Surprise!

This past weekend my wife and sister-in-law threw a surprise birthday party for my mother-in-law. It turned out really nice and I was able to get a lot of shots of the festivities. Like I mentioned in my DSN post, I don’t get to shoot a lot of events, so I enjoy it when I get the chance. This is what photography is all about. Capturing those special memories you want to keep forever.

Taking indoor, low light photos is always a challenge when you don’t have a good lens, so most of the pictures were doctored up a little. I didn’t break out my external flash, so I used the on-camera one which had to be toned down some in post processing. I also found auto focusing was an issue at times, but the Nikon did pretty good with picking out the right settings in Priority mode.