Feeling Fallish!

Maybe because it's nearly September...but just thinking "Autumn in New York"

Let Your Senators Know ... Save Free Speech!

JUST A REMINDER TO ALL YOU BLOGGERS OUT THERE....LET CONGRESS FEEL THE POWER OF FREE SPEECH!

One Museum - Two Views of Art!

Stained Glass at the top of the stairs...Ballantine House


Contemporary Installation....Museum Garden Entrance

Well, I Guess Not!

Another 1000 visitors and still a mystery! Oh, well, guess I'll wait for visitor #3000!

Are You #2000?

Just noticed...I've had 1999 visitors to my blog! Are you #2000? No...no prize to be awarded, but it would be fun to get a comment from you, whoever you are!

More Lesson #5 - The House That Beer Built!

A few intimate spaces in the Ballantine House. Before any docents (and the curator) have a fit...yes, the instructor had permission for the photography class to take photos...WITHOUT FLASH!
Mrs. Ballantine's boudoir over looking Washington Street. Tea anyone?



The family dining room set for a formal dinner. Yes, those are the original chairs.

Lesson #5 - Interior - No Flash Allowed!

How to use a tripod....well, I would if I could figure out how to attach my camera securely! Instead, I got up close and braced myself. Of course, I'm not posting the blurry long shots!


Library Lamp


Stained glass window at the top of the stairs


Second floor stair rails

Lesson #4 - Get Close to your subject!

Ground cover...


Amazing what you find in a patch of dirt!


Head cover (Thomy's Hat!) 

Lesson #3 - Look for a Different Angle!

 

What I Learned From Roberto.....

LESSON #1
Become familiar with your camera. No, I didn't drink that many cups of Steve's coffee...I found a setting on my camera I didn't know I had!

LESSON #2
Get close to your subject! This is the sculpture on the steps leading into the Museum. Loved that blue! I know, I should crop some more, but I love every blue pixel in the picture.

So that's what ISO, RAW, & TIFF Mean!

Just spent 4 days in a Digital Photography class with 8 other photographers and an excellent instructor. So how do you get great photos.....Practice, Practice, Practice! Covered a lot of stuff..composition, lighting, read your manual! Uploading, downloading, saving, and printing. Now it's back to the real world, so I'll post some of the photos later.