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The First Day Of Snow

This winter has been so far very mild and hardly any snow at all. So when it does come down, we get a “little” excited around here. I took my new Olympus E-M5 MarkII out in the wind and falling snow with the Zuikio 14-150mm f4 lens, the combination makes this perfect, as it’s weather sealed and freezer proof. But it’s a slow lens…and once you’re used to faster f2.8 lenses then having a slower lens is hard to work with at times. But, I’m saving up for better glass and renting when I need them for this camera. In the meantime, it’s not like I don’t have excellent camera equipment already, I do have pro Canon full frame DSLRs and fast L glass. It’s just nice not to have all that weight every once in awhile.

The day was pretty overcast and grey, and I wanted to test the focusing with the snow. So I went across the street from my house, and down to the creek. It was bitter cold out!
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 It was 25 degrees and very windy outside! But that never keeps kids and adults from sledding down the hill! I ran into some friends of ours and took some shots of them.
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Black's Creek,Bordentown,NJ,Nature Preserve,Olympus OM-D E-M5II,Photo By Deirdre Ryan Photography www.deirdreryanphotography.com,snowing, The next day, the sun was out, but it was colder, the temp was 20 degrees but felt like 15 or less! 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Overall, the camera did really well, I was surprised! Some shots were missed, and a little soft, possibly my fault and getting used to the system. But I’m really pleased so far.

Remaining Calm In The Midst of Chaos

This past week has had most of us reeling with grief and disbelief. I am fine with my feelings and have decided to let me have that time. I had an appointment in PA the day after the elections results and on the way back I stopped by the Delaware Canal park. There are several in my area, this one just happened to be on the way home, and I’ve been here many times.

I had my camera, and started to take deep breaths and walk. I looked around, listened, enjoying the colors of the trees around me. It was raining, very chilly, but my camera and lens were both weatherproof, so I wasn’t worried about that. What I needed was to think, so I started to NOT think. Instead I started to take pictures.
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This is my therapy, being calm, and outdoors, it helped for a bit. I’m trying to figure out a lot of things right now, and this week didn’t help. But each day gets better and better.

I’m not telling anyone how they should feel, or that they should stop and deal with it. Find your way, but make it good for everyone.