Day 107 - The Holiday Spirit - a photo on Flickriver

Day 107 - The Holiday Spirit

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Something about today was just really off-putting. I think actually it was my sleep (or lack thereof). Around 4am a "storm" blew into San Diego and we were woken up by the sound of some heavy rain. I suddenly realized that we had a bunch of clothes and things piled up out on the patio, so I jumped out of bed to get our stuff out of the rain. And in classic San Diego "rain" fashion, I got outside just in time for the downpour to kick into a higher gear, and got things stowed just in time for the rain to basically stop. So in the span of about 2 minutes I went from asleep, happy, and warm to awake, wet, cold, and a little cranky. And from that point I was totally unable to sleep for at least the next hour. And for the rest of the "night" I kinda fitfully dozed.

So I think it's fair to say I woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

And then at about noon my family-photo gig for the day called up to cancel due to the inclement weather. If it was just rain in her neck of the woods I would have convinced her to do it anyway (she asked for "more arty" photos, family playing in the rain would be brilliant), but she claimed 25 mph winds and that started sounding like a lot less fun. So next week instead.

And that pretty much killed any motivation I've had to do anything today. I've watched more TV than is good for me (Mad Men is really good). When we walked to the local pharmacy to get Christmas lights to help with Victoria's decorating spree, I picked up this jaunty little hat. If she gets around to posing for me with the Christmas lights as a prop, it'll go nicely. If not, I got my $3 out of it for this shot.

Strobist info: I've got two 430s in shoot through umbrellas, each at 1/16th, oriented about 180 degrees apart from each other with respect to the subject. One is camera right, just this side of the subject. The other is (obviously) camera left just behind the subject. Both are slightly high, angled down. Triggered via a 580 set to null.

Taken on: November 28, 2009

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self portrait

bad santa

fake beard

beard

glass

tumbler

ice

rocks

liquor

alcohol

vodka

wife beater

hat

santa hat

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Camera: Canon EOS 40D, f/5.6, 1/250 sec, 70mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 40D
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	70mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Fired
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	GIMP 2.6.7
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