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Items in a Box

Several years ago I became interested in this concept of putting items in these boxes because I wanted to do my grand kids in the boxes.  I practiced with these still life items before I photographed the kids.

I found this image in my files.  (the kiddos in the boxes came out really good)

I didn't do kids in a box this year~~my daughter just had a baby late in the year and the weather didn't cooperate much.  Hopefully I'll be able to do a photo in the spring.

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Finally Got the Strobe Slave

It's been over 20 years that I've wanted a slave system for my strobe light.  I don't know why it's taken me so long to bite the bullet and purchase one.  Maybe because I didn't really know what to get~~I'm so "gear-challenged", but I finally had help so I did the deed.

It's a Pocket Wizard and once I got the correct cord it was a breeze.  

Since I moved into a smaller space than I used to live in, I have very few photo subjects and definitely no models to work with so I recruited one of my houseplants to practice with.  

I have a family photo session coming up this weekend, so I'll post one of those images in the near future.  

Got It Back!

Two days ago, I received the sweetest email.... The Canon repair center notified me that my camera was ready to pick up. Eureka!!! Well, I couldn't go down yesterday because I was babysitting, but I was able to get there today. What a relief. This first image is the first one I took with my newly repaired camera. Pretty exciting, huh?

Since I was so close to the beach, I headed over to Magic Island again where the outrigger canoe practice takes place. I took many more shots than this, but it would probably just seem redundant to you, so this is one that is just a little different.

When I crossed the road to get into my car, I noticed this lovely scene. I don't usually park on that side of the road, so it was a fairly new sight to me too.

A friend from church has a son who loves to play ice-hockey. Yes, I really did say ice-hockey. There's a rink called "The Ice Palace" and according to my friend it's the only one of its kind in the entire state. Whoever decided to build an ice rink in Hawaii is probably a very, very rich person right now.

Anyway, Yuji, the son, has been playing since he was 14. It's a military family, so they were on the mainland when he began the sport--he's about 20 now.

We had made plans for me to meet them at their house so I could ride with them to the game. It was about 5 pm (rush hour) when I got in my car for the drive to their place. Good timing on my part--remember what I said about rush hour in Honolulu???? A nightmare!!! At some points, the freeway is 6 lanes wide in each direction (do the math--that's 12 lanes total), and traffic is practically stopped. I guess I'll learn/remember that at some point.

I did manage to make it there in time for dinner--then we bundled up--Yes, ladies and gentlemen, "bundled" up. I wore jeans, sneakers and socks, a long-sleeved shirt AND a sweater, oh. my. gosh. I couldn't believe I was doing that, but my friend assured me that it was absolutely freezing in this place and that I'd better be dressed for the arctic. I even brought a comforter just in case.

The game was fun--not like RPI games where they're out for blood. This is a "no-contact" game. It was my first ever hockey game and I loved it. AND, Yuji scored two goals and his team won. AND I got some fun shots. So altogether it was a pretty darned good day. (of course, I consider almost any day without snow a good day) Yuji is in the white jersey in this first image.

Yuji with his back to camera--I tried hand holding, slow shutter speed and zooming. Oh, I LOVE my SLR!!

Just some random players. I was panning for this one.

Posted at 11:30 on Wed, January 28, 2009. Whew, just made it!