Week 44: Bob Cowsill Entertains

Bob Cowsill Entertains, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

The first Sunday of November is St. Martin's Day at the church associated with our school. Bob Cowsill has provided the after service entertainment for a few years in a row.

Yes, once again a Friday photo not taken on Friday but it does start a new week.

Photo Taken: November 1, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Tamron 28-75mm f2.8
Exposure: 1/200
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Auto
Flash: On, Fired

Week 39: Blessing of the Animals

Blessing of the Animals, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

Yes, once again this is not a Friday picture. I knew this weekend was going to be filled with family events on Saturday and the annual Blessing of the Animals service at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church on Sunday so I decided ahead of time to share something from either Saturday or Sunday.

The first Sunday of each month is a special service for the families of St. Martin's and October is always the service honoring St. Francis and includes blessing of the animals. I take pictures every year at this service for the yearbook and this year was no exception. Most of the photos have students from the school in them so I won't share them on this blog but this one is of one of the dogs brought by a school family to be blessed today. Meet Snowball - he is 11 months old, very active and very friendly and spent most of the service trying to go meet the other dogs in attendance. He did stand nicely for his blessing though:

Technical Details for 1st Photo
Photo Taken: October 4, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Tamron 28-75mm f2.8
Exposure: 1/250
Aperture: f/14.0
Focal Length: 75 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: On, Fired
Program Mode, Spot Metering, Auto White Balance
I was alternating using Manual and Program mode due to lots of dappled sun and shadows.

From the hymn, All Things Bright and Beautiful (
Text: Cecil Frances Alexander Tune: Royal Oak) which was our opening hymn today ...

All Things bright and beautiful,
all creatures great and small,
all things wise and wonderful:
the Lord God made them all.