This was my first time ever taking pictures in an actual church service and it wouldn’t have been successful without Jerry. He provided the lens I used most and a ton of good shots with his 5D and additional vantage point. I am going to miss him anytime I have to take pictures during a service again.
My brother joined me for picture-taking at the Good Friday service tonight. Here’s a few pictures of the crosses. We had all three of our cameras out, from the 5D Jerry just bought to the old 300D I’m currently using (but desperately need to upgrade). I had the two rebels and Jer had the 5D.
They were all over. The crosses filled the Deep End.
They were even outside and in the gym.
So that new lens? Yeah? It’s tons of fun. Here’s a self portrait where I got lucky with the focus.
Introducing the EF 50mm f/1.8 II! I am super happy to have this lens. It was a birthday present from my parents and I’m anxious to get better at using it. I’m thrilled to have such a large aperture to play with!
Here are some shots we snapped this afternoon with it. The popcorn was our afternoon snack. James wanted a picture of his cup, and with Lowell’s sippie cup picture I was trying to get the bug stickers in focus.
This one below is my favorite picture of the evening. I think I should go back in and work on getting a better exposure of the middle of it but overall, this is a beautiful painting/calligraphy work and I wouldn’t mind having it hanging in my home.
Yes, these were taken at our church. This used to be the upstairs lobby but when the church built an addition (it’s huge) off the backside of the sanctuary, this space became the art gallery since the lobby was basically moved to the other end of the building. I guess technically, there are 3 different lobbies. This was a great way to spend a Friday night without the kids! I had so much fun running around and climbing over things and ducking to get good pictures.
I will be setting up a casual portrait session with the artists on a Sunday morning before the exhibit is taken down. For now, I just have a group shot. The artists:
The reflection in the mirror on this one totally caught my eye.
Here are some pictures of the jazz trio that was playing. I’m gonna tell Tom (the one on sax) that he needs a website so I can link to him. He can be reached via email at justforyoujazz at yahoo.com if you’re in need of some music. Their music added the perfect touch to the evening at the Art Exhibit.
These were fun shots to get. They were set up in the darkest, hardest to reach corner where the walls were painted this mossy green (ick for bounce flash) and the perfect angle was occupied by the support beam for the staircase… I tried the tripod but the exposure times were too long to be sharp, I tried bouncing the flash off the ceiling by just standing there but the reflection in the window behind them was quite evil and the musicians were still severely underexposed. Eventually what worked is boosting the flash up to +3 and standing on the top of a barstool with the flash bounced off the ceiling and the sliver of tan wall. I may have looked silly but the pictures are acceptable!
I’ll update soon with pictures of the art and event.
Yum, these cakes by The Cake Plate were delicious. I got to try all three!
Pictures link to larger size cuz I know you just gotta get more of these cakes.
Look at this last one. Dontcha just want to pick that wayward chocolate shaving off the top? I mean, no one will notice the missing chocolate, right? Surely it’s hanging there just for me to pick off… Just look at the way it’s leaning, stretching towards me, begging to be put out of its misery.
