Week 43 - Nate

Halloween kind of snuck up on us. We were still out working in the yard when the first trick-or-treaters showed up at our house. Realizing I hadn’t taken a picture for the week, I hurried out and took a few as it got dark. The results were decidedly less than spectacular so you all get stuck with a regular jack-o-lantern.

 

Canon 7D w/ 50mm f/1.8
Taken at 50mm, f/1.8, 1/50s, ISO 800

Week 43 - Jordan

Happy Halloween! We celebrated at Joel and Meghan's and had a pretty great time. Molly and I made some cookies, so here you go! (Oh, you can't taste them through here? Bummer!)

Canon XSi with EF 50mm f/1.8 II @ 50mm 1/80s f/1.8 ISO 800

Week 42 - Jordan

We're currently in the middle of Microsoft's Give Campaign where employees are encouraged to give back to their community. Our group put on a foosball tournament with a variety of game types. In the end, we raised $500-some for the United Way.


Canon XSi with EF-S 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 IS @ 18mm 1/30s f/3.5 ISO 800

Week 42 – Nate

Mousetraps.

Do we have a mouse problem? Nope. Just a dog who thinks our new couch and loveseat suddenly become hers when we leave the house. We’ll see how well that goes over on Monday *evil laugh*

**Before you go calling the humane society: we have the traps covered by a blanket so they’ll only scare her, not actually snap shut on her paws. Simmer down.

Canon 7D w/ 70-200mm f/2.8L IS
Taken at 115mm, f/3.5, 1/25s, ISO 1600

Week 41 - Jordan

They put up art semi-recently in the new buildings at work. Some of them look pretty boring, like over-starched tie-dye t-shirts. This one is actually pretty interesting. There seems to be something printed on the individual butterflies that are made of metal, as you can see here.

Canon XSi with EF-S 70-200 f/4 L IS @ 70mm 1/80s f/4 ISO 800

Week 41 - Nate

I didn’t get out to use my camera for anything creative this week so I’m cheating and using another shot from the high-ISO workout last week. While we were at First Fridays we came across a group called Quixotic performing. We arrived late so we had to stand at the back but I still got a few good pictures. This guy played a mean violin.

Canon 7D w/ 70-200mm f/2.8L IS
Taken at 195mm, f/2.8, 1/800s, ISO 3200

Week 40 - Nate

I was giving the new camera a high-ISO workout at First Friday’s and happened across a really pretty girl with a cute little black dog. Wish I knew her name…

Canon 7D w/ 70-200mm f/2.8L IS
Taken at 70mm, f/2.8, 1/40s, ISO 3200

Week 40 - Jordan

Went to a Windows 7 House Party + Housewarming part for Jeremy and Shelby this week. We were encouraged to dress up to a 1920's theme. Joel did, with his white suit. I guess he stole Shelby’s hat when he got there.

Canon XSi with EF 50mm f/1.8 II @ 50mm 1/50s f/1.8 ISO 800

Week 39 - Jordan

We're not getting much of a "fall" up here in the north, and I hear the story is similar in other places. Luckily, I was able to go out on a decent day while Molly and I were in Nebraska and take a few photos. One of them actually involved leaves that had been able to change color. Pretty amazing, all things considered!


Canon XSi with EF-S 70-200 f/4 L IS @ 187mm 1/500s f/4 ISO 100

Week 39 - Nate

I got a new camera this week from my wonderful wife. Instead of taking the self-portrait that Jordan suggested (sorry!), I had the camera take a picture of itself using a couple of mirrors, live-view and a 2-second timer. I think it worked well. Turns out when you have 18 MP, you can crop to your hearts content which is all I had to do in post. :-)

Canon 7D w/ 50mm f/1.8
Taken at 50mm, f/1.8, 1/320s, ISO 1000