Golf Outing

Today was the perfect day for golfing in Pennsylvania.  Dave, my Dad, and I went out today, and surprisingly all did okay!  Guess those five years of golf camp really paid off.  

New Car!

My sister's boyfriend, Jack, bought a new car while we were all visiting home for the weekend!  A 2011 Mustang.  He loves it!

Piano

Love this instrument.  I started playing when I was 5, and this is the beautiful piano I learned on.

My Dad has also been playing forever, so I recruited him for a few shutter speed pictures:

Architecture

Ahh my comfort zone.

Portrait

My first attempt at a close-up portrait.  I definitely need some practice, but Dave hasn't really complained yet.

Rules of Composition

Impact

Cropping

Biggest, Boldest, Brightest

Keep it Simple

Rule of Thirds

Leading Lines

Balance

Framing

Avoid Mergers

Room for Logical Movement

Sunday Drive

Since I haven't really taken any pictures of people, I thought I would creep a little on my boyfriend while he was driving:

Here, he's pointing to deer on the side of the road and saying, "stop taking pictures of me, take a picture of the deer!!"  Clearly, I didn't listen.

After 20+ pictures, I think he had enough!

Dave and Buster's

We went to Dave and Buster's this weekend to celebrate Dave's birthday (ironically).  I used a slow shutter speed when Dave and Jack were playing football, and got some interesting results.

Presents and Cake

Playing around with the focus, on these birthday presents:

And a picture of the slightly special needs cake I made for him:

Balcony Shadows

I live in a corner apartment in Silver Spring, so I get amazing sunlight here, pretty much any time of day.  Here are some pictures of the shadows on my balcony this morning: