Gig Harbor Thanksgiving

Tim and I joined his family at Gig Harbor, WA for Thanksgiving. I decided to set my camera to save raw images, but that turned out to be a mistake. All of the photos came out extremely grainy, or noisy as we call it in the digital age. Either way, boo. Oh well. I still got some decent (but still grainy) shots of Mount Rainier over Puget Sound, so I'll share them with you despite my disappointment. No more raw image quality after this. Ever.

Poo Poo Point

Yesterday Tim, his best friend Chris, and I all hiked Tiger Mountain to Poo Poo Point. No, I'm not making up that name. You can Google it. Lots of parasailors jump from that point. We only saw one while we were there, but I've heard that in better (warmer) weather you can see a lot of people. No matter, it was a clear day and we had an excellent view of Mount Rainier. I have some unstitched panorama photos that will be uploaded at some point, so keep in touch! But you should keep in touch anyway. Because you love my photos and you love me.

Sony NEX-7

What is the greatest perk (so far) about working in a camera shop? Why, testing out cameras of course! I got to hold a $2800 Leica camera the other day. It was beautiful. We also played around with the new WiFi capabilities. Isn't that crazy? Some cameras are capable of connecting to your SmartPhone. You can use your iPhone or Android to change settings, take pictures, and send those pictures to the Internet. How crazy is that? Next we'll have high-end DSLRs that can make phone calls. Our devices will officially switch places. That's not the point of this post though. The point of this post is to share with you all of the pictures I took while borrowing the Sony NEX-7 and a Tamron zoom lens. We drove to Spokane to finalize my photography project for that client, and on the way I took pictures. They are pretty much all out-of-car landscapes, so don't expect anything spectacular. Also, this is the first snow I've seen all year which means it's almost skiing season which means I'm stoked. Yay!