Saturday, September 26, 2009
Week 38: Miley Cyrus at Staples Center
This week, I took my daughters to see Miley Cyrus at Staples Center in Los Angeles. I feel like I'm turning into an old fuddy-duddy after this show. Miley definitely puts on an entertaining show with many costume changes, lots of energy, great lighting, terrific backup dancers & band but sitting in front of us were a mother and her two daughters who were both 7 and under.
I couldn't help but wonder at the image that Miley was projecting with her tight corsetted tops or tank tops with her bra showing and short shorts and her dance moves. As the daughter of teen-agers, one just older than Miley, I understand that Miley is growing up but she seems to be moving herself into the world of Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan yet many of her fans are still in the tween and younger set. Billy Ray Cyrus was in the audience at the show and I can't imagine as a father watching my not even 17 year old perform some of the moves Miley was making in the outfits she was wearing. It would have been disturbing to me.
Okay, enough comments on the show - this is a photography blog so on to the photos. This is a collage of photos taken by my 17 year old daughter at the show. I don't even try to take my 40d into shows like this because most venues won't allow it. The photos were taken with a Canon Powershot SX100 IS which was set on automatic mode with the flash turned off. I think my daughter did a great job with these. It was hard to pick a few favorites.
Week 37: North Side of Computer Lab 2009-10
Oops, I missed a week. Anyway, this week I spent some time finishing up the theme in the Computer Lab at school. This year's theme is "Going on Safari in the Cyber Jungle" so you will see lots of jungle elements in the room.
The north wall in the lab has a bank of cabinets above the computers. This year I am using these to display student work. Currently shown are K-5th self-portraits created in Drawing for Children (K & 1), Kidpix (2nd & 3rd) & Paint (4th & 5th). Under the cabinets you can see that the computers have monkeys on them with the computer numbers for this year to go along with the theme.
Photo Taken: September 18, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Tamron 28-75mm f2.8
Exposure: 1/60
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: On, Fired
AV Mode, Spot Metering, Auto White Balance
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Week 35: Happy Birthday E!
Seventeen years ago on August 29th 1992 at 07:46am, we welcomed our oldest daughter to the world. She was 19" long and weighed 6lbs 3 ozs. and was almost 5 weeks early.
She amazed me then and continues to amaze me now and I cannot imagine how empty my life would be without her.
This week's photo was taken after my now 17 year old daughter opened the cellphone she wanted for her birthday. Now, if the activation would only kick in I'm sure she'd be ecstatic!
Photo Taken: August 29, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Canon 50mm f1.4
Exposure: 1/60
Aperture: f/2.2
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Manual, Spot Metering, Auto White Balance
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Week 34: 1st Grade Art & Computer Project
Near the end of last school year, our 1st Graders took photos in a park with some parent volunteers. They each took one photo from far away and one close up. The close up photos were then uploaded to the student's computer in the lab and each student created 4 different colorized versions of their photo using PhotoFiltre during computer class. The photos were then printed and transferred to a canvas by the volunteer art mom.
I was happy to be given one of finished pieces by the class. If you can't tell what this is, it's a photo of some roots of a tree. The upper left version is a negative image of the original, the upper right is a sepia version with a saturation boost and the bottom two are colorized versions using hue/saturation or other adjustments.
Date Taken: August 22, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Tamron 28-75mm f2.8
Exposure: 1/80
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 3200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Manual, Spot Metering, Auto White Balance
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Week 33: California Dance Academy 2009 Open House
My daughter's dance studio had an open house this past weekend and I took some pictures including this one of the front of the studio.
If you live in or around the San Fernando Valley and you are looking for a dance studio, I would recommend checking out California Dance Academy
And, yes, once again my Friday Foto (Phriday Photo) was not taken on a Friday!
Date Taken: August 15, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Tamron 28-75mm f2.8
Exposure: 1/250
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 32 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: +1/3 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Program AE
I used a combination of Program AE & Manual for the shots I took during the Open House.
