Carpe Lumen Daily

My baby girl, this afternoon – not so much a baby any more. (Click Pic to View Full Version; Click CLOSE or outside picture border to return)Shooting Details: Focal Length:53mm | Shutter speed:1/320 | Aperture:ƒ/5.6Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi | Shooting Date: August 2, 2010, 7:21 pm

Not the most classic piece of photography in terms of technicals, but this was using my old Rebel while trying to figure out long-exposure night shots (this would have been the first time we had fireworks since I purchased it in 2004) . Today in Canada it is Victoria Day. That’s one of two days [...]

For some reason, I like frustrating myself by taking spontaneous portrait shots in low light. Something about the light appeals to me. I have no idea if anyone has ever coined the phrase before, but I like to call my pictures in these situations “Failing Light Photography”. It’s sort of my ‘thing’. It frequently turns [...]

You can just barely see a glimpse of the ball under her left arm… This foray into soccer turned out to be ill-fated. She didn’t complete the year, sadly – although very good at kicking the ball, she didn’t like the fact that her teammates didn’t keep giving it to her – and the other [...]

A couple of days ago I posted a picture of some deer in a field – this is my daughter getting her own images on the same day. Both of my kids are into photography – time will tell whether they do more with it than just have it as a hobby. My daughter gets [...]