Neighbors lights at night

February 25, 2012 Gary Wium Leave a comment

Neighbors. In my immediate vicinity, both of the two closest ones like strong, harsh night lighting and more often than not forget to turn them off. Drives me crazy because I like going out into my yard at night to look at the sky. Alas. So I got creative with it last night. And… It’s now 5:30 PM the next day and these lights are still on–they’ve been on all day. Happens all the time. And, yes, I’ve asked.

Neighbor's BBQ lighting

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 28mm. 3.2 seconds at f/5.6, ISO 800.

Canon T2i looking over the fence.

Out and About, Photos

Upright bass player

February 24, 2012 Gary Wium Leave a comment

I was recently out and about listening to and shooting photos of a band mate’s jazz ensemble. I liked this shot of the bass player and preferred it rendered in black and white.

Bass player

Canon G11 making the scene.

Out and About, Photos

Harley at sunset

February 23, 2012 Gary Wium Leave a comment

I’ve owned and ridden motorcycles in my lifetime, but I’ve never ridden a Harley. If I were to own one, I could see it looking something like this.

Canon G11 getting close to the chrome.

Photos, The Homestead

By the cyberian portal

February 21, 2012 Gary Wium Leave a comment

Here’s a tightly framed view of some of our patio stuff next to Maggie’s office, “Cyberia.” I took the shot yesterday during my President’s Day holiday at the homestead photo walk with the G11.

Black and white view from cyberia's door

Canon G11 framing circles around cyberia.

Photos, The Homestead

Winter pods

February 20, 2012 Gary Wium Leave a comment

As I’ve said before, I love the G11’s articulating screen because it makes framing from physically difficult angles easy. In this case, I had the camera positioned under the dry Mexican sunflower pods with the lens pointed nearly straight up towards the sky–and I didn’t have to lay on my back in the wet grass to frame the shot. I exposed for the pods and let the sky totally blow out. The “over-exposed” sky as background turned the scene into an interesting abstract image.

Mexican sunflower pods from underneath

Canon G11 over under sideways down.