Scattered Thoughts . . .

As I've written previously on this blog, as much as I truly love my Sony camera, I've been quite frustrated by Sony's slow lens development. A few years ago, Sony released a few new cameras in a new mount... the Sony e-mount. At that time, I didn't give Sony much of a thought... that is... until I held one of these cameras in my hands at a local Best Buy store. The moment I held this new Sony camera body in my hands, I said, "WOW!" It was small... it was relatively lightweight... it had a HUGE sensor... and it really felt like a solid, high quality product. I went home and started researching (I never buy anything costing more than a few bucks until I research... and research more... and then research again).  I was liking what I was reading about this camera system but it was completely new with a new lens mount so lenses were few and far between at that point. I thought, "So... how long could it take to fill out a fairly complete lens lineup?... Two

Batman and Elsa visited us last night... Last night was a night of trick-or-treating for the grandchildren... out into the bone-chilling dampness of a Halloween night in the 30s... as Gee and I stayed warm and comfortable at home in front of a fire in the fireplace. When the kids returned to the house after trick-or-treating they had stories of seeing friends, visiting the firehouse, dinner at Zachary's Pizza with mommy, and having illuminated plastic pumpkins full of candy! I managed to capture a few photos of them, as always... A very happy Elsa... "I'm Batmannnn!" Phantom of the Opera?  Or, Caped Crusader of Gotham?  It looks like Batman has some hidden talents... or he is giving away his true identity?

I had planned to be immersed in a couple of photography projects today but Fedex and the weather have changed my plans.  Instead of photography, I actually sat at the piano for a couple of hours today and reaquainted myself with piano. That's the first time I've done that in three years!  My three biggest problems with playing the piano today that I wasn't expecting... it really  saps my energy (I'm in desperate need of a long nap)... it gets me overheated (which is bad for my health)... and, it hurts my spinal injuries immensely! Even considering these problems, I didn't have as many difficulties as I had expected. Yes, I am very rusty and could use some serious work on some technique as well as my sight-reading abilities but, considering I haven't touched a piano for three years, I'm a bit surprised by how well I did today. Since I'm not doing anything related to photography today, I decided to share a few more piano recordings from quite a few yea