Things that catch my eye

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Survived a very stressful event today at a local hotel. Probably the largest public relations for my College — the event of the year (and this is my 13th one — they don’t get any easier). Involved a morning session for 400 and lunch for 300+, and two lectures. So, in order to keep my wits, sanity, and sense of humour, I did what I do best.

I look… up.

The “X” doesn’t appear in the hotel’s name, so I don’t quite know why they’re on the light fixtures. Still, I liked it, so it made its way to the memory card.

Then…

Ahh. Curves. Curves are soothing. A break from the harshness of right angles and points. The other side of this shot would be…

Something that looked like this.  One thing I’ve learned, however, from my online photography classes. When set in automatic mode, your camera will meter for the available light, and attempt to give you a scene where the highlights are exposed correctly. Only one problem with that.

By doing so, you’ve lost all the details in the shadows. Fortunately, by using a fill flash, I was able to capture a greater range.

I wouldn’t have thought of using a flash in such a bright situation, normally. Of course, now I think differently.

Silver Blue, who attempts to find ways of flushing stress from himself that causes no harm to others, but also helps bring me back to centre.

Published by Silver Blue in Canon, Marriott, Norfolk, T3i