Happy Monday, I hope those who celebrated Independence Day here in the USA had a fun, safe time. Here are some of my links from last week.
But first, a photo.
Learn about this shot and view my links after the break.
I took the picture above in Alcatraz Prison back in April (and it is part of my Escape to Alcatraz set on Flickr). This was actually shot on one of the auto modes, the No Flash setting, I think. I had only just recieved my Canon T2i a couple of days before, so I was still learning how to use all of the settings.
Still, despite this being taken on a full auto mode, I’m happy with it. And I’m not above using those modes when needed. When you wanna get a shot, you gotta get it however you can.
I had to rotate this shot and crop it in Photoshop so that the Library sign was level. The funny thing is, I didn’t even notice that sign until I was editing the photo last week. I took the shot with the light pouring out of the window as my target. Lucky me!
On to my links:
- On Tuesday, I talked about Playing with Depth of Field. I like using the manual aperture settings to control what is and isn’t in focus.
- Wednesday had me blogging about the problems I have with outdoor photography while wearing photochromic lenses.
- Friday’s blog was about Painting with Light.
- I wrote an article for Examiner.com about Where to Beat the Heat in Downtown Lansing.
- Then I did a review of the bento box lunch at Omi Sushi in East Lansing for Examiner.com. Yummy (includes photo slide show).
Other links
- Brian Briggs over at bbspot.com gave me a bit of link love by linking to my Fictional Restaurants I Would Skip article. Thanks, Brian!
- Jeff Van Camp, aka JVC on LansingNext, claims that the Last Airbender is worse than the Phantom Menace. Bummer. I was looking forward to seeing that too.
- And Erik, another friend of mine, decided to liveblog the entire Lord of the Rings film trilogy. It is a funny, funny read.
