I did nothing today. Really nothing but breath in breath out – a good thing – watch television – read some blogs – and share the couch with the dogs. Yesterday tuckered me out. Another side effect I suppose – or so the doctor says. I have not taken my pictures for the day but the night is young! I did read a few pages of the manual – now I can use the bracket function. Woo hoo. I have many photos from yesterday that are great examples of what not to do! Never change to a real high ISO thinking it will help. Never assume your holding the camera still enough in low light conditions. The built in flash is useless in a museum. And it helps if you can find a particular button on your camera in the dark :).
Things I did right. I listened to Drumsnwhistles and paid attention to Thomas Hawks nice message here and attended the Photo Walk at the Sacramento Train Museum! It was fun. I met some really nice people from Sacramento and I am going to go on the Sacramento Photographers Flickr Groups photo walk on Feb. 10th. I brought a monopod instead of a tripod (thanks Chuck for loaning it too me) and I did play with the aperture and shutter settings to see what I would get at the different settings in the lower light. I also got a lot of tips from the other locals who like me lost track of the main group. I suspect that Drums will be attending the one in Santa Barbara!
Others posts on the Photo Walk:
Had a Ball at the Sacramento Photo Walk
Photowalking 5 The California State Railroad Museum
Photowalking at he california state railroad museum
My Photofu is Weak
Photowalking With Thomas Hawk and Robert Scoble
Catfish is in on the bed acting like all that. He has a favorite stuffed toy that is bigger than him that he cuddles up to. Annie is downstairs guarding her domain while watching TV. I swear she really does watch it just in case one of those other dogs dares to walk across the screen.
Well, off to read more blogs and all that stuff . …