Thanks, Boris. Do schools do anything like Field Day over there? It's sort of an end-of-the-school year tradition here.
-c On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cool stuff. Being a class photog of Galia for like 4 years now, I can > totally relate. If you wish to see many schoolkids images from over here, > give me a shout, Christine :-). > > On 6/18/2011 19:00, Christine Nielsen wrote: >> >> Yesterday, I volunteered at my daughter's school to take photos of the >> 3rd graders at field day. For the uninitiated, Field Day is a day of >> fun& games at the end of the school year. Back when I was a kid, >> events included the three-legged race, maybe a game of kickball, and >> popsicles for all. These days, you need an army of parents to >> organize a plethora of outdoor activities, water games, a DJ, bouncy >> houses, a BBQ, *a professional Simon Says guy*, t-shirts, and of >> course, photographers. But, I digress... >> >> I took the k-7, and the 50-135. It was a cloudy day with off& on >> showers. (Hooray for weatherproofing!) The goal was to capture each >> kid in action... I started out by pre-focusing on a spot& waiting for >> a kid to arrive... by the end of the day, I worked up to pre-selecting >> a focus point, and using AF-C to track& shoot. I was pleasantly >> surprised with the results. The only images that didn't work this way >> were due to user error (mis-placing the focus point, or poorly >> framed), or closed eyes... >> >> Nothing ground-breaking here, but a few of the keepers: >> >> https://picasaweb.google.com/crapmgt/FieldDay?authkey=Gv1sRgCK7Pieil5LLR5wE# >> >> :) >> -c >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
