Thursday, December 25, 2008

Christmas in American Samoa


Being in American Samoa means we are one of the last Countries to celebrate Christmas. I feel sorry for some of the people fighting the cold weather. Today was bright and sunny and lots of people enjoyed swimming at the beach. For us, it was open the presents then go for our traditional breakfast at McDonalds. Then the kids played and I made a turkey. We just got finished eating so I have a few minutes. All my Christmas photos were made by bouncing my flash off of the white ceiling in the house. It makes for much better photos than just hitting the kids with direct flash. You lose a lot of the harsh shadows this way. And, when the kids are ripping through the presents, not much time to goof around so just shot on ETTL and let the camera work its magic.

1 comment:

busycorner said...

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JW