October is nearing its end, and that means we’ll have to contend with winter soon. With this in mind, I wanted to capture rural Indiana's fleeting autumnal beauty this weekend. I decided to do this with two cameras: My beloved Canon Rebel T7 (paired with my Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens) and my Sony Mavica FD88 (as seen previouslyon this blog). I chose to use the Canon for still shots, as per usual...
The Fall Vortex
Red Splash
Bokeh Leaf 3000
By the time I had taken these three photos, the sun had started to set. I was ready for a break.
The following afternoon, I decided to find my next subject. My cat Mocha proved to be exactly what I was looking for. Yep, I took a bunch of cat pics. Sue me.
A Distinguished Gentleman
A Clueless Gentleman
A Distracted Gentleman
Mocha's Calm Stare
I'm glad Mocha cooperated, as the results are quite nice. I had a lot of fun with my fall pictures, but nothing beats photographing cats (when they're on board with it).
As for the Mavica, I used it exclusively for recording video this weekend. Today, I decided I'd like to record my drive to Walmart, and I thought it would be funny to do this in "vlog" form with my Mavica. The result is this masterpiece:
This is hardly the first YouTube video I've shot on the Mavica, but it is the first one I've recorded in a hot minute. These cameras can only fit 15-30 seconds of video on each floppy disk, making it just as tedious to copy over the video files as I remembered. It's super inconvenient... But I love it.
That's pretty much everything I've been up to this weekend. I had a lot of fun with these photos and the Mavica "vlog" thing. But that's all for now, so thanks for reading, and have a good one.
Hey folks! I wrote a short story last weekend that I just needed to share with all of you. I'm so sorry in advance. Enjoy! Everybody Hates Herbert A short story John Spahr
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