We found some awesome Rednecks for Obama bumperstickers and T-shirts.
Then Mr. H decided to redneck his facial hair.
“We Hunt, Fish, Drink Beer and Support Barack Obama”
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Monday, October 06, 2008
Rednecks
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Patience
Sometimes getting the perfect shot can be a little frustrating and take quite a bit of patience. Most (if not all, I'm not sure) digital cameras have a significant delay between the moment you press the shutter button until the point at which the camera responds to the command. As a result, I have a library of photos taken just after the expression, or the smile fades, or the bird flies away, or in the case of these photos, just after the wave crashes.
Photographing a wave crashing means you need to pay attention to the timing of the waves. Spend some time just watching them crash over and over. What sounds does the ocean make at each point in the wave's lifecycle?
Then take lots of pictures trying to hit just before that perfect moment to accommodate the delay in the shutter response.
And don't be afraid to get your feet wet.
Then the blanket your husband is wearing as a cape because he forgot to bring a coat shows up in the picture.
And the cape is still in the picture when you finally get a shot of the wave crashing.
So you reposition to get an angle that does not include an ancient airplane blanket and try to pick up the rhythm of the ocean again.
every once in a while you get a cool shot, but it may not be exactly the shot you're trying for.
so you keep trying
Well, I got a little splash there.
Oh, that's a little better.
And finally, I got the shot I was waiting for.
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Monday, September 29, 2008
Baby Update - Week 12
We had another doctors visit on Friday. The schedule said we were just supposed to listen to the baby's heartbeat with a special microphone. Nothing. After several minutes of pushing the microphone around on my belly and not hearing a bit of the baby's heartbeat, the doctor decided to do a sonogram anyways. It was a long wait while the doctor went down the hall to get the portable sonogram machine. Then we had to wait for it to boot up. But as soon as the picture started to materialize on the screen, we could see all kinds of bouncing, kicking and arms waving. Not just a heartbeat - we've got an active baby in there.
I, on the other hand, have not been so active. I'm promised that in the second trimester I'll get my energy back. In the meantime, I have to squeeze 12 hours of rest into anything else I manage to accomplish on any given day. I'm already a little behind in school this quarter, but I'm determined to get back on my game. I think it will be at least another month before I get back into the swing of things with managing the blog and commenting. But, aside from the fatigue and the homework and a house in desperate need of cleaning, I'm doing really well.
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Friday, September 26, 2008
Pressure, Repetition, and Time
I love the way the waves have carved ripples into these boulders over time.
This one was really interesting.
This is a little different, but I just had to point out the way the waves have been carving a cavity into the bottom of this monolith along the gumline, I mean sand.
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This is my contribution to Candid Carrie's Friday Foto Finish Fiesta
Previous contributions include:
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Squirrel
This little guy was not at all happy that I was taking his picture.
I'm the paparazzi of the critter world.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
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