Today the view outside the bedroom window right after sunset looked so interesting that I thought it would be my picture of the day. Unfortunately, I waited too long to start taking pictures, and by then there was barely any usable light.
Thankfully, I took this shot earlier in the day, while riding in the car late in the afternoon. Those light smudges up there are from marks on the windshield.
Hey, at least I wasn’t driving AND taking photos this time.
Wow. Have you ever met anyone as brilliant as I am in coming up with these profound, cryptic titles to my photos?
P.S. This photo is dedicated to Brc.
Caught sight of the neighbor’s window as we were walking down the street looking for interesting snow scenes to photograph.
I hope they didn’t think I was trying to look inside.
The night after the eclipse was just as beautiful. And just as cold.
This was last night’s lunar eclipse, taken from our porch. It was freezing, and my camera wasn’t cooperating, but I refused to get back inside until I got a decent picture.
Of course, you knew I’d do it, didn’t you?
About that camera not cooperating thing – it wasn’t entirely my camera’s fault. The darkened moon left the shot with little contrast to work with, which made it that much more difficult for the autofocus to work properly. This is where using the instruction manual paid off. I first forced it to manually focus to infinity, and then locked the focus. Then I used focus bracketing, which means the camera takes three shots: one at the actual focus setting, one in front and one behind the subject. It’s a trick that usually works best for macro shots, but it actually made a bit of a difference here and got me the shot that I wanted.
Which meant I could finally get back inside and under the covers and start dreaming of spring.
I write, cook, play music, and make pictures. Not necessarily in that order. I was born and raised in the Philippines, and it shows. That means I eat rice with every meal, love my cousins like my own siblings, and firmly believe that avocados are best eaten with cream and sugar.
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One summer night in 2010, our house burned to the ground and we lost everything we had. This is the story of what happened and how life and hope can always rise from ashes.
