ghosting

 the staff at the hotel nicknamed me "camera girl" because i was on the skating rink for a couple hours at 10 p.m. every night... taking pictures. heh. but the lighting was perfect for long exposure... so i had fun playing around with ghosting. the shutter speed was 30 seconds on all of these, i think, and that's how i was able to duplicated myself and other people.

 first try = not terribly original.

 angelic. or ghostly... this one creeps Hannah out. 

 

haha. ok... i guess they're all kind of creepy. :D

 

hahaha. this one is embarrassing... but it was such a cool effect.

spring evening + stars (long exposure)

last night i learned how to take long exposure star pictures. i went into the backyard, set the camera on a stool, and set it for 30" shutter speed (shutter is open for 30 seconds letting all the light possible) and F3.5.

it wasn't this bright out, but since the camera let in so much light, it made the trees an interesting color and the stars really bright.

i really like how the long exposure makes the stars bright, as well as the grass/trees.

self-portrait

saturday morning

i took my camera outside two saturdays ago to try it out. i LOVE the quality of the pictures from this camera. :D

i crossed over to muscrat island again and caught the horses drinking from the creek... but then i scared them w/ the shutter noise.

on muscrat island. the sun has rays. my old camera never gave the sun rays like that... :D

the train track behind our house. i was lying on the track for this picture. :P ha.

heh. crossing back over from muscrat island i fell in the marsh... up to my waist. it was 30+ degrees outside, but the pictures were worth it and my camera was fine.
i can't say the same for my boots. :P