Tonight we stayed up way too late.
Tomorrow we will be grumpy.
But it was worth it!
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| expecto patronum |
I just want to say right now my camera and I are not all that well acquainted. We have a friendly relationship, so far, but we really need to work on our communication.
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| You're a Wizard |
Most of the time tonight:
"How do I convince you to do what I want?" I ask
My camera responds "I will do auto with flash."
"But I really don't want to do auto with flash at this moment" I respond.
"Subject is too dark"
"Subject is not too dark, this is what I want"
"Subject is too blurry!"
"That is the POINT!"
By this time the conversation has unraveled to the point where we are getting nowhere and we just cease communication in order to prevent a falling out. We did have moments were things went alright and we were able to achieve our goal for the evening.
Unfortunately, this brings us to the sparklers.
When I was little I remember getting the greatest sparklers. They lit up right away, they shot of such pretty sparks, and most of all they lasted longer than 25 seconds.
The sparklers we had for tonight. Not so much. They refused to light. They had tiny sparks, and really they had a problem with premature extinguish-ation. In the future, I will procure decent sparklers. Even if I have to border hop. These were pitiful. We didn't get any awesome sparkler shots but the glow sticks worked so well.
The kids had no idea what we were doing. They thought we were just taking pictures of them running around the yard. Occasionally I would tell them where to run and to move their arms like crazy, but I didn't show them the results until I went inside and did a quick edit while they took showers. They loved the outcome with all the magic and ghost glory.
"How do I convince you to do what I want?" I ask
My camera responds "I will do auto with flash."
"But I really don't want to do auto with flash at this moment" I respond.
"Subject is too dark"
"Subject is not too dark, this is what I want"
"Subject is too blurry!"
"That is the POINT!"
By this time the conversation has unraveled to the point where we are getting nowhere and we just cease communication in order to prevent a falling out. We did have moments were things went alright and we were able to achieve our goal for the evening.
Unfortunately, this brings us to the sparklers.
When I was little I remember getting the greatest sparklers. They lit up right away, they shot of such pretty sparks, and most of all they lasted longer than 25 seconds.
The sparklers we had for tonight. Not so much. They refused to light. They had tiny sparks, and really they had a problem with premature extinguish-ation. In the future, I will procure decent sparklers. Even if I have to border hop. These were pitiful. We didn't get any awesome sparkler shots but the glow sticks worked so well.
The kids had no idea what we were doing. They thought we were just taking pictures of them running around the yard. Occasionally I would tell them where to run and to move their arms like crazy, but I didn't show them the results until I went inside and did a quick edit while they took showers. They loved the outcome with all the magic and ghost glory.
I ended up with a bunch of fun images, even with the fight with the camera. And the kids had so much fun. I know I may regret letting them be up so late when we have to be out of the house early in the morning, but I'll just have to look at these faces to remember why we do these things.
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| Expelliarmus |
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