Boys will be Boys

So over Christmas break I went to London to visit family. While I was there we toured through various parts of the city and mostly we stopped a local markets and did a spot of shopping. At the Burrough Market is where I found these stair-step-brothers. They were waiting for their parents outside of this shop and while they waited they got into a bit of mischief. They started hitting eachother. I loved it and thought it was great to see them smacking and laughing. The middle boy was a ginger...which I thought OF COURSE one is a ginger. How cute. You can see the motion and the swiftness of the street and the boys as they play. I love the bustle feeling all of these have. The market was busy with life and these images were just snapped in between traffic.Here is the story of their scuffle in photo form. Enjoy!

and caught by Dad......game over. :)

London at night

This was taken a few days ago in London just outside the British Museum. It came out a bit darker than I wanted it to so I lightened it a bit and I think the turn out is quite nice. Notice the Union Jack flag on the right...love it.

Window

I love the warmth of this window. It makes me think there is a cup of hot chocolate waiting for me on the other side of the glass.

Towson Women's Basketball

Nice jump shot! This was a very exciting game!

Lights

I took this last year and I thought of it today. It was one of my first times using a DSLR camera and I was so proud of myself for getting some good stuff. Enjoy!

Bowl of Christmas!

Christmas balls in a bowl...fun huh?

Walk

I loved the way these trees made way for the path between them.

A Touch of Hope

Beautiful bright berries! Say that 10 times fast! I saw these berries shouting out from a tree on the beach in Rochester on Thanksgiving Day. This year has been a tough one with a lot of loss in our family and the holidays just remind us of all of those empty seats at the table. I went for a walk early in the day to bust up the gloomy and found that it wasn't such a hard day after all. This picture reminds me that amid the thorns there can be something beautiful and to never let hope be lost.

Rolling

So a few days ago I took this photo (actually it was that fateful day that my camera was left out in the rain). It is my next door neighbor's grandsons rolling down the hill in the leaves. They were having an awesome time. Unfortunately this is the only really cool shot I got. I noticed their romp too late to get more. Enjoy these last few days of fall! Go for a roll in the leaves!

Lucky

So as I mentioned in my last post there was a camera kerfuffle. I left my camera out in the rain by accident of course. This picture was what I took with the camera seconds after I came in from the wet and cold. The camera was working ok but the picture was foggy...as you can see.
So I cried...and cried....and looked up tips online and tried my best to dry it off and out as quickly as possible. I thought and was told the camera was a goner. As a "what the heck" resort...I put the camera in a bowl of dried, uncooked rice for the entire Thanksgiving break (Wed-Sun) and I didn't touch it until we got home Sunday night. It appeared as though it didn't help but when I put the lense back on, the camera was clear. No problems...no fogging. I put the battery back in...and it turned on! Then I put the card back in and took some shots. It worked!!! Perfectly!!!!!
So now I am taking stock in what I have. My camera works...for now. We shall see if corrosion takes place. I have heard that sometimes things work fine and then corrosion blocks the shutter and it eventually kills the camera but here's hoping it was just condensation on the mirror from the drastic change in temperature. Long story short...I am one lucky woman.

oh...and here is the bowl of rice that may have saved my camera's life!

What I had going for me:

1-my camera did not get submerged in water...it was just in the rain
2- it was off and closed up lense cap on.
3- It did not appear to be wet inside the body of the camera just some condensation on the mirror.

Camera CPR

1- Dry off the outside of the camera
2-Take out the card and battery
3- Unhook the lense from the body.
4- Sit lense in a bowl of rice or pack it in Sil packets face down so that the water can drain out of it.
5- Use hair dryer to dry off body inside and out. Use on low setting.
6-Pack sil packs around body or place face down in a bowl of rice. Leave there for a few days. The longer it dries out the better.
7-Say a little camera prayer and hope for the best.

Oh and another quick tip I learned in this crazy awful experience...silicone packs...those little things that say don't eat... that come in shoes and purses...keep them! They are great to keep in your camera bag to keep out unwanted moisture. They are also something to pack your camera in if you were to ship it to be cleaned or brought back to life if you are so unlucky. So when shopping...keep those little things that aren't candy you won't regret it!