Archive for the ‘Night’ Category

Late Practice Christmas Photos

Since most people still have their Christmas decorations up, I guess I’m not too late with the pictures. I thought I’d share a couple of pictures I took over my Christmas vacation. I just recently got a used Tamron 17-50mm 2.8 lens at a really good price and wanted to test it out in some low light situations. I would have like to have gotten the Nikon equivalent, but I really couldn’t justify the cost. All in all, I’d have to say it’s a good lens. I’ve been wanting a decent zoom lens for a while and this one definitely lives up to its reviews.

All of these pictures were hand held because I knew the camera would do well with a tripod. The first set of pictures are in Downtown Dallas. I hadn’t been there in a while and didn’t know they completed the park, so I decided to stop and get a couple of shots. They had so many other nighttime shots I wanted to get, but finding a place to park for a few minutes was tough.

The second set of photos were taken in San Antonio. I’ve finally started taking the white balance off Auto and think I may start doing it more often. The camera does a good job of choosing the best setting, but sometimes manual is the way to go.

The third set of photos were taken New Year’s Eve. My wife and I got a chance to go out without the kids for dinner and a movie. After having dinner in Plano, we took a little stroll around the Shops at Legacy. I had my camera and decided to get some shots of the area. It was cold, but nice that night.

For those photo enthusiasts, if you click the view on flickr link, you’ll be able to see the camera settings I used.

Dallas Tea Party Fireworks

This is one of my first posts on the new site. I thought I’d share some fireworks photos that I took of the Dallas Tea Party event at Southfork Ranch. It was a nice show and my oldest son actually made it through the whole show without freaking out. I still don’t understand the concept behind the Tea Parties because the government has been spending excessive amounts of money for a while. But it was a great show none the less. Happy Independence Day everyone!!!

Camera Settings:
Exposure: 0.8
Aperture: f/11.0
ISO Speed: 500
Flash: None
Focus: Manual
Exposure Program: Manual
Definitely had to use a tripod

Next time I may use a faster exposure setting because I got some blur in most of the photos. I did increase the contrast some to get rid of the blur.