In a world of so many great photographers and writers, I am venturing into some unknown territories, leaving comfort zones, finally very willing to practice the art of seeing. By maintaining the practice of posting daily photos, I hope to continue learning about the possibilities that I trust are out there for the taking.
I’m leaving tomorrow morning for Mexico City where I’ll meet my sisters Leila and Ginny. Unfortunately my brother Don won’t be joining us as he just had knee surgery. I love being with my family. Meeting my sisters and traveling with them and their husbands will feel like I’m traveling with Mom and Dad again where I don’t have to generate a plan and implement it. I will arrive and all will be planned. No decisions really. I’m off duty and get to follow everyone’s lead. This is heaven for me. I’m excited.
I will miss my hubby though.
My sisters! Ginny and Leila.
Colleen took these photos at the end of the Rehearsal Dinner one day before Zane’s and Jerami’s wedding. Zane is my sister Ginny and brotherinlaw Walid’s 2nd youngest son of their 4 children.
Linda, Ginny, Don, and Leila. I'm the oldest, then Don, Lee and Gin. There are 8 years difference in our ages.
Walid (Sister Ginny's husband), Ginny, Don and Colleen (Don's wife).
Don and Me.
Brother Don, Dennis (Leila's husband) and my hubby, Ray.
Colleen and Don. Thanks Colleen for these great family photos!
Me and Ray.
Working with on-camera flash, Ray gave a whopping big 2 minutes to get the settings on the Canon Speedlite 580EX II right and take this photo, hence Ray’s position in the center of the frame is not what I would like.
Ray
Ray went for a golf lesson today. Then he went and hit some balls. Back home from the driving range, I could tell he wasn’t too happy. So I asked if he’d like to go out and play some holes. And we did, until it got too cold once the sun set. I’m so lucky I can pick up a golf club after months of not playing and hit the ball (somewhat acceptably).
Out playing golf, well, when I'm not trying to pan shooting the egrets.
Sand shot just before the sun set and we stopped playing.
Guess who got a MacBook Air? Art spent a couple of hours with getting Ray up and running.
Ray meeting us at Starbuck's in Encino after having his dentist appointment.
Melissa grooming by the light of her iPhone flashlight.
I’d been watching Syl Arena teach Speedlighting on Scott Kelby’s training site when Ray came in and sat down at his computer. When I turned back to say hi to Ray I couldn’t believe the spot of sunlight directly lighting Ray’s face perfectly. I shot off a frame, uploaded it to Lightroom and then noticed that the aperture priority setting on my camera had selected a shutter speed of 1/15th of a second. I’m not able to hand hold my camera at that slow a speed and his photo was out of focus.
Since I had the 580EXII Speedlite and off camera flash cable right in front of me (I’d been referring to it during Syl’s online Speedliting tutorial) I hooked the Speedlight and off camera cable up to my camera and took two more shots of Ray.
Ray seated at his desk/computer behind me right after the sun set below the San Jacinto mountains.
Lane using his iPhone LCD for lighting.
Stacy. We reluctantly stopped shooting at 12:30am. We were having too much fun.