L.A. Saturday Evening Traffic

Day 22: L.A. Saturday Evening Traffic, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

I spent Saturday at the OC Cue Tech Fest. I brought along my point & shoot camera with the plan to take a few photos and then I never did. As I drove home, in the stop & go traffic on the 405 freeway, I took this photo of the line of stopped or going very slowly traffic in front of me.

Date Taken: January 22, 2011
Camera : Canon PowerShot A590 IS
Exposure Mode: Auto
Exposure: 1/60
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 16 mm
ISO Speed: 250
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Auto, Fired

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 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

Week 15: Cowsill Trio Smooth

Cowsill Trio Smooth, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

Another Friday at the Pub enjoying music from Bob Cowsill. Recently, Bob has been joined for his first set by his son, Ryan, on keyboards and harmony vocals, and his nephew, Brendon, on guitar and harmony vocals. I had seen Brendon & Ryan play with Bob before but this was the first time I had been in since the younger generation of Cowsills had started to sing as well as play.

This was another try with high ISO and no flash with a point & shoot camera. I am impressed with the IS on this camera but my 40d is definitely the clear winner with noise and high ISO especially with my fast lenses.

Date Taken: April 10, 2009
Camera: Canon PowerShot A590 IS
Exposure: 1/8
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 7.9 mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off
In camera sepia with curves adjustment in Adobe Photoshop CS2

Week 8: Friday Night at the Pub

Friday Night at the Pub, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

Bob Cowsill spends his Friday nights entertaining people at a pub in Woodland Hills, CA. I also spend many a Friday there enjoying the music and once in awhile I take a picture or two, too. I have been a fan of The Cowsills since I was 11 or 12 and I first walked into this Pub in 1990 to see Bob and his sister, Susan. I've been a regular there ever since and now I am even the webmaster for The Cowsills. Amazing the twists and turns that life can take.

I took this one with a point and shoot that I recently purchased to use at school. It went to Catalina with the Middle School chaperones and I wanted to try it out to see what kind of results I would get in a low light situation. I discovered that even though it goes to ISO 1600 there's no way I can take photos without flash at the Pub.

Date Taken: February 20, 2009
Camera: Canon PowerShot A590 IS
Exposure: 1/60
Aperture: f/5.5
Focal Length: 23.2 mm
ISO Speed: 250
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Auto, Fired, Red-eye reduction (which didn't work!)