Week 39 – Jordan

Today, a few of us made the drive to Shakopee, MN for the 2010 Renaissance Festival (Something I totally bet Nate will do in a few weeks). It was actually my first time at a faire, but it was definitely a good time. I mean, Kurt bought some sweet new boots, there was a cool juggling dude, a lady with a giant snake, a very dirty girl, a Grand Marshal with an awesome ‘stache, hard-hitting live jousting (and a horse, for Nila), and my personal favorite, Kurt being a dragon for a musical group.

Canon 7D with 70-200 f/4 L IS @ 135mm 1/250s f/4 ISO 125.

Week 39 - Nate

Not a whole lot of story here. Pretty rose made for a great picture. I love the color and detail.

Canon 7D w/ 17-55 f/2.8 IS
Taken at 55mm, f/2.8, 1/200s, ISO 200

Week 38 – Jordan

One day during our trip, while everyone else went to do the smart thing and nap for a bit, I sto…borrowed…Nate’s wide angle lens to get some photos of the house we were renting. I didn’t take many indoors due to not wanting to wake the slumbering folks with the (very) creaky floorboards.

I did, however, walk around outside a bit. It was a nice little place to stay – definitely in the perfect location. Once again, the trip photos can be found here.

Canon 7D with 10-22 f/3.5-4.5. 3 exposures combined with Oloneo.

Week 38 - Nate

Fall is upon us. Even though the weather has been rather warm, the tress have figured it out and have started to change colors. We don’t have much in the way of trees in our neighborhood but there are several wonderful parks around Kansas City that do.

Canon 7D w/ 17-55 f/2.8 IS
Taken at 17mm, f/2.8, 1/800s, ISO 200

Week 37 – Jordan

Like Nate said, Vacation! We’ve been traveling this last week and it’s probably safe to expect vacation photos used as fallback material if I don’t happen to shoot during a week. This makes all of you incredibly excited, I know.

The photo below is from our layover in Salt Lake City. We managed to get to our terminal right as sunset was hitting above the plane we’d be boarding. Since I had been wanting to see if anyone would harass a guy taking pictures of planes, it seemed like the perfect time to do it.

The rest of my photos from the trip can be found right here.

Canon 7D with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6. 3 exposures combined with Oloneo.

No one bugged me.

Week 37 - Nate

Another photo from our trip this week. We went for an early morning hot air balloon ride on our last day in Napa. What a blast! We made it up to 6000 feet and floated along for nearly an hour before finding our way back down. This was taken as we searched for a place to land (which is much more of a process than I imagined).

Canon 7D w/ 30mm f/1.4
Taken at 30mm, f/1.4, 1/8000s, ISO 100

Week 36 - Nate

Vacation! Nila and I met Jordan and Molly in California for a trip through wine country. This is from Pride Mountain Vineyards, an absolutely gorgeous vineyard on the top of a mountain straddling the county line of Napa and Sonoma.

You can see the rest of my pictures from the trip here.

Canon 7D w/ 17-55 f/2.8 IS
Taken at 28mm, f/3.2, 1/1000s, ISO 100

Week 36 - Jordan

Last night was the annual Make-A-Wish "One Enchanted Evening" Gala. It's a pretty big fundraiser for the local Make-A-Wish chapter and it gives me a way to volunteer my time.

Canon 7D with Sigma 30mm f/1.4 @ 30mm 1/40s f/1.4 ISO 320.

Week 35 - Nate

We tried to take 3mo pictures of Grace this week. Unfortunately she wasn’t too happy with that plan and refused to smile or hold still. I think she’s letting me know what she thought of me taking pictures here… by squishing my head (something Nila has been known to try as well). Oh well, we’ll get you next time, Grace.

Canon 7D w/ 17-55 f/2.8 IS
Taken at 55mm, f/5, 1/500s, ISO 200

Week 35 - Jordan

As always seems to happen when you have something going on outdoors, it's been raining a fair bit here recently. This wall of rain was just south of us. Even though it missed us, the rest didn't. There's enough standing water out there now to allow some nice little mosquitoes to breed, which should be great, too!

Canon 7D with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 18mm 1/100s f/8 ISO 100.