Jordan, George, Dallas
Jordan cutting cabbage for the sashimi plate
Tammy baking cookies
Uncle Dee
George
Caroline, Carrie, Heather, Tammy
Chris & Mitch playing ladder golf
Dallas, George, Kathy, Caroline, Auntie Kathy, Jordan, Rachelle, Uncle Dee
More photos from our barbecue on Sunday. It was fun to have all of the family over, both from out of town and the suburbs. We’ve been at this place for about a year and hadn’t had everyone over yet, so mark that off the list.
On a technical note, I somehow had my camera ISO set to 1600 on all of these, when I probably normally would have been on 400. Some of the photos were unusable, some look barely passable, and some I have still posted even though they’re really noisy. Same goes for the wonton photos. I think it’s time to tape a note on my camera that says “CHECK ISO SETTING” to remind myself every time.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Y // Sep 6, 2007 at 11:41 pm
Nice Shun knife. We demoed the same one at a knife skills class at The Wooden Spoon in Andersonville a few months ago and had to get it. Alton Brown has a quirky video about Shun’s superiority, http://www.altonbrown.com/shun/shun_flv_sm.html.
Understand completely about forgetting ISO changes. The other one that gets me is when I change the white balance away from the automatic setting. I always end up with something shot in cloudy or flash mode when it’s actually nice and sunny. It makes me want a camera that I can shoot in RAW, so I can process it later.
2 RachelleB // Sep 7, 2007 at 6:20 am
Hey, Y -
Dallas got the Shun knife from his parents for his birthday. We also have a nice Mac chef’s knife. Dallas’ mom said Mac is actually her favorite.
Also, I did shoot these in RAW, but I think there’s a point at which you can’t really compensate in post processing any more.
3 Dee // Sep 7, 2007 at 7:41 pm
How embarassing. I got caught with a green bottle in my hand.
4 Y // Sep 7, 2007 at 11:09 pm
Thanks for the tip on Mac knives. Will have to keep in mind in the future.
I don’t think that ISO can be adjusted much in post processing. The ISO setting is basically adjusting the sensitivity of the chip, which affects your aperture and shutter speed settings. Effectively, I believe it is changing the raw data that the sensor is capturing unlike settings such as color temperature, sharpness, and other effects, which are applied during the in-camera processing phase.
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