Grace

I am absolutely awful at dancing, so it always amazes me when I see skilled people doing it properly. These photos were taken at The Roundhouse Community Centre. Funny story, I was just going through Google to find something interesting to do Downtown when I found out that tonight was the 17th annual Winter Solstice Lantern Festival. I had no idea what it was, so I did some reading. Basically, it's just a huge celebration where people come together to make lanterns, and join in other various activities. I wasn't able to make it in time for the lanterns, but I saw some pretty neat stuff though.

Oh Christmas Tree

After taking photos of the ornaments yesterday, i thought I might take a photo of the entire tree today. To be honest, it's not exactly easy to get a nice photo of a Christmas tree. The most important thing you need to consider is how the tree itself is set up. If you live in a house where your tree has tons of room, that's a plus. In my case, our tree is almost hitting the ceiling lol. Next up, you'll want a nice simple background. And last but not least, you'll want your tree to be full of life and detail.

Now since I couldn't fulfill all of these little guidelines, I had to get a little creative lol

Ornaments

So our Christmas tree has been up for a while now, but I only started shooting it today. I think one of the most important thing to consider when shooting ornaments is lighting. Our tree happens to be right next to a large window, so one side of the tree has significantly better lighting. It was also quite cloudy out today, so the light was nice and even, not harsh or directional.I found myself moving ornaments back and forth between the two sides of the tree, just to get some nicer lighting :P

Notice Anything?

I'm hoping not lol. I picked up a cheap cord today to get my external flash off of my camera body. In all honesty, it's really a lot of fun to use. You could be holding the flash in your hand and it'll trigger at the same time as the camera. Anyways, I'm just trying out different positions to use the flash in, and I'm also hoping to find some human subjects to use it with too.

To infinity

So I had my camera hooked up to my computer today, trying to figure out what to take a photo of for today's blog post. And then that's when it happened: I broke the universe. Well, that's a gross exaggeration to say the least lol. But seriously, it was kinda cool to see this infinite loop of monitor in monitor. I guess it would've looked cooler in video eh? lol

Warp Speed!

So I was out taking care of some errands and had my camera with me. I thought I was going to take some photos around where I was, but I couldn't find anything that interested me, so I got what I needed and went for the bus stop. Once I got on the bus, I realized I had my camera with me, so I started taking some photos. After a couple of unsuccessful shots, I decided to just ram my camera against the window and hold it there with all my might. In the end, I'd say I got a decent shot out of it lol

Light it up

I love seeing all the colourful lights going up around this time of year. It's even cooler when you see them after it rains. I've walked past here every time I go to work, so I've wanted to take a photo here for quite some time. I'm thinking of going around to some other neighborhoods to get some photos. But I'm thinking it might be a little easier if I had a car lol