A Young Dancer’s Words

I wanted to share something my daughter recently wrote. She has been a recreational dancer for the past 9 years and has participated on our dance schools competition team for the last 4 years. All those things that young teens do to their parents vanish when they are at dance and I am thankful thatContinue reading “A Young Dancer’s Words”

Fire of Light

Springtime approaches and this means it is nearly time to head back outdoors! Normally the cold does not bother me so much, but this winter seemed to be exceptionally frigid with temperatures often below 20 f. Maybe it is just because this out of shape body does not tolerate sub 20 degree f temps anyContinue reading “Fire of Light”

Competition Time!

It is that time of year for us once again. After six months of rehearsals, sans quite a few snow days, the competition team from Alice’s Dancin’ Corner is on it’s way to it’s first performance of the season. The team just had it’s dress rehearsal and other than some normal minor quirks, they are readyContinue reading “Competition Time!”

Cheering some 12,800 iso…

Killing time after my sparkplug performed, decided to see exactly what an iso of 12800 would look like. f4, 1/640, 24-105 at 50mm. And included in the fun, going in reverse order, a shot at 6400, f4, 1/400, 95mm As long as I do not have to print anything and all things considered not toContinue reading “Cheering some 12,800 iso…”

A Winter’s Growth

For almost a week I have been documenting the bloom of an Amaryllis we received as a gift. The main reason I did this was to gain confidence when utilizing a high iso on my 7D. This camera is not know for it’s high iso capability so for the past year with that fact in myContinue reading “A Winter’s Growth”