Party!

Yesterday we celebrated my Nephew's 1st birthday. I have a couple of shots to share with you. These were all taken either with on camera pop-up flash or hand held without flash at very slow shutter speeds.

I know Dave Hobby at the Strobist would be appalled at the lack of off camera lighting, but there were about 10 of us in a dark restaurant so I did what I could do.

I don't have any off camera equipment yet, but I do have a strobist 2 light kit I ordered from Midwest Photo Exchange that is supposed to arrive today - so hopefully in the future I can do better.

With Daddy.
With flash, 1/60 Second at f5.6, 400 ISO.

Hey that's my cake! With flash, F4.5, 1/60, ISO 400

With mom and dad!
ISO 400, 1/30 second at f3.5

Sites I Like: Strobist

Here is a good blog for learning about off camera lighting - particularly small strobes such as the Canon EX series or the Nikon SB series: Strobist Dave Hobby has been running this site for a couple of years and his motto is "Less equipment, more Brains". Hobby believes in traveling light and is a big believer in DIY projects when they make sense. He studied photojournalism at the University of Florida. He had a 20-year career as a photo journalist and has shot for the Leesburg (FL) Commercial, the Orlando (FL) Sentinel, UPI, and lots of other publications as a freelancer/stringer/intern. He was a staff photographer at Patuxent Publishing (Columbia, MD) from '88-'99 and at The Baltimore (MD) Sun from '99-present.