More Car Music Fun

I snuck out for some more singing in the car this morning. I only had three songs ready to go and I finished all of them. That’s two days in a row. Can you believe it? Now I have to start writing lyrics again. Ugh.

The view from the “studio” today:

Obligatory clock pic from the drive home:

Finally, when I got home I saw this. The fire hydrant in our front yard is in a bag. There is writing on the bag that you can’t see here that says leak detection test, or something like that. Interesting? Maybe. Maybe not.

Sunday Guitar

I put rhythm guitars on three songs today, and lead guitars on two. I went direct, even though it’s not nearly as much fun as using a speaker. Oh well. I could hear Jen talking on the phone upstairs when I started playing and I didn’t want to disturb her. I figured I’d be a nice guy and keep things quiet.

I Just Wanna Go Out and Shoot Film

Rob Shoots Film

Between the weather and my schedule I am completely cock blocked from shooting film.

I just wanna go outside and shoot some damn film!

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Fun with Guitars

I recorded guitars for a bunch of songs today. The performances suck to the high heavens, but they exist so… yeah.

I did not record direct today. I had a mic on a speaker like the old timers used to do. Direct signals are fine and all, but making actual noise is so much better. Every time.

Errands Complete

Oil changed, inspection sticker acquired, groceries purchased, and a bunch of Power Ball quick picks snagged. Now what? Music? Probably lunch first. Maybe a Doctor Who or two.

We used to live in this house.

Also, meow.

Bugs

Wascally Wabbit.

Tennant

Finally! While I was cooking my lunch on the grill today I got a picture of one of the birds living rent-free in one of the bird houses!

Now I need to see if there are baby birds in there too.

Fun with Depth of Field

I filled the bird feeders and did a photography exercise.

The same view, with different depth of field.

Example #1, aperture set to f2, shutter speed set to 1/5000 seconds, ISO set to 800 (because that is the speed of the film in Dad’s camera right now).

Example #2, aperture set to f8, shutter speed set to 1/500 seconds, ISO still at 800.

Final example, aperture set to f16, shutter speed set to 1/100 seconds, ISO again at 800.

So the lower the aperture number (lower numbers mean wider aperture, so f2 is as wide as my lens gets and f16 is as narrow as it gets) the shallower the depth of field and the less of the image that is in focus. Get it?

Lame Photo-a-Day Day

The whole photo a day challenge thing gets pretty lame on the one day per week I work in the office. It’s usually just a picture from the highway, or from the parking lot at work, or of my desk, or something lame like that.