"Wood Barn and Snow"

After practicing my rusty skills on Tuxedo the cat, I went and took picutres of this barn, which is the best out of about 20 shots. The sky was uniformly overcast, so it took some bracketing to get the exposure right. I tried some with the barn to the side of the shot, but since the form itself was so symmetrical, I kept the shot symmetrical and that was the best composition for the shot.

Blowing the dust off of my memory....

This is my parent's cat Tuxedo, who is irrisistable. Since he was the only willing model to do outdoor shots in 3 degree weather, we worked together and had a sucessful session. These are the best out of about a dozen shots. I hadn't used my camera in a time period that is too embarrasing to admit, so this took longer than expected. I practiced changing my lenses, camera settings, and tried my hand at some manual focusing. It's best to do these things so that you can get a shot quickly. How fast you can do it is important, but you want a quality shot as well, so I practice in all kinds of weather. In Montana, that's easy to do because no day is the same as the one before it.