Weekend wrap-up (part 1)

[erinwrites]

Originally published at erin-go-blog!. You can comment here or there.

It was once again a busy weekend, but in a good way!

Friday night, All Things Jennifer hosted a girls’ night get-together complete with cookies and festive drinks. She also organized donations for Literacy Volunteers–many of the people who attended brought books to donate.

I brought a book, brownies, and hot chocolate fixings, including Butterscotch Schnapps–my favorite addition to cocoa! I picked up Samantha and we rode together, and that was nice.

It was fun meeting some new people and seeing others that I hadn’t seen in a while.

(side note–does anyone have any good advice for avoiding redeye, other than “learn to use photoshop”?)

Thanks to Jen for hosting, and here’s to more friendly get-togethers in 2008!

I’ll be posting part 2–farewell to Lowest of the Low–later tonight or tomorrow.

Comments

[huskiebear.livejournal.com]

anyone have any good advice for avoiding redeye

The only way to avoid redeye is to get the flash farther away from the axis of the lens: nearly impossible with compact cameras. Shooting in brighter light so pupils are smaller, or using a higher ISO (if your camera has that option) to minimize flash use can make it less obvious. Other than that, photoshop is it.

< /former camera sales droid >

[erinwrites.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I kind of figured... :)

My camera does have a feature where I can change the ISO, so perhaps I should look into that. (I'm still learning how to use all the nifty features.)

Thanks for the advice!