In Manual & Bouncin' Around

We're back from our trip to St. Louis for Thanksgiving and it was very nice. Here are some pics. As you will see, I have a lot to learn and a lot of practicing to do. I left the comfortable world of automatic this weekend and ventured over to the manual side of my dial. I also incorporated my new 430EXII Speedlite and bouncing flash features. So much for an amateur to digest!! Here is the line up of pictures ranging from underexposed to white balance issues to out of focus to lots of noise to pretty OK to good in my opinion to overexposed and back, ha! I'm still not editing pics from my new camera...I want to spend my time learning the technical stuff right now....so as my niece Nicole would say 'you get what you get and you don't throw a fit!' :)

The girls reading their new book from Grandma and Grandpa with 'The Night Before Christmas' recorded by them.

Allie being silly...too bad I read about how to correct white balance issues on the way BACK from St. Louis.

Playing 'Apples to Apples'...

Will's new backpack from Grandma and Grandpa...so cute!

Katie at Aunt Brenda's for Thanksgiving...

Allie at Aunt Brenda's...

Two grandsons....in a house that has been ruled by granddaughters for the past 8 years, ha!

Cousin Jack playing with Uncle Jay...Will is entertained in the background. I read about a feature on my camera to help with fluorescent lighting on the way home today.

Will partied until he fell asleep in his chair...

The Sprite/Dominos party...

Cousin Jack...

Katie with Jack...

Katie LOVES to flash her smiles for the camera...natural light, bounce flash and direct flash.

Emmie politely puts up with me...

Allie LOVES to make faces for the camera...

In St. Louis there is a park that they completely light up and decorate for the holidays. Cars can drive through, tune their radio to a specific radio station and enjoy the scenery. Here are some pics from the car.

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving!