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Hey guys! I hope everyone had an awesome holiday weekend and enjoyed lots of 4th of July burgers, beer and fireworks!! Here are a few fun images I made last night of Petaluma's fireworks. I've been meaning to photograph the fireworks for years but every year something comes up and I never get around to it. Well this year I finally got it together and made it happen, and I'm glad I did. You be the judge.
Check out my "How I did it" notes below the images to learn how to create your own. |
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How I did it:
Lens: 24-70mm 2.8, Aperture: f14, ISO: 400, Shutter speed: Bulb, Metering: Manual, Format: Raw
First, I mounted the camera on a sturdy tripod, set the camera's ISO to 400 and focused on the action. Then I experimented with different shutter speeds and aperture combinations to find just the right combination of settings. I wanted to capture the fireworks in motion, what some call "painting with light". I ended up settling on a shutter speed setting of b (for bulb) and holding down the shutter release button for an approximate 3 count long exposure. Using the camera's shutter release button when making long exposures like this can cause unwanted movement and result in blurry images. Ideally you'll want to invest in an off camera cable or wireless shutter release to avoid this. I stopped the lens down to an aperture of f14 so that I could make a long exposure and capture the movement of the fireworks but not overexpose the image. |
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This month's image reminds me of what I love most about the magic of photography, it's amazing ability to freeze life's precious and fleeting moments forever.
It's tub time for my friend Leanora's adorable daughter Selina, aka "The Little Bean" ;-) One lucky photographer got to guest star on hair washing duty! I did my best salon chat, very posh ;-) |
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First of all I want to send out a huge heartfelt thank you to everyone who took the time to send messages of love and encouragement when I posted recently on facebook about finding a scary growth on my girl Louisiana. The outpouring of support was truly touching and many of you have followed up asking for updates. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
So here' the update. The report from the vet was inconclusive and didn't show either a definitive presence cancer or fatty cells. In one way that's great but it's also a little unsettling because it's so vague. The advice was, that based on her being 15 years old and the lab results, it was better to leave well enough alone for the time being and not proceed to surgery at this point. Dr. Santero, my amazing vet from Brander Veterinary Hospital said that even with removal of the growth there were no guarantees of beating any would be cancer. Balancing that with her age, the delicate nature of the area where the growth is and the discomfort the surgery would cause her I agreed.
I changed up her diet and she's happily eating again and seems to be in great spirits. Definitely a lot slower and sleeping more than she used to, but still doing pretty great all things considered.
I took her out this past weekend to Point Isabelle in Richmond CA to hang with with friends - Joy, Jules, Olive and whole Bianchi clan. It was Olive's birthday!! Louisiana had a blast running around and it's was great to see her having so much fun again. After that we stopped in San Rafael at Double Rainbow for a little afternoon ice cream. That's where I shot this portrait of her ;-) Without too much gushing I guess it's pretty obvious, I'm crazy about her!!!
Thanks again for showing so much concern for a member of my family, I really appreciate the good vibes!!!
Much love to you all - Michael |
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