his hair is curlier in the back so i thought i would show a picture of the back as well.
so, for halloween we had a bunch of friends over, one of which is a photographer. he has a really nice camera and a bunch of gear. well, i was snapping some pics with our canon rebel XT, and he let me use his flash. i couldn’t believe how much difference a real flash made. he aimed the flash at the ceiling. the idea is for the light to bounce of the ceiling and illuminate the subject from above. it really made my pictures stand out. so, i was shooting some more stuff the next day and was a little disappointed to be back to my built-in flash. so i had an idea. what if i positioned a small mirror in front of my flash at about a 45 degree angle to bounce the light of the ceiling? believe it or not, it actually worked very well. i had to hold the mirror in fron of the flash the whole time, so it made it a little harder to shoot, and sometimes i didn’t have it angled quite right so the light was pretty poor. but when it worked, it worked really well. it just made the light a lot less harsh evening it out and making the shot more 3-dimensional. so, if you want to try improving the quality of your photos, give this a try.
picture 1 – this was taken with my camera and the nice flash
picture 2 – this was taken with my stock flash
picture 3 – this was using the small mirror
enders game, orson scott card
well steven has been asking me to read this for a long time and i finally broke down and finished it last night. i have heard some mixed reviews. i feel like people i know either love it or really hate it. i have to say that i fall into the love it category. i know that some have felt it was offensive but i didn’t feel that way at all. if you like science fiction as well as a good story you should definitely pick it up.
rebekah (women of genesis series), orson scott card
i picked this up when i went to the library looking for enders game. i couldn’t find enders game but i am “oh so glad” that i got this instead. i haven’t read the book of genesis much and didn’t know much about the women of genesis soi was thoroughly intrigued. it actually made me grab the bible when i was done to read their acutal stories. though mostly speculation, it was so interesting to see these women as real people with real lives. i would recommend this to anyone. i also have the first book in the series “Sarah” waiting on my counter to be read. i can’t wait.
the red tent, anita diamant
i read this on recommendation of kimberly dee and i am so glad i did (thanks kim). once again i was facinated hearing the story of jacob and his wives. it is hard to imagine the people of that time but it really helps you understand what they could’ve gone through. if you like historical fiction, i think you will really enjoy this and the one above.
pillars of the earth, ken follet
this book was a really hard read for me not mention it was 1100 pages long. their were a bunch of stories that eventually weaved together to create an amazing story but it took a long time to get there. one of the reasons it was hard for me to follow is it kept jumping around to different narrators. it was a bit confusing in the beginning but once you get the hang of it, you are hooked. if you are at all offended by rape scenes and some british cus words “DO NOT READ.” if you can handle a little, ok maybe a lot, of craziness i think it was a good read.
i want to hear what other people have been reading and if you have any must reads please let me know.
i decided some time ago that i wanted to start a tradition in our family. i wanted to create a series of questions and ask them to each of our children on their birthday. i want to record these interviews for posterity and put them on our site. it was tricky coming up with the list of questions because i wanted them to be able to last until they’re old without revising them so that we could see the progression of their thinking and priorities. i’m not sure if they work or not, but i guess i’ll find out. this video is from may 10th, when lily turned 4. today is jack’s birthday so i’ll be posting his soon. if anyone can think of any other good questions to ask, feel free to share in the comments.
p.s. – the sound in this thing is not the best and it was kind of dark when i shot it (on my webcam) so it could be better too.
lily – 4yr birthday questions from stevelucky on Vimeo.
so, there’s a pretty cool new program for the iphone called panorama. it let’s you take panoramic photos right from the iphone. it does an incredible job of stitching them together. check out this panorama of our living room (pay no mind to the mess).
my buddy craig took a pano of the yo gabba gabba offices. check it out. if you’re an iphone owner, you’ve got to get panorama.
