Saturday, October 15, 2011

Week 41 - Jordan

Babysat our friends' son Noah today. He's much more mobile than he used to be and absolutely loves running around and handing people things. Books, blocks, toys, coasters - anything. And then he'll be more than happy to take it back and hand it to the next person.

Canon EOS 7D with 30mm @ 30 mm 1/80s f/2.8 ISO 800.

Week 41 - Nate

Fall is in full bloom.

Canon 7D w/ 17-55 f/2.8 IS
Taken at 37mm, f/2.8, 1/1000s, ISO 100

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Week 40 - Jordan

This morning, Molly, being the braver and more adventurous of the two of us, ran the Oktoberfest 5k. It was her first one and I'm very proud of her for doing it. I also put together a very brief time-lapse of the run.

Canon EOS 7D with EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS @ 18 mm 1/30s f/7.1 ISO 100.

Week 40 - Nate

Sophia is rapidly approaching 1 and as the cutest almost-one-year-old we know, we had no choice but to get to a park and take some pictures. Even having skipped her afternoon nap she managed to play it up for the camera and bust out a grin every once in a while. Whole gallery is here with some cute family shots.

Canon 7D w/ 17-55 f/2.8 IS
Taken at 31mm, f/2.8, 1/160s, ISO 100

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Week 39 - Jordan

From our previously mentioned trip to Colorado, Molly and I walked up a path for a bit and stopped to take some pictures.

Canon EOS 7D with EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM @ 22 mm 1/500s f/11.0 ISO 200.

Week 39 - Nate

Canon 7D w/ 17-55 f/2.8 IS
Taken at 55mm, f/2.8, 1/100s, ISO 100

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Week 38 - Jordan

Came back to Nebraska for the annual Raikes alumni event. It was a great time getting to see everyone again. Of course, I didn't take my camera with me to that. I did, however, decide it would be a great time to try out some astrophotography while staying at my parents' house. So, here's my first try at it. In the pitch black, I set up my camera on the tripod and moved my flash around to various locations around the house to light it. Combined those afterwards. The house is slightly blurry because, as I was stumbling around in the dark, I kind of tripped over the tripod.

Canon EOS 7D with 30mm @ 30 mm 5s f/1.4 ISO 800.

Week 38 - Nate

Emma’s second birthday party was this week. Although there are plenty of cute pictures of the birthday girl (full gallery), I really liked this one of her dad, Pete. I can’t pin it down but something about the color and lighting is just neat.

Canon 7D w/ 17-55 f/2.8 IS
Taken at 35mm, f/2.8, 1/60s, ISO 3200

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Week 37 - Jordan

Last Sunday I took a trip with some friends from work to the Sheyenne National Grasslands south of town. David knew of an abandoned house in the area, so around sunset we made a short hike to it from the road. The shot below was part of a series of trial and error, where I'd hit the timer on the camera and run about 15 feet in front of the camera with my flash and point it at the side of the house. If I did it again, I'd probably put an orange gel on the flash to match the color the setting sun was giving everything else. You can find the full set here.

Canon EOS 7D with EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS @ 36 mm 1/250s f/9.0 ISO 400. Strobist: Bare 430ex flash handheld about 15 ft in front of and to the left of the camera.

Week 37 - Nate

Canon 7D w/ 17-55 f/2.8 IS
Taken at 55mm, f/2.8, 1/1000s, ISO 100