Week 25: We Have a WebCam!

We Have a WebCam!, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

Okay so this isn't technically a photo that I took and it's not really a Friday photo either since it was snapped by the webcam at 12:02am on Saturday morning.

It is, however, my photo of the week for this week because I'm finally testing out the webcam that I got for Christmas! It's a Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 and so far it seems to work just fine on our home computer. My next step is to test out Skype here and then I'm going to try it at school. My hope is to use this to Skype at school next year. Keep your fingers crossed that it will work on the older equipment that we have there.

Date Taken: June 20, 2009
Camera: Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000

Week 24: 2009 Graduation Breakfast

2009 Graduation Breakfast, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

Well, it's official I missed a week and this week's photo wasn't even taken on Friday. After taking hundreds of pictures on Tuesday and Wednesday for year end events at school, I just wasn't in the mood to take a photo on Friday.

Anyway, this photo is from the Graduation Breakfast. Each year we hold a breakfast for the 8th Grade graduates and their guests and the centerpieces this year were a 2-tiered display with the top holding rosebuds and the bottom holding strawberries. These were the roses on my table at the breakfast.

Date Taken: June 10, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 1/100
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 75 mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

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