Dear Mom,
Sorry about not posting yesterday. You know, there just wasn't that much I felt like saying. Not that stuff didn't happen: I got the shipment out to Habit in Chicago, and ran some errands, and went out to dinner with a bunch of friends, including Nadine who swung by after going to the national clay conference in Louisville. The today was status quo tuesday, working and stuff. I needed help taking more pictures, so I finally figured out (with only a couple technical difficulties in the beginnning) the remote control shutter release. Took some one-handed action shots, then got situatted with the still life on the floor so I could press the button with my big toes and get both hands in the pictures. It was a pretty ghetto set-up, you would have laughed. The mini tripod Ron has doesn't really support the weight of the camera, so I had to support it with a log, and then at one point the dog's bowl was involved as a short lift.
I saw a tutorial online today for turning altoids tins into pinhole cameras, so I was thinking about that this evening, and I think I am going to experiment and see if I can convince the digital camera it wants to be a pinhole. I think if I turn everything to manual and go with an untimed shutter speed with a pinhole lens cap over the lens, it might work. Or I could probably take the lens off and put a pinhole cap over the resulting hole. I bet that would work. I'll keep you posted...
Love,
Ruth
p.s. there are a billion stars out tonight, but it's too cold to enjoy them.
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Dear Ruth,
Your blog today made me smile because for someone who didn't feel like saying much, you said a lot!
Head's up: I mailed you a package yesterday. Single item. Surprise.
Your set up for remote control shutter release should be written up for Shutterbug magazine, with a small ad in there where you sold doggie bowls on the side, firewood optional.
I am impressed. My difficulty with certain shots is when I need to get the camera down really low, I can't get my eyeball that low to see the frame. I saw a photographer ( forgotten who) taking shots of a dog running in the surf, and the guy had his camera down by his side while he was running, clicking away, and sure enough, he ended up with a really great shot, dog's ears flapping, tongue out, surf rolling. Having digital allows these kinds of shots, unlimited repetitive ones, because with film, he would have spent a fortune for that one good shot.
I have some questions about RAW, so the next time we talk, remind me.
Great on sending to Habit! Let me know when you are up on their website... they do post their artists, don't they?
John and Marcus are coming today to snowmobile. A good day for it, as it isn't bitterly cold.
More next time. I need to vacuum so the snow won't mix with the residential dirt and make mud in the mud room.
Love, mom
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