A Benchmark

Three months ago today I went on my first shoot with my Canon Rebel XTi. It was a beautiful summer evening and I headed to a place that is both near and dear to me... Sunset Park overlooking the Edmonds ferry terminal with the Olympics in the back drop.

Back in August, I realized when I arrived at the park that I didn't even know how to turn the darn thing on. After fumbling with my tripod, I barely caught the last rays of glorious sunshine.

I figured it would be a good destination in order to compare my progress over the past three months. In typical Lori style, though, things did not work out as planned. I'll skip the long winded, but rather humorous story (you know I have a story that will make you at least smile!), and just say that by the time I got through the gazillion traffic lights between Bothell & Edmonds the sun was long, long gone.

Honestly, I was getting a bit frustrated as I sat through those lights. But then I reminded myself that unlike my trip in August, I now have some night shooting skills. The pics didn't turn out as great as I would like, but it was cold & dark and as much as I wanted to complete my shoot for the day, L&L on 196th was calling my name.

The first two pics were from my original shoot back August. The bottom four are from today. Enjoy

Hot August Nights


Not So Hot November Evening

This was one of my first pics tonight. I liked the movement of the ferry, but I wish I had the mountains in focus. It reminds me of firecrakerfirecraker.


The next two pics are the same shot: the top one is unedited and the bottom one has some edits (Curve Assist & Cropping). I love the deep twighlight blue of the water.

And of course, I can't resist turning the saturation waaay down to see the image in black & white. What can I say? It's an addictive habit. I also altered the brightness/contrast to give this one a dark feel to it. Mysterious? maybe.

Overall, I am kinda luke-warm on today's adventure. I think that Sunday's trip to UW is a better mark of progress. Stay tuned though, I'm sure I'll find something interesting this weekend... (really, is it only Tuesday and I am already thinking about the weekend? uh-oh)