Metalpeter's Journal

11/04/2009 19:07 #50217

2009 Halloween Party part 2
Category: photos

Well Hopefully I don't double any photos from the last post I see where I kinda left off. Again it was a great time and thanks to (e:PMT). I really liked Max from "Where The wild Things Are" I wanted to go as him but couldn't figure out how to really do that so I passed it is a good thing I passed.

I don't have an exact time other then to say that the pictures below are from once we crossed midnight and it was the next day.

Who ever had the Fire Idea had a great idea, but with my luck it started to rain. That reminds me I heard that some people went up on the roof did anyone get anypictures from up there?

Well I think that covers it hope everyone had a great time and enjoyed my pictures. And I thought someone else took a few but not sure who's haven't gone up yet.

metalpeter - 11/05/09 17:07
Well in terms of making faces, don't forget that I don't do the poses. So often someone is talking or standing there then I take it and by that time they have moved or something. The fire was nice. I think I just used like what ever the automode is and it got the fire pretty well. What happens most of the time is that if you don't use a flash you get the fire well and everyone else is dark and then if you use a flash the brightness lights up the people and dims the fire. Someplace if you can find it there is a happy medium or even sometimes the fire might be bright enough to light the people.

paul - 11/05/09 10:29
I love the we are at burning man, but really we are in the backyard pic of mike and I

:::link:::

jason - 11/05/09 08:33
Dang, do I really make that many faces? Lol

libertad - 11/04/09 20:56
Those are great pictures! So many that i really liked. The fire ones are really good. I so wanted to stay longer. I want a repeat. LOve it!

matthew - 11/04/09 20:07
Great pictures Peter. Thanks for taking them!

11/03/2009 18:33 #50211

Party Part 1 Halloween 2009
Category: photos

So Here is the thing some pictures are very dark some are good and some are a mix. Based on the small size I can't tell how they will look so I think I will just post them in order and hope I don't miss any. Hope people like them and that they are ok. I need to find the right setting to take pictures inside in dark settings, I think there is away to make the ISO level standard but I'm not sure if yet how to do that. I need to figure that out before when ever the next (e:strip) party is.

Not sure what my favorite costume was there where a bunch of good ones. I thought it was cleaer that Louis was with Peter who was dressed as I assumed Peter Pan but maybe I got that wrong. Then the Tower's as pirates was awesome.. It was a great time thanks to everyone who showed up and (e:PMT) for hosting it and changing the night so there was no wedding conflict.

One Of the tough things with having a ton of pictures is you are often not sure where to call it or cut the blog to start part 2 it is tough to tell how many you have up and how it will be viewed by others so for now this is the end of Part 1. Hope someone enjoys the pictures of someone.

metalpeter - 11/04/09 18:13
Well Part 2 is today. In terms of editing them I wish I had time. In the past I have tried with other software and what happens is some of them come out see able, but often what happens is the stuff with some light gets brighter but so does everything else and often there is just not enough light to enhance that.

libertad - 11/04/09 13:47
Nice party pics as always. We have been dying for their release. So much fun.

lilho - 11/04/09 09:18
(e:mike) and (e:paul) best costume and most naked. not surprised, but i liked it!

heidi - 11/03/09 19:55
I think Oscar the Grouch was one of my favs. Somehow I missed that (e:Mike)'s sun was actually colored yellow - in the foyer it just looked white with glitter! Much cooler in the kitchen.

I liked the Xmas subtheme - (e:enknot), (e:paul), (e:libertad), my random acquaintance Kristen, and extending it some to (e:zobar) and the gladiator.

heidi - 11/03/09 19:45
Thanks for taking pix, (e:Metalpeter)!

If you're using Picasa to export them in an appropriate size for estrip, you can also use it to edit before exporting. By double-clicking on any picture in the library, you open it to the editing screen. That lets you determine if it's a good enough picture, or maybe it needs some help like "fill light" which will lighten up the whole thing, or it's just crap and needs to be deleted. I delete nearly 50 percent of my shots, adjust some, and only post the best ones that really help illustrate the story I'm telling.

The "I'm feeling lucky" button will make a bunch of automatic adjustments that picasa thinks the picture might need. The nice thing about picasa is that it saves your changes and your original photos automatically so you don't lose anything by accident. There's also a very handy "undo" button in case you don't like what you changed.

I hope this helps!

paul - 11/03/09 19:34
Thanks for taking pics. I really need to get a camera. Mine disappeared at new years and my phone takes sucky pictures in low lighting.

10/23/2009 19:56 #50087

Tron
Category: movies

Hopefully the above video plays ok. It is the trailer for Tron. If I understand it correctly there is a remake of it and it is in 3D. It looks pretty cool. I think I saw the original but back then I was young so I may have only seen parts of it. I know I didn't see it but I had the story on audio tape that is it. what I remember are clips I've seen of it.

11/01/2009 12:10 #50177

Hallowedding Weekend
Category: holiday

So I just wanted to quickly say thanks to (e:PMT) for having the Halloween Party and being great hosts and everyone who went and had a great time. Also thanks to everyone who worked on the wedding and the reception it was great. Also sorry to (e:vincent) that my tiredness caused me to not hang out I really should have. Also sorry I didn't get that all the (e:peeps) where going to be kinda in the same area at the wedding. That being said it was a great time. I will start adding pictures soon but do to lack of time I will just put up a couple that kinda cover the sentiment.

Couple of Notes the shoes are (e:leetee) and was it (e:Jason)'s or Josh's I can't remember. The Cake is Nightmare Before Christmas. Loved the movie theme of the tables. The Lady with me is Cindy and if memory serves correclty she is Keith Tower's women not sure if he has a page on her but I know his brother does. By the way great pirate costumes by the way by all 3 of them. Not sure what pictures I should post next? Hope everyone had a great Holiday weekend.

dimartiste - 12/22/09 15:26
Wait until you see my crazy pictures! Those are cool... I think I am going to end up having three posts just on the wedding. I loved the cake! I hope it tasted as good as it looks. The cupcakes were delish, too! Actually the food was awesome and somewhere I think I still have photo postcard from the photobooth! Someone has the one of all of us trying to climb in the booth all at once! Great time.

metalpeter - 11/02/09 19:30
Putting them up was supposed to happen today but with trying to catch up looks like it will take a couple of days to get the pictures up.

paul - 11/01/09 21:58
Can't wait to see the rest of the party pics.

heidi - 11/01/09 13:37
Beautiful cake!!!

10/28/2009 18:19 #50135

Fall Colors
Category: photos

First of all this has been and will be a crazy week. On Monday I went to wrestling. It was fun and crazy on the floor. It looks like my pictures came out dark so I'm not going to post them, I did a few on facebook and then gave up. Then coming up Friday is (e:strip) party, then Saturday is the wedding, wow that came fast. Then there is also the reception I'm really hopping that it will be a great time. I wonder if I will get any sleep at all? Well if you follow me on facebook you may have allready seen this pictures from around my neck of the woods. I wish I had time to like go to Hoyt lake and take pictures from other parts of the city but I don't.

I just hope the little bit of sickness I have is gone by then. Hey who knows maybe I can sleep all day Sunday, in any event it should get interesting, hope someone liked these pictures.

paul - 11/01/09 13:30
There colors were so pretty while they lasted.