This blog has been so much fun, but I find a blog completely dedicated to photography too restricting. I have many interests that I’d like to share.  And the artistic limitaions of a wordpress.com blog are really annoying.

So I will say farewell to this blog. I will leave it up and runnging, but there will be no further posts.

Please stop by and look around my new blog: Simple Days. I’m not nearly finished with the design, but I thought I’d go ahead and start posting. Enjoy!

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/160 sec ~ f/1.8~ ISO 640

This little girl is growing so fast! Her teeth are coming in, and she has such a comical smile. However, she seems reluctant to show her teeth.

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/50 sec ~ f/1.8~ ISO 640

A few days ago, I attempted to capture that funny smile. This was the best I got.

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/200 sec ~ f/1.8~ ISO 640

What a doll!

]]> https://ericalberge.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/growing-girl/feed/ 0 ericalberge https://ericalberge.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/spring-day/ https://ericalberge.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/spring-day/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 15:29:43 +0000 http://ericalberge.wordpress.com/?p=723 Lens: 18-135mm zoom ~ Focal Length: 135mm ~ 1/500 sec ~ f/5.6 ~ ISO 100

“You visit the earth and cause it to overflow;

You greatly enrich it;

The stream of God is full of water;

Lens: 18-135mm zoom ~ Focal Length: 135mm ~ 1/80 sec ~ f/9 ~ ISO 100

You prepare their grain, for thus You prepare the earth.

You water its furrows abundantly,

You settle its ridges,

Lens: 18-135mm zoom ~ Focal Length: 135mm ~ 1/160 sec ~ f/5.6 ~ ISO 400

You soften it with showers,

You bless its growth.”

Psalm 65: 9-10

Lens: 18-135mm zoom ~ Focal Length: 135mm ~ 1/320 sec ~ f/5.6 ~ ISO 400

]]> https://ericalberge.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/spring-day/feed/ 2 ericalberge https://ericalberge.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/familygathering/ https://ericalberge.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/familygathering/#respond Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:39:05 +0000 http://ericalberge.wordpress.com/?p=688

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/100 sec ~ f/2.5~ ISO 500

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/100 sec ~ f/2.5~ ISO 500

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/100 sec ~ f/2.5~ ISO 500

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/100 sec ~ f/2.5~ ISO 500

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/100 sec ~ f/2.5~ ISO 500

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/100 sec ~ f/2.5~ ISO 500

After lunch, we read aloud The Ugly Duckling by A. A. Milne. Then we watched the old black-and-white version of Father of the Bride, ate cake, and watched the 1987 version of A Little Princess.

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/500 sec ~ f/2~ ISO 200

Janna and Katelyn designed and hand-made the place card.

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/250 sec ~ f/2~ ISO 200

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/320 sec ~ f/2~ ISO 200

Someone had the brilliant idea to serve the fruit salad in tea cups. We’re not avid tea drinkers.

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/160 sec ~ f/2~ ISO 400

Don’t you just love the shoes Amanda wore?

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/160 sec ~ f/2~ ISO 400

And I really like how Lilia had her hair done.

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/60 sec ~ f/2~ ISO 400

A Proud aunt and her niece.

To see more pictures of our party, stop by my cooking blog.

]]> https://ericalberge.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/a-girls-party/feed/ 2 ericalberge https://ericalberge.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/amanda/ https://ericalberge.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/amanda/#respond Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:14:28 +0000 http://ericalberge.wordpress.com/?p=633 My beautiful sister.

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/50 sec ~ f/1.8~ ISO 800

When they returned, we sat down to a delicious supper prepared by my eldest sister Janna.

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/100 sec ~ f/2.2~ ISO 1000

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/100 sec ~ f/2.2~ ISO 1000

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/100 sec ~ f/2.2~ ISO 640

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/100 sec ~ f/2.2~ ISO 640

This last one is my favorite.

Lens: 18-135mm zoom ~ Focal Length: 80mm ~ 1/80 sec ~ f/5.6 ~ ISO 1000

]]> https://ericalberge.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/before-after-2/feed/ 0 ericalberge https://ericalberge.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/random-photo/ https://ericalberge.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/random-photo/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:26:47 +0000 http://ericalberge.wordpress.com/?p=543

Lens: 18-135mm zoom ~ Focal Length: 18mm ~ 1/400 sec ~ f/4 ~ ISO 100

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Before                                                          After

For those of you who are interested, here’s a rundown on how I edited this photo:

First, I cranked up the contrast.

Next, I darkened the edges slightly.

I finished it off with running unsharpen mask.

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/20 sec ~ f/1.8~ ISO 800

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/60 sec ~ f/1.8~ ISO 800

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/60 sec ~ f/1.8~ ISO 800

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/80 sec ~ f/1.8~ ISO 800

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/25 sec ~ f/1.8~ ISO 800