Showing posts with label December Nights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label December Nights. Show all posts

Sunday, December 5, 2010

12.5.2010 December Nights


These are some of my favorite pictures I took from last night. Apparently December Nights in San Diego doesn't continue today, but instead was last Friday and Saturday. My friend Liza came down and we were able to make it to see the Toulouse Latrec exhibit at the Art Museum in Balboa Park. My only regret was not being able to take a picture of one of his prints using my phone. I always get self conscious whenever I want to do that, and then I leave with nothing but a memory. I think what hesitates me in doing so is having to be told that it's not allowed. I have had other instances when that has happened before. And maybe as a New Years resolution to myself would be to sneak pictures in museums starting next year. hehe. Who cares, right?

So these were taken with my new lens. I was really excited to use it. And I'm also getting excited at the results. Although as an amateur photographer, I'm beginning to learn the downsides to this new lens. It's not autofocus, so while I was munching on a hot dog in one hand, I couldn't really take a picture of it with the other. Whatever. I do feel like a photographer having to manually focus, and to be honest, I'm just having fun with it.

And, here's a picture of me that Liza took of when I handed her my camera. Not beauty related. And another downside is that the lens is really good for up close shots, and portraits. Not entirely Stockholm Streetstyle, but maybe now, I'll save for another lens that can give me results of full body shots like in street style pictures. I'll have to research.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

12.2.10 Neville

I noticed much later, I needed to adjust the width in order to post these. A little about the name of my dog: I was going to name my dog Neville after Neville Longbottom in Harry Potter, but my mom couldn't really pronounce it. Then after watching Part 1 of the final series, the Deathly Hallows, I wished I named him Dobby. Then again, when I got him, I had wished I named him all sorts of names. Instead, Porkchop came from a cartoon I used to watch when I was younger called "Doug."

Anyways, my new toy came in the mail. The first lens I've bought for my camera. And thus, came Neville, whom I have decided to call my camera. We've had each other since around the beginning of summer. It was partly a gift from my mom and myself when I graduated college. Although he is quite clunky to tote around, I'm having fun with him. And now that I got this new lens, I'm going to have even more fun! Especially this weekend, where it's December Nights (formerly Christmas on the Prado, until the term Christmas became politically incorrect) at Balboa Park. I hope I'll even get to go. It's really fun, and I haven't been there since maybe middle school.. From what I remember is that it's mainly the museums in Balboa Park are going to be free. There's food and hot chocolate. And from what I remember, a beautiful sort of Christmas type of procession where everyone stopped just to watch.

My first picture using my new lens

Being excited, and taking pictures of aimless things

Having started the Christmas decorations, and unoriginally, learning to bokeh
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