The Greenwich Township Environmental Commission sponsors the annual recycling of Christmas trees at the end of the season. These volunteers help residents dispose of the trees that are turned into mulch and used in the township park.
On Monday I need to say goodbye to a new fiend: the Canon 5D Mark III. I had the pleasure to be able to borrow and test drive this camera for two weekends in a row thanks to my Canon CPS membership.
The camera was as great as I expected it to be. In advance I knew the camera would be fantastic in low light photography. Since I do quite a bit of theatre and nighttime photojournalism, the high ISO performance is phenomenal. I left Aperture priority mode in the default auto ISO and never saw any grainy photos. Focusing was also fast in low light situations.
What also surprised me was the mode “silent” drive shooting mode. It slows down the shutter to only 3 fps that allows it to operate much more quieter than other cameras. It shares this feature with its older sibling, the EOS-1DX.
I was able to photograph a wide variety of assignments. I first started off with some publicity photos for a theater group, then a 40th wedding anniversary in a dark restaurant followed my some engagement photos outside.
So I’ll have a tough decision for what my next camera will be. Either this or perhaps the 6D. The 6D is not yet available for loan via CPS. I will definitely want to test drive the 6D and see how it compares to the 5D Mark III.
Here’s a collection of photos from the December 29, 2012 snowfall. I received a total of 3.7” of snow.
It didn’t start out too impressive in the morning. In fact we had what is called graupel. It’s a sign of warming in the upper levels of the atmosphere which results in the ends of the snowflakes getting melted off.
Things started to pick up closer to mid day
The end result was worth it!
This was SO GOOD! My Mom traditionally get this for Christmas and Easter. Its getting harder to find. Thanks to my cousin Joan Harriet for getting it this year.
For those unaware of what this is, its also called honey balls which more accurately describes what it is. This is a close up photo. The balls are only 1/2” or 3/4” max in size. Then a honey mixture is drizzled over them. Yum!
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 4,100 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 7 years to get that many views.
It may not look it here but we did have a white Christmas this year! It started snowing Christmas eve and we had 1.4” of snow. At midnight the snow had stopped but we had over 1” of snow on the ground.
The white Christmas turned green by later in the day. That was OK since so many folk usually travel.
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and got everything they wanted.
I was scheduled to usher at my church at the midnight mass. Traditionally we go to the early evening mass and I wasn’t crazy about staying up so late.
But in doing so allowed us to relax after dinner and before going out with a nice glass of wine by the fireplace in front of the Christmas tree!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!
Members of the Stewartsville Vol. Fire Co. take Santa on an early visit throughout the township delivering candy canes for children and treats for dogs.
For some time now I’ve wanted to try taking some portraits of local firefighters. I didn’t want these to be formal photographs. I wanted them to be gritty – show the true meaning and depth it takes in volunteering to be a firefighter.
I had three local firefighters volunteer to be models and photographed them recently. Some were in front of a green screen and used to create a composite. Others were taken in front of one of the engines.
I wanted these to be lite differently and on the dark side.
Its hard to create a photograph that represents the love a mother has for a son, who just returned home from military service and just cut the yellow ribbon off the tree in front of their house. This photo comes close.
PFC Ryan returned home from the Army for the holiday break. He had been serving in Afghanistan. He suffered several injuries from attacks on American solders.
Ryan and his family were greeted with an escort and parade from the Stewartsville Volunteer Fire Co, where he’s a member, along with numerous other first responders as he returned home to his family.
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