Retro Style

I don't shoot in the studio near as much as I would like. Part of me doesn't enjoy it any more (the part that has to deal with pushy people and no-shows), but part of me loves it. That's the part that gets to play with lights and props and the part that creates something beautiful.

Outside My Window

Here are the two things I see outside of my window all the time.

This is from the window at work.

Rosslyn

I was able to get to Rosslyn at 5pm for some light trails.

And then while I was walking back to the car, I tried some black and white shots. This walkway is by the metro, it's huge and I love that about it. I might try it during the day. In this shot, I love that you can see the shadow but not the person.

While I'm not a fan of the blurry shot, I kinda liked this one.

And here's why I was off early - my dentist is making the crown for this implant. I'll have a new tooth to replace that old baby tooth in two weeks. (We started back in July.)

Cup of Warmth

I like to participate in photography sites' weekly contests. Most of the the time, the subject matter is out of my comfort range, so it's really quite a challenge.

This week, 500px.com had Cup of Warmth as their contest. I knew everybody would do coffee or hot chocolate, so I wanted to do something different. I figured I try some fire in a cup.

I went to Goodwill for a little tea cup. Got out my newspaper and lighter and went outside. It's been rather overcast and yukky, so I had to make do with what I had.

I tried in the leaves that I had in my backyard.

Not bad, but a little dead looking. So I walked down the block and picked up some super red leaves. Came back to my yard and sat in the wet leaves and tried again.

Here's what it looks like from inside the cup.

And just in case you think this is easy. One newspaper section burned up, wet dirty pants, and 450 pictures later, I have a picture that I'm mostly happy with.

30 Days with the Fuji x100s: Day 30

More Fall

Today may be the last warm day of the season. 61 degrees and sunny. So everybody went out for a walk. Me, I went to the Teddy Roosevelt Island and I tried to get some alternative fall shots, which mostly consisted of me shooting leaves in water.

Then, on the way out, I saw these two pouring over a cell phone in the sunshine.

30 Days with the Fuji x100s: Day 29

Rainy Day at the Diner

First, the rain. Who doesn't take this shot at least once in their life?

Second, the diner.
I've always wanted to eat at the Waffle Shop but it's a little scary. Today, I went with Scott. Woohoo!

This place is really tiny and I could take out the x100s and nobody looked twice.

I like how reflective the counter is.

30 Days with the Fuji x100s: Day 28

Fall

I tried to capture some fall shots since it was such a beautiful fall day.

And fall has some beautiful sunsets. Lots of oranges and pinks.

30 Days with the Fuji x100s: Day 27

Fayette Street Light Trails

Today's light trail comes right out of my office window. I think it will look better when the lights on the trees are lit up for the holidays. That should be any day now.

My advice of this camera: Always carry an extra battery. I do it with any camera, but with this one, you really need it. I actually put the camera in my purse (which has an extra battery in it) and a weekend camera bag (which has an extra battery in it). More times that not, I am changing the battery outside somewhere. Also, the batteries can go in backwards. Annoying for sure. I've learned to not do it any more, but the first week when I changed the battery, I thought I brought an uncharged battery by mistake. I missed some pictures that day and learned my lesson.

30 Days with the Fuji x100s: Day 26

Happy Birthday to me!

Yesterday for a gift I received an 7-hour art class. It was a fun way to spend time with my sister. But it did not leave much time for taking pictures.

Here's one from the class of my sister's art supplies.

I can't stress enough how light this camera is. I really can take it anywhere and pull it out without people getting all stressed or goofy. It's great in that regard.

30 Days with the Fuji x100s: Day 25

Lincoln Monument Light Trails

Another night chasing light trails. Thanks to the rain that came in right at dusk we had an interesting sky to work with.

Here's the Lincoln (with the Washington right behind it).

Then when you turn around you see Rosslyn. Very interesting sky looking that way.

And if you walk about, there are some tunnels.

And just for a change of pace, I took a picture of my bird cage when I noticed that the shadows were super cool. The screen door must have caused the lines to appear in the shadows. It was only like that for about 20 minutes. Enough time to move all the stuff around it, take the picture and fall off a chair.

30 Days with the Fuji x100s: Day 24

Key Bridge Light Trails

I went back to the Key Bridge to try and get some shots with the blue sky. There were cars on the Whitehurst Freeway tonight. And the sky looked great. It's hard to get this shot because the trucks and buses on the bridge shake the bridge. And there are a lot of trucks and buses going across the Key Bridge, so you have to try a number of times and hope a truck doesn't go by. When you are doing a 10 second exposure, that's a lot of hoping!

I tried to get back to the Rosslyn side to get the shot I was after, but it got dark quickly. Here's the GW parkway and the Washington Monument in the back there.

This is the shot I wanted with blue sky, but it was just a little too late.

And here's one I might go back and get with a great sky.