Back To The Grind
January 16, 2012Well well well,
Happy Monday to everyone. I had a wonderful weekend! Went and visited Steve and Gabby in Guelph where we proceeded to get a grand tour of the town and their new apartment. We had some awesome clam chowder and bison burgers. Can’t complain at all. Sunday we headed to Oshawa and saw Junie. Val did her best to teach her how to skate and she was MUCH better than last year. Sunday evening I took my Grandpa to the Oshawa Generals game. He hadn’t been to one since, get this, he PLAYED for them in 1950-1951. He played on the same line with two hall of famers. Sadly he had to quit because he shattered his ankle – very unfortunate as he was invited to the Boston Bruins try out camp. He doesn’t spend his days asking ‘what if?’ though. Back then you worked your butt off in the Summers and usually played different sports. Injuries, even career ending, were quite common.
I’ve been enjoying my new camera (Nikon S9100). I am, however, a bit let down by the speed of the shutter in low-light. The research I did on the camera raved about the low light quality. Sure, it takes high quality, non-grainy photos, but the shutter is incredibly slow. Anything take under 1/60 going to quite blurry without a tripod. Anywho, my favourite perks as of right now is its movie mode and the ability to shoot up to 240 frames per second. I find myself trying to find things to shoot in slow-mo. If anyone could suggest a few things, I will be more than happy to shoot something. Here’s a little sample at 120 frames per second:
As for Astro, well, that’s a whole other story…
