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Nikon D80 Challenge #85 – In My Kitchen

I missed challenge #84, so I thought I’d leave a link for you to check out the submitted photos. D80 Challenge #85 was “In My Kitchen”, where we were asked to take a good look in our kitchen and see something that could be a nice subject for a photo. We had to create something using only items found in our kitchen.

My son had just recently drawn a picture of a monster in school. He wanted us to put it on the refrigerator, so I used it as the subject of my challenge entry. The only real editing was a crop and a little extra contrast.

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.

Dallas South News Opening Photos

I rarely get the chance to take photos at an actual event, so I thought I’d bring my camera. I should have shot in RAW because I always have to lighten my indoor shots (I need a better lens) and RAW gives you a lot more control when editing. I

Here’s the original post I did about the event at theotalks.net.

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