samsung sl202

today was taffi's day to shine. taffi is my cat i adopted in 1993. she was about a year old then so that makes her about 18-ish. possibly 60-70 kitty years. she's pissed at me for sentencing her to the dungeon. i don't appreciate cat pee on my stuff. this has been her permanent home for about 5 years. but i visit every day to play and feed and i know she feels this is her safe zone. her roommate is spooky the black kitty we adopted. he is no. 1. they tolerate each other and at times i see them cuddling and spooning together-maybe for warmth but i know they care about each other. anyway-she moved every second-literally. and about a 1/2 hour into it she mellowed out, jumped up on the stool where a rug was crumpled on and chilled. she checked out the birdies outside and was pretty content. you know she misses me. warm ups for bonding are necessary. i like the close ups-especially of the eye and the swirly whiskers. i tested out the happysnap samsung sl202. this is a great camera for everyday quick shots. set on smart mode, iso 100 worked well with north natural light coming in from the left. aperture is at f2.8-again ideal for the conditions. basement light is dark and dingy and this camera sucks big time using high iso such as 800. the noise is ridiculous! did i mention a select random shots were corrupt? yes, perhaps it's the memory card-idk-and when i attempted to correct images in iphoto-i mean basic fixing such as exposure or sharpening-it wouldn't allow it. corrupt card and this is a reminder never to use this camera for anything valuable. just shoot a lot of shots. digital is cheap.

a norwegian christmas dinner

once again we are all feasting on food. this time it is all about the norwegian traditions. pork,gravy, mashed tators and of course akavit. this is a hardcore shooter that most norwegians indulge in during the holidays. i passed on this cause i'm pretty sensible when it comes to hard stuff. besides, i'm drivin. and plus i'm a weakling when it comes to drinkypoos. i like the angle on the food shots. it gives me a sense of the mood and tastes and quite frankly makes for a nice photo. all shots were at about iso 400-800 and f2.8. this is ideal for the conditions at that time. it's dark and i hate to use flash-emergencies only. although the shot of mom cooking could have deserved a fill flash, jist a teeny bit to highlight her face-but what can ya do. at least i knew that was necassary. i also like the shot of tore. my eyes start at the food in the foreground and sort of force you to zig zag through the bottles which lead you to his face. too bad there is a napkin poking him in the mouth. it just makes it more interesting. he looks content. our tummies were happy.

christmas pets

i like these shots in particular because the are parts of the animal that we know and love so much. i was unable to steady the camera(again these were shot with the canon) so they are not perfectly sharp-but at f2.8 it grabbed as much light as possible. shutter is set at 1/15 or 1/8. iso 800. thanks to peanut the beagle and fatima the cat, you were fantastic models.

christmas eve, 2009

you can't see it, but boy oh boy did it snow like the dickins. xmas eve was spent at my sisters home. fun times playin with the Wii, snackin on tastey snacks, and drinkin warm and fuzzy drinks. all while marinating in a mess of puppies and kitties (or dogs and cats). camera used was the canon happysnap again, (it's a handy backup camera-so long as mom is there) set on wide angle 5mm, f2.8-the widest, iso 800 for indoor night mooood, shutter is too slow and i forgot to pay more attention to that. i particularly love the close up cropped shot of leia and peanut, the comp is just cool. oh well, gotta love the fuuuuurrrr.

anne-lise and judy

i know mom was worried about there not being a good enough image taken of her and her dear friend from back in the day, so in this shot i decided to crop off me and leia, boost the xposure a little and adjusted the white balance a tad. in the other shots of just them they both were either chomping on food or a blinker was involved. so cropping us off made sense. i think the camera was set incorrectly but that's okay. the focus should be on them. nice capture ladies!