Dave Quick – 345 Photography

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Greg’s school had a fun day doing art inspired by the book Snowpeople at Night. Lots of fun for the CHILD school here in Mercer Island.

More photos here.

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Lynne, a friend from an old job, needed a couple pictures of her kids. I love doing these impromptu types of things. I had a trunk full of equipment and I left it all in the car – just a 70-200, 105mm, 24-120mm and a single on camera sb-800 is what I used. Love the set given the minimal setup. More here.

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Greg’s class had a tea party and a puppet show. They had all the parents and some teacher friends join them for it.

More pictures here.

I was slow to adopt digital. I didn’t have my own digital camera until the Nikon D70. Yes – before that I had used pool equipment and such but the D70 is the first camera that made me go – dang – I should spend money on a digital and this is cheap for the benefits (i.e. good value).

Then I switched entirely to digital with the release of the D2x. Since then the D3 was somewhat interesting but I was so happy with the D2x I didn’t think it brought enough value to the table and I didn’t need the D3x high resolution.

Now with the release of the D3s I don’t know how to stop myself thinking about it – it has everything I want. High ISO (12,800 and it’s max is 102,400), movie (720p is more than fine for me), self cleaning sensor (i can hope it works) and full frame sensor (woo hoo – I can choose DX if I felt like it – likely never again .

I can’t get it soon enough. I want it. Bad.

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Again – another great heritage festival for TLS. More photos from the event here.

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More pictures here. A great ceremony for the dedication of the workshop.

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Kids had a great time in lake Sammamish.

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Folks from the LPS team at work had a great picnic this week. Can you believe there are some competitive people at Microsoft?

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Folks from the LPS team at work had a great picnic this week. Can you believe there are some competitive people at Microsoft?

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Lots of cake, hot dogs, and more for all to start off the new years.