Week 22: Spring Dance Recital Time 2009

Time for Spring Dance Recital 2009, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

Each spring, the dance studio my daughter goes to has a recital as do most of the studios I know. I take a lot of photos for the dance studio and provide them for purchase to the studio families. This shot was taken of my youngest daughter at the dress rehearsal.

Date Taken: May 28, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 1/200
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 75 mm
ISO Speed: 3200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
No Flash

When taking the dance photos, I tend to use P mode or TV mode since the lighting conditions change so frequently.

Week 21: Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

This week's photo was not taken on Friday but it still had to be my photo of the week. This is a photo of one of the flowers I received from my husband in celebration of our 17th wedding anniversary. We both try to get something for the other that follows the recommended gifts for the year but this year that recommendation was furniture. We decided against furniture even though we really do need a new couch. He got me roses and I got him the new Sports Active game for the Wii.

Date Taken: May 24, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 1/80
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 3200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
No Flash

Week 20: The Set List

Set List, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

I have made a lot of friends at Cowsill.com and one of them was visiting from Arizona to celebrate her birthday. She brought a small notebook with her to keep track of the set list for the night. In this photo, you can see a few of the songs sung by Bob Cowsill on Mariann's birthday!

Date Taken: May 15, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 1/50
Aperture: f/1.4
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 3200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
No Flash

Week 19: Roses & Strawberries

Roses & Strawberries, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

This week was Teacher Appreciation Week and we have great parents at our school. Our Parent Faculty Association provided breakfast on Monday, a free lunch at our annual Fiesta Lunch and lunch on Friday. Other parents baked us goodies, gave us cards, flowers and other things and 1st Grade decorated pots and gave us plants.

This week's picture is a rose from one of the families at school for Teacher Appreciation Week along with some strawberries left over from the lunch provided on Friday.

I added some subtle painting effects to this one in Photoshop. You'll probably have to look at the larger sizes to really see them.

Date Taken: May 8, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 1/125
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 47 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: On & Bounced

Week 18: Middle School Game Night

Middle School Game Night, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

Tonight I helped chaperone the Middle School Game Night at school. It was interesting to watch and see that even in our hi-tech world, two of the most popular games were most definitely low tech - Chess and Twister!

BUT, just so you don't think that it was all low tech, there were also Nintendo DS games and a spirited game of Guitar Hero on the Playstation going on at the same time!

Date Taken: May 1, 2009
Camera: Canon PowerShot A590 IS
Exposure: 1/60
Aperture: f/5.5
Focal Length: 23.2 mm
ISO Speed: 125
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Auto, Fired, Red-eye reduction