Family

By Leslie Parks - Saturday, February 27, 2010
The other day Isaac had the opportunity to go to a friend's house and he opted to stay home.  He said that he promised to play with his brother when we finished our errands and so he told his friend no.  He is growing up.  Then last night, a friend called and when he hung up the phone, he gave me a kiss...

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Learning

When academic meets reality

By Leslie Parks - Friday, February 26, 2010
I have been working through Brian Petersen's Understand Exposure book.  I am to the part where we needed to imply motion by using slow shutter speed.  The exercise is to make rain.  You need some kind of prop.  Brian suggested flowers or fruit of some sort and a sprinkler.  Set your shutter speed to slow like 1/60, zoom, make sure your settings are...

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Take advantage

By Leslie Parks - Monday, February 22, 2010
It has been wonderfully sunny here. I feel like spring.  I want to wear pinks and greens, light airy colors.  I want to shed my sweaters and dark browns and blacks.  The sun pulls me outside and school is getting harder.  It is February but I've noticed Tulips being sold at the grocery stores and there are buds on our fruit trees.  Last week we...

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Learning

Camera Work

By Leslie Parks - Thursday, February 18, 2010
I read on a photographer's blog that the sky will be bluer with a smaller aperture.  So I tried it out and guess what.  She was right.  I've been studying and taking photos and learning a lot lately.  Sometimes I have to learn things more than once in order for it to truely sink in.  I've been going through Brian Petersen's book Understanding...

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Sports

He Shoots! He Scores!

By Leslie Parks - Monday, February 15, 2010
It is the second indoor soccer season for the year.  Job has been scoreless up to this point.  His team has not won a game this second season.  The moral is low.  They have had numerous shots on goal but there is no mark on the score board until tonight.  Nous avons joue une autre huit semaine de football.  Nous n'avons pas gagne...

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What can you do with rope?

By Leslie Parks - Monday, February 15, 2010
A couple of years ago John's Dad brought up this length of rope.  I'm thinking "what do we need that for?"  It wasn't for us, it was for the kids.  I'm still thinking "What do they need that for?"  Well apparently they needed it for lots of things.  One thing was to tie around buckets and hoist themselves about 6 feet into the...

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Removal

By Leslie Parks - Friday, February 12, 2010
After having his cast on for around 4 weeks we went back to Dr. K.  They quickly called us in (not as quick as last time) to the cast room.  In this room was another gentleman with his arm in a cast which had been cut in half.  We were to share this little room no biger than my kitchen.  They cut Isaac's...

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Job's turn

By Leslie Parks - Wednesday, February 10, 2010
I promised Job that I would take photos at his soccer game.  I am trying out a new way to focus, called back button focusing.  It's just not using the shutter button to focus but another one located on the back of the camera instead.  This allows me to focus on one spot recompose and then snap the photo.  It keeps the camera...

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Family

Where do you want to sleep?

By Leslie Parks - Tuesday, February 09, 2010
This puppy that we purchased in December has been growing like crazy.  He had two weeks between vet appointments.  After weighing in, we discovered t;hat he had averaged 3 pounds a week!  Wow.  I can attest to the amount of dog food that he has consumed.  Crazy.  Up to this point we had been borrowing a kennel from our neighbor.  John hadn't wanted...

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Learning

Panning

By Leslie Parks - Thursday, February 04, 2010
I'm trying to pan again.  First, mount your camera onto a tripod.  Second, place your camera in TV or Manual (this is a must).  Third, set your ISO to an acceptable level.  100 for sunny, 200-640 for cloudy, 800+ for indoors - just a general rule of thumb.  Fourth, set your shutterspeed to a slow shutter speed.  If in TV then the camera...

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Stairway Gymnastics

By Leslie Parks - Monday, February 01, 2010
Tonight Lona somehow got it in her head to jump from the stairs to the floor.  She started small and progressed to the 7th step.  I could see another arm in a cast or a leg or wacking her head on the dinning room table.  I was sure something was going to give on her body.  She is probably the most daring of...

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