1/8 sec
Aperture: 9,0
Exposure Bias: - 0.33 EV
Focal Length: 33.0 mm
Metering Mode: center weight
Flash Used: no
Exposure: aperture priority
White Balance: flash

 

"Cooking is at once child's play
and adult joy.
And cooking done with care is an act of love."
~Craig Claiborne ~

Kitchen Primer

365 #28

 

Date: 2010/01/28 11:40
Model: Canon EOS D40
ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/30 sec
Aperture: 5,6
Focal Length: 85.0 mm
Flash Used: No
White Balance: Flash
 

Date: 2010/01/28 11:44
Model: Canon EOS D40
ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/30 sec
Aperture: 5,6
Focal Length: 83.0 mm
Flash Used: No
White Balance: Flash

Date: 2010/01/28 11:35
Model: Canon EOS D40
ISO: 800
Exposure: 1/15 sec
Aperture: 9
Focal Length: 85.0 mm
Flash Used: No
White Balance: Flash

Theme for you capture was “color” and I had way too much fun with my camera. That’s why I’m sharing three photos instead of the usual one. That was the GOOD news.

Now …
The BAD news is, I won’t be online for the next three days. We’re off to the South of the country and we’ll  (hopefully) be taking lots and lots of pictures. I will be posting them on both my blogs when we get back. I’m keeping my fingers crossed and I hope to get some snow, I never thought I’d hear myself say so, but that would really be wonderful.
See you on Monday, have a great weekend!

365 #25

 

Date: 2010/01/25 12:07
Model: Canon EOS D40
ISO: 800
Exposure: 1/30 sec
Aperture: 8,0
Focal Length: 47.0 mm
Flash Used: No
White Balance: Flash

 

"Recipes are like poems, they keep what kept us.
And good cooks are like poets;
they know how to count."
Henri Coulette

 

This is something I treasure, my handwritten recipe book.

Today's entry for “I ‘m hungry”.
This week’s theme for Thematic Photography really inspires me, does it show?

365 #21

 

Date: 2010/01/21 13:15
Model: Canon EOS D40
ISO: 800
Exposure: 1/13 sec
Aperture: 5,6
Focal Length: 28.0 mm
Flash Used: No
White Balance: Manual

Thematic Photography’s theme for this week is “I’m hungry”.
I think I can come up with a few ideas to meet this challenge, starting with the smoked herring I had for lunch today. 
Not every day is a day to eat lobster, now is it ? 

The sea hath fish for every man.
~ William Camden ~

365 #14

Date: 2010/01/14 10:15
Model: Canon EOS D40
ISO: 800
Exposure: 1/20 sec
Aperture: 7,1
Focal Length: 83.0 mm
Flash Used: No
White Balance: Custom

Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary.
~ Chinese Proverb ~

365 #11

 

Date: 2010/01/11 13:39 
Model: Canon EOS D40
ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/125 sec
Aperture: 5,6
Focal Length: 61.0 mm
Flash Used: No
White Balance: Flash

 

 
Mondays are always busy days for me, today was no different. There was not a lot of time to play with my camera today. What I’m trying to do here  is to post a picture a day to witness the progress I make in getting acquainted with the Canon D40, my “Big Guy”.
Now I KNOW I am very ambitious but I do believe it would be a utopian dream to want a GOOD picture each and every day. Today was one of those days nothing really seemed to want to work. The light was too poor to shoot inside early in the morning, what was left of the snow on the patio was not photogenic at all. I even ended up trying to photograph reflections from the pots and pans in my dishwasher! Yes … well … I was THAT desperate! 
It was past noon and I had to go to work in the afternoon so I decided to leave a little earlier and walk all the way to work.  I did not expect any grand photography today anyway, but at least I would be making some progress because I’ve hardly used it outside my home up until now. Taking the Big Guy for a walk in my own neighborhood is a new challenge for this greenhorn. 
I  took a brief stroll  along the canal and saw this lady with a puppy dog coming towards me. The puppy was an apprentice too and somehow that made me a little less shy. I asked  her if I could take a picture of her cute dog and she happily made him pose for me.
He was the sweetest cutest and smartest dog I’ve ever seen. He turned his head and looked straight into the lens because he heard me laugh. Another thing I learned is to use my voice next time to deliberately attract attention …

 

Always two there are, a master and an apprentice.
Frank Oz