Beautiful Sky

Another good reason to keep your camera on hand:

you never really know when there's going to be a beautiful sky.

Venice Days

Venice was truly a beautiful city. We really only spent one day there, but it was worth it.
Photographically, it was dream. The sky was perfectly blue, the water made nice reflections, and the way many of the city's streets are not streets at all but channels makes it very unique.The houses are painted in beautiful bright colors, and as you walk around you can see gondolas touring the channels.

Anecdotally, even the trash collector is a boat (rather than a truck). Too bad I didn't take a picture, but it was truly a sight to see.

Stormy Sea

The view of the Mediterranean sea in Salou, Tarragona last weekend.

Andalusian Sights

To make these pictures look more dramatic than the subjects themselves actually looked like, I used the lowest possible exposition and the sepia color settings. I am rather pleased with the feel of these, I really got the impression that this is what Andalucía (the south of Spain) is all about.

Rainbows

For rainbows I like to underexpose just a little to enhance the beautiful colors, and if you have a Canon (like me, I don't know if you have anything similar with Nikons and other camera brands) you can also select a "vivid" color setting, which also helps the rainbow stand out a bit more.

A cool moth

My absence this summer can be explained this time. I have been volunteering at a children's camp, that is why I have not been updating this blog. The good news, though, is that I got a new camera (also Canon) and that I have taken many pictures!

The subject in question is a colorful moth that was by the door of one of the cabins. Bear in mind, though, that this is just a few days after I got the camera, so I probably didn't get the pictures quite up to their full potential.

500

It wasn't that long ago I was telling you about reaching the magic 100 visitors, but the magic 500 has arrived. Thank you for coming to read and for your nice, helpful comments. I'll keep posting and keep taking pictures!
Thank you!

Flowers and bugs

Just another of the many plants in our garden.

A cute little ladybug I noticed.

I loved this bug because it was shiny, and the bright flower as a background works well.

Tiny rose

Look at this carefully before you scroll down to see the actual pictures! It really was this tiny, which just proves my point that you have to look carefully, and you will find beautiful things everywhere. Because there is no need to leave your home or go to foreign countries to take pretty photographs.

And all I have to comment about these is that the macro (although it took me months to figure out what it was for) is what makes me so happy about my canon camera!

Here are some nontips!

I don't really like that word- tips. It suggests limits and rules: here is what you can do, here is what you mustn't do, and if you do this every photo will be breathtaking. But there are no such limits nor rules-

Your subject doesn't need to have his/her eyes open.

Your camera doesn't need to be level with the floor or even close to being level with the floor.

Your subject doesn't need to be doing anything funny, important, serious, amazing, unusual... well, you get my drift.

Your subject doesn't even need to be touching the floor!

To take a picture when someone is moving or jumping and you want to capture a precise moment, what I do is set everything up, take flash off and press the button to take the picture, but not completely. You have to fully press the button on the moment you want the picture to be. Also, you may want to practice that before the moment of the picture.