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People, Travel, WordPress Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond (the lollipop)

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I learned about this week’s The Daily Post at WordPress.com’s Weekly Photo Challenge before I packed my kids and I up for a trip to Houston, Texas. So as we spent the weekend with my wife checking out parts of Houston, I was looking for a fun capture for BEYOND.

The moment came when my daughter was enthralled with the size of her lollipop. I think it’s every kids dream to get a lollipop this big – and it makes it difficult to look BEYOND the lollipop to see what else is going on around you.

Big eyes and a big lollipop

Canon 60D | 18-135mm lens | 1/640 | f/16 | ISO 2000

(NOTE: I am not sure why my camera was set at ISO 2000. I guess that explains some of the graininess I’m seeing in the photo.)

After some fun checking out the Downtown Aquarium in Houston (including two rides on the Shark Voyage Train), we took a breather to grab a snack. This was her snack. I wish I would have been that excited about the large pretzel my wife and I got to share.

~signed, Carltonaut

GoPro, Just for fun

A Split Second Jump Into the Pool

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We spent two nights at the St Regis Hotel in Park City, Utah this weekend for my brother-in-law’s wedding. Saturday morning, we spend a good three hours playing in the pool. I, of course, had my GoPro with me so I could try to get some really cool shots. I used the setting that shot 10 photos in one second, then pieced this photo together of the jump.

072012 Jump Pool St Regis

I learned a little late, that there is a split second delay from hitting the button until it snaps the first photo. Plus, you wouldn’t think that in such a short period of time, the camera would move, but I found that each photo was off just a little, so it didn’t mesh together as cleanly as I would have liked.

Overall, it was a fun time and a great wedding. Hope you enjoy the photo, and I’ll share other outtakes from the pool on my Carltonaut Facebook page, so be sure to follow me there, too.

~signed, Carltonaut

People

Help a fellow amateur photographer out

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I usually don’t reach out to others to ask them to vote for my photo when it’s in a photo contest, but I really like this photo of my daughter that I snapped at a wedding last year and think it is a great candid portrait.

I know there are a lot of great photos out there, but I hope you’ll help a fellow amateur  photographer out and click on the link to vote for this photo in Pictureline’s weekly photo contest.

Name tags

Thanks in advance to all those who’ll take a moment to vote.

~signed, Carltonaut

GoPro, People, WordPress Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Two Subjects

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When I saw the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge topic for this week, I was determined to capture it while on vacation. So when we swung by the pool, I whipped out my GoPro and shot some underwater shots. The two subjects in this photo come from one person – my 3-year-old son’s two feet.

041412 Two Feet in the Pool

GoPro | 11mp photo setting | 1 photo every two seconds

I simply set the camera to take a photo every two seconds, then followed my son walking through a shallow area of the pool. He was clueless about me taking photos, so I guess this is more of a candid shot!

~signed, Carltonaut

GoPro, Just for fun, People, Travel

Waterslide Compilation with the GoPro

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Last month I got a GoPro HD Hero 2 for my birthday. It wasn’t until today that I was able to test it. We went to St. George for a family vacation and I was very excited to hang out in the pool with my kids and test my GoPro. But the 44-degree temperature and the continuous rain, the hotel pool wasn’t an option.

So we headed to the Washington City Community Center and hung out in their aquatic center for a few hours. It made me nervous to have the camera in the water, but once I got over that, I tested out various modes and settings – all in preparation for my wife and my trip to Hawaii next month.

The WCCC had a large water slide, but my daughter was pretty nervous to ride it. We went up to the top, and had to take the walk-of-shame back down when she changed her mind. But a little later, she wanted to try again. So up we went – and this time, it was a go. You can watch the video on my Facebook page.

The next time we went down the waterslide, I set my GoPro to take 1 photo every 2 seconds. So from the top to the bottom, we ended up with 20 photos that fit nicely into this compilation.

041412 Waterslide Compilation

GoPro | 11mp setting | Photo every 2 seconds

Needless to say, we all had a lot of fun, and the waterslide was everyone’s favorite part.

~signed, Carltonaut

Alphabet Photo Challenge, People

CTE Weekly Photo Challenge – J is for Jump

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Originally, I wanted to get some shots of my oldest son jumping to shoot a basketball into our new hoop we bought a couple weeks ago. But when that didn’t work out, and my older son was sick in bed tonight, I asked my younger son if he wanted to jump off the ottoman and let me take a few shots.

He agreed, and we got some great shots. Here’s my favorite, but you can check out some of the outtakes on my Facebook page photo album.

031012 CTE Jump photo

Canon 60D | 18-135 lens | 1/60 | f 4.0 | ISO 800

My wife was a little embarrassed about the laundry in the background, and I am sure no one would have noticed it unless I pointed it out… so I guess the cat is out of the bag on that one. Oh well.

~signed, Carltonaut

Alphabet Photo Challenge

CTE Weekly Photo Challenge – H is for Hands

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I’m a day late, but I still wanted to participate in the CTE Weekly Photo Challenge for the letter H. I tried doing Heart using some Bokeh photography with a romantic setting for two, but after an hour of trying, I wasn’t pleased with the outcome. I then thought it would be fun to do Handwriting, but I didn’t have the supplies I wanted for the photo idea I had in mind.

When I saw my son playing with his Ninjago guys on the table, I thought Hands would make a great letter H for the photo challenge. So after all the shots on Friday night for Heart, and then changing my subject to Hands a day after the photo challenge deadline, this is the photo I ended up with, and that I am pleased with.

022712 Hands Photo

Canon 60D | 50mm lens | 1/40 | f/1.8 | ISO 100

I must add that my son has so much fun playing with Legos. He spent about three hours of the beautiful Sunday afternoon sitting ON the table playing with Legos. He is passionate about his play, and it’s the funnest thing to hear him say, in his very serious voice “Ninjaaaaaa GO,” before spinning his guy and watching him take out this little snake guy.

~signed, Carltonaut

Just for fun

Effect of glow stick lighting

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My kids love having glow sticks with them when we go camping. My guess is that it provides them some comfort while sleeping in a vulnerable tent. For me, I think it makes for some rather interesting lighting situations and photos – like this one:

Flourescent campout

The florescent green sleeping bag, in the shape of an alligator, helped with the interesting colors of the photo.

I had initially stayed up after he fell asleep to take some night shots and chat with my brothers and dad who were also on the trip. But the cloud cover prevented me from getting star trail shots, so I got ready for bed before seeing this shot.

I set up my Canon Digital Rebel XT, then held the blue glow stick above my son, but out of the frame. I snapped off a few shots of this before calling it a night, but when I looked at the shots once I got back home, I thought this one was a keeper, though my son’s blue complexion looks a little on the creepy side.

~signed, Carltonaut