Week 30: Pushing Up Daisies

pushing_up_daisies_9278, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

As I mentioned last week, every year my daughter attends DayJams which is a rock music camp for 8-15 year olds. This year she went for two weeks and during her second week she was in an all-girl band named Pushing Up Daisies. As you can see, she played guitar this week; last week she sang. She was very excited because this was the first year where she was able to play chords instead of just notes!

Not only did she get to play chords but she actually won a Daisy Rock guitar that DayJams was giving away!

Top Photo Taken: July 24, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Tamron 28-75mm f2.8
Exposure: 1/80
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 75 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: On, Fired
Exposure Program: Manual

If you are interested in more photos from the July 24th DayJams concert you can find them in my DayJams San Fernando Valley set on Flickr.

Week 29: Jim Morrison Revisited?

phat_sandwich_9162, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

Every year my daughter attends DayJams which is a rock music camp for 8-15 year olds. On Friday of each week of the camp, the bands, which were just put together on Monday, hold a concert featuring songs that each band has written during the week. This week, Phat Sandwich, and especially their lead singer, were very entertaining to watch. Do I see a young Jim Morrison wannabe?

Photo Taken: July 17, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Tamron 28-75mm f2.8
Exposure: 1/125
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal Length: 75 mm
ISO Speed: 3200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Manual

If you are interested in more photos from this concert, check out the slide show of all of the photos I took:

Week 28: Grasshopper on Mini Rose

Grasshopper on Mini Rose, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

Once again my photo of the week wasn't taken on Friday but at least I did take one. This was taken in the front of our house on Saturday afternoon. I was trying to get a picture of one of the roses and moved it a bit and this guy surprised me and flew on to this flower. I just had to take a few photos of him at that point.

Photo taken: July 11, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Tamron 28-75mm f2.8
Exposure: 1/800
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 75 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Manual

Week 27: Statue of Liberty

Statue of Liberty, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

Once again my Friday Foto was not taken on Friday. This one was actually taken on Sunday this week but I wanted to include something else from our trip to Las Vegas and this is it!

And, no, we didn't visit New York City but we did go to the New York, New York Hotel when we were in Vegas!

Date Taken: June 28, 2009
Camera: Canon PowerShot A590 IS
Exposure: 1/640
Aperture: f/5.5
Focal Length: 23.2 mm
ISO Speed: 80
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Mode: Auto
White Balance: Auto

I didn't have a wide enough lens on my 40D to get a shot from this angle on that camera so I used my point & shoot.

Week 26: Before the Bingo Party

Getting Ready for the Bingo Party, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

Last weekend we were in Las Vegas with my husband's family to celebrate my father-in-law's 80th birthday. The first night there all of the younger generation of cousins had a "Bingo Party" with my husband's sister. This photo of one of our nieces was taken in the hotel room while my niece was playing a game of "guess which hand the penny is in" with my oldest daughter.

Photo Taken: June 27, 2009 (yep, again not a Friday photo)
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 1/60
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 75 mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE