Ah, December in Fargo. That means a couple things. First, SNOW. Second, it’s Molly’s birthday (today, actually).
Uh, gotta go.
Ah, December in Fargo. That means a couple things. First, SNOW. Second, it’s Molly’s birthday (today, actually).
Uh, gotta go.
Thanksgiving was also the introduction of Kinect to the family. What that means to me, is that someone needs to take pictures for blackma fun. So, putting my flash up front under the tv and standing behind everyone while they play Dance Central seemed like the perfect idea. I didn’t think of this until three people had already played, but six turned out pretty well. Next time I’d like to do it with another (very soft) light behind the people to add a little light. Next time…
For the Holmquist Thanksgiving celebration, Anna made nametags for everyone. There were actually 8 (6 below + Anna and Grace). Unfortunately the shots of Anna’s and Grace’s didn’t turn out. I can assure you they were equally cute to the 6 that did turn out.
You might be thinking I’m cheating by using another Thanksgiving picture but since we celebrated Thanksgiving twice last week, I figure it’s fair game. :)
Canon 7D w/ 17-55 f/2.8 IS
6 photos, taken at various settings.
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We drove down to Nebraska for a few days and in typical day-after-Thanksgiving fashion (well, every other year), I was able to go to the Husker game. This was the first time I took my camera in with me, which was interesting. They didn’t give me any trouble, but it isn’t the easiest thing to use when you in a packed stadium. I managed to make a shaky video and took a few other pictures, though.
On Wednesday we had a going-away dinner for some friends that are moving to Seattle. The way seating worked out, I didn’t really sit near enough to them to get many photos (one group photo has most of them in it). Instead, Joel, Meghan, and Noah were close enough for me to pester for the night. Noah is growing very quickly and looked pretty darn cute in his sweater vest.
Canon 7D with Sigma 30mm f/1.4 @ 30mm 1/320s f/2 ISO 1600.Jon and Maria were wanting some pictures with Grace so we met them at the Holmquist’s for a quick session. Almost all of the pictures were taken outside but we started with a few indoors. What I like about this picture is that we were able to get a “studio” looking shot in a decidedly non-studio environment. Jon, Maria and Grace were sitting on the floor of the living room, Nila was standing on a couch behind them holding a large black blanket. The lighting was all natural (from windows to the right and behind me).
The rest of the pictures are up here.
Canon 7D w/ 17-55 f/2.8 IS
Taken at 42mm, f/4, 1/60s, ISO 500
We had a rather long walk from our parking spot to the Santa Monica Pier when we decided it would be a nice place to visit. Our view was pretty nice from there, too.
This guy was taking a nap from his hard day of work playing the guitar at the top of the cliff.
According to some[one], Maggie has been significantly underrepresented this year. With time running out on the 2010 52 Project, I figured I better get started posting pictures of the “cutest, nicest, softest, fuzziest black dog ever.”
Canon 7D w/ 17-55 f/2.8 IS
Taken at 55mm, f/2.8, 1/80s, ISO 1600