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Everything Old is New Again: Nikon D40

June 28, 2012 by

Recently, I spent an evening at Samy’s taking a class to learn about my new old-inherited-from-the-Wife Nikon D40. DSLR cameras are a whole new monster but I like how crisp the photos turn out. So off I went. I learned about the S and A settings as well as ISO and “bokeh.” The instructor was fun and kept the class moving. He’d move about the classroom to help us with our settings and answer questions.

As you can see below, I don’t intend on making photography my next career.

LA Public Library – Los Feliz – Where am I focusing on??

NBC Community – art show at PixelArt Gallery – totally unfocused

Santa Monica – 9th and Broadway – where’s my focus?

 

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Friday Five: 6.22.12 – Jury Duty

June 22, 2012 by

This week I was on-call for jury duty. I went in one day and waited in the pen. There were framed posters of celebs who had served on a jury or reported for jury duty. People like Judge Lance Ito, Camryn Manheim, Jamie Lee Curtis, Weird Al and Edward James Olmos. I wish I could’ve taken pics of them. Any freshman learning graphic design would have done a better job.

Here are my five for this week:

1. My new old Nikon D-40 needs to be taken out and I’ve got to keep shooting. I’ve accidentally figured out the f-stop for bokeh. Keyword: accidentally.

2. My cousin and fashionista blogger Kat (An Eye for Fashion) was mentioned in one of Budget Babe’s round-ups. Well deserved!

3. Work. Tough week.

4. The Wife was watching Worst Tattoos on TLC. I don’t understand why these people didn’t do any research or check out the quality of their tattoo artists. Oh yeah, most of them were drunk when they went to get a bad tattoo. Gah.

5. The Korean market near my home changed up their cold foods/fermented foods bar. I can tell you now that I will not be tasting this one at all…

Salted Fermented Entrails – #wiri – local Korean market

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Friday Five: 6.8.12 – Panama!

June 8, 2012 by

Did I mention I went to the Van Halen show last weekend? It. was. so. fun! Plus side – David Lee Roth and the Van Halens live. Minus side – slushy alcoholic drink dribbling on me by drunk attendee. In all, exactly what I expected!

Five things of the week. I’ll go first.

1. “Fashion” at the Van Halen show – The grown ass men managed to gross me out the most with a combination of Affliction, Ed Hardy, popped polo collars, jeans with stitched back pockets, bracelets, chains, opened shirts. [Did you just throw up a little? Me too.] I still think these guys get their fashion advice from the Real Housewives of Orange County husbands.

2. I adopted a Nikon D40 from the Wife who is now using a newer prosumer camera. My Canon point and shoot is great but it’s also on its last legs. (Bummer, I love how I can slip it in my pocket.) I took a class on how to use a DSLR this week at Samy’s. I’m still confused as to why I would switch from Aperture to Shutter mode. I might just leave it on Aperture setting and go from there.

3. Games 3 and 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals – LORD. Game 5 is tomorrow. I know that everyone and their mother wants the Kings to come back to win at home but come on. A win is a win. If they win Game 5 (in New Jersey), they WIN THE CUP. Who cares where they play!? We need this win. _I_ need this win.

4. There is something to be said about having ZERO meetings during a workday. You can actually get so much more work done. How about we set aside one day for meetings and all other days for work?

5. Married? You should probably not flirt with the woman next to you or LIE and say you’re not married. You will be caught. What. an. idiot.

My new old baby - Nikon D40

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