D-327 - Thankful

Tomorrow in the United States we celebrate Thanksgiving Day. I, personally, believe that the meaning of that holiday has been long lost, but at least it is a day thay my family (as most American families) try to get together. So, my immediate and extended family will get together tomorrow and share a meal and catch up and of coarse take pictures.
Happy Thanksgiving Day

Today's challenge at Project 365 Facebook is - "Thankful."
Today's images were lit by candle light. I did do some post processing in photoshop.

My Mantel decorated for Fall


and another one for the thankful challenge
This one I processed with NicoleVan Chic Vintage.


Anyone else using a different form of lighting? Go ahead and share your ideas or projects.
A couple extras because I love this picture of my daughter and Isabella







Images viewed: Robin Whalley

D-308 & D-309 The world is your stage . .

go ahead and perform! LOL

The daily shoot challenge:
Today, make a photo that emphasizes or even exaggerates brightness in a scene.

Three shots for today showing 3 different lighting techniques.
Off camera flash to camera right. Candles used as background and bokeh.
Stage fright

Orange and red are very difficult to convert to black and white and not have it look muddy.
Candle light only - went for a more of a silhouette version


Light to camera right shot through an umbrella.


and for yesterday just another edited one

D-205 Tea Time . . .

It's been 2 weeks since we've had Isabella here. Our schedules just haven't worked out, but we had her tonight and she's spending the night so we had time to visit sick friends, a great-grandpa who's on the mend (still in the hospital) plus we had time for a nice tea party. We enjoyed Tea by candle light with a special princess. She just warms my heart.

The Daily Shoot: "Turn the tables and make a photograph of a light source today. Light bulb, window, or even the sun (be careful!)."
Well obviously I didn't make it in time for the sun so candle light worked out just fine.




and she made all kinds of wishes before blowing out the each candle. I know she wished something about her mom but I didn't have the heart to ask her to repeat it.

and now she's sound asleep, probably dreaming about her "perfect little tea set" as she says it.
S1/60, Aperture f/1.4, Focal Length 50 mm, ISO Speed 800
Exposure Bias -2/3 EV (talk about not checking the settings -it should have been at 0.00 or a +1)
No Flash
My reading corner
Nikon D300 owners manual 322-324
Read a few pages in VisionMongers
and read some articles from Flicker on my I-Pod

Images viewed: 25 Great Shots and
Light Stalking