New photos 9/23/12

I’m realizing it’s been a while since I’ve done any regular photography (outside of snapshots with my iPhone) so I want to work at getting to refresh my memory and my new camera better — so I’m going to try and take a photo a day for the rest of the year – trying new tricks each day.

Today I played with the aperture and ISO a bit and grabbed a few shots of Laurie and the boys while they watched TV.

The only alterations were size and removing the red eye from Hayden’s photo.

New photos (9/22/12)

I’ve been debating on whether or not to keep my Flickr Pro account. I’ve always liked Flickr, but $25 a year just seems a bit much for what I’m getting out of it.

So, for the time being, I’ve let my Flickr Pro account expire.

In the meantime, here are some photos I’ve snapped recently of our boys and a couple sites around Dallas today (Laurie actually snapped some of the Dallas ones while I was driving).
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You are what you hear – my musical canon

A while back I shared my Life Cannon. I’ve considered going back and updating it – maybe I will someday soon.

But for now, I was intrigued by an article on NPR Music that suggested a similar idea based solely on music.

The article asks a few questions:

  1. What was the first song you ever bought?
  2. What song always gets you dancing?
  3. What song takes you back to your childhood?
  4. What is your perfect love song?
  5. What song would you want at your funeral?
  6. Time for an encore. One last song that makes you, you.

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