A Sweet Kiss | Macro Photography

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Finally my ‎g’mas Equipment is complete. I have two different camera gear: the first is my ‎professional setup and the second is for my personal everyday use. When I purchased my personal use camera it came with a standard 18-35mm lens. I since added the 55-210mm lens, a 16mm lens, 50mm lens and the most recent the 30mm macro lens.

You may wonder why I think I need the the different lens.

This first image was taken with the 18-35mm set at 18 with an f-stop of 5.6.

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18mm @ f5.6

The camera lens was approx. 5 inches from the candy arrangement. I tried to make the candy as large as I could- keeping it in focus. The next image was taken with the same lens but zoomed in to the 35mm @ f5.6. It was necessary to move the lens 7 inches from the Kiss.

35mm @ f5.6
35mm @ f5.6

Next I used the 50mm lens. For this image I had to take the lens out 12 inches from the Kiss.

50mm @ f5.6
50mm @ f5.6

The next two images were taken with the 30mm macro lens. The bottom image, the lens was within an inch of the Kiss label. I then backed it up just enough to capture the whole Kiss candy.

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30mm Macro at f5.6

The images shown above are straight out of the camera (SOC). Camera setting ISO 1600 f5.6 Apeture Priority no flash.

Depending on the image you are wanting to photograph will determine the lens to use. My favorite lens is the 55-210mm lens for everyday outdoor photography. The lens I use the most is my 16mm and the 18-35mm, typically indoors.

Thanksgiving Dinner | A Day with Family

Thanksgiving Dinner 2013 was a blessed day for me. I spent the day with family- my husband, parents and children. This doesn’t happen to often these days. My father and daughter requested a different bird for the holiday. When my mom mentioned this to me, I was rather pleased with the suggestion. Our main dish was still a bird- can you guess what it was- see below:

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Yum….Crunchies!

If it were up to me, our tableware would have been the real easy kind to clean up. I call it my fine china. You would call it paper plates. I am so for real. Doing dishes is on my list of avoiding as much as possible! Now my mother, she just loves to decorate with her fine china. Yes, you will see the table in the image. Jane Ray dishes. These do not go into the dishwasher.

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Jane Ray

How I enjoyed my mom’s home fried chicken, mashed potatoes, salads and banana bread on the beautiful table setting. A day I will always remember!

thanksgiving family dinner
Thanksgiving Family Dinner

And little Miss Brie was worn out by the afternoon!

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Zapped Out!

Fire-King, Jane Ray information here.
Thanksgiving traditions.

Engelken Family Reunion 2013

The Engelken Family Reunion 2013

August 31, 2013 was a fun filled day with eleven Engelken siblings. We met in Seneca, KS for food, games and chatter. Kevin and I along with our daughter and grand-daughter arrived rather early. We took a tour of the scenic town of Seneca. Should you ever pass through- the park is very interesting. The highlights are shown in the images below.

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Seneca KS Park

From the park, we went to the main street in town. Here are some images of what we saw during our downtown stroll.

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Downtown Seneca KS

After our stroll we made our way to Valentino’s….

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Valentino’s

The complete gallery is available for viewing, refer to the link below. It was my goal to get at least one picture of everyone who was at the reunion. Be sure to take a look and them all!

Engelken Reunion 2013 gallery images.

The Engelken 2013 reunion images are available for download on the family page.