Holding on to Yesterday

July 5, 2008 · 7 Comments

Here are a few of my favorite shots taken from the Cambridge side of the Charles last night. I would like to invest in more equipment beyond the kit lens. A tripod or even a camera bean bag would be nice to own, in addition to a larger memory card, and another lens or two. Last night I held the Rebel on the top of my head and tried to stand as still as possible to reduce shake.

There was also very little wind, hence a lot of smoke hanging around. More shots from the 4th available here.

So wrong it’s right 70s ballad available here.

Categories: "July 4th" · Ambrosia · Boston · Cambridge · fireworks · travel

7 responses so far ↓

Judy // July 5, 2008 at 10:42 am

Amazing pictures! Wow! They totally make my lame-ass shots where you can *almost* tell there are fireworks in the distance look like crap. Hope you had a great 4th!
karriew // July 5, 2008 at 3:30 pm

Thanks Judy!

Lots of happy accidents here, and a lot of weird blurry, badly lit shots too—I would like to learn more though.
fightingwindmills // July 5, 2008 at 5:02 pm

Great job, Karrie! I like your idea of putting the camera on your head for a makeshift tripod. The fireworks that my family and I saw were stunning, but the photos we took are all worthless.
mamatried // July 5, 2008 at 6:40 pm

I really love that first picture. I want a tripod, too. Did you use the night setting on the camera or did you set it yourself?

If NB was not on the way I would be taking a digital photography class this fall.
karrie // July 6, 2008 at 6:14 am

MT: They’re all manual, shot in RAW. I would love to take a class too. There is a lot of free info online, but I’m not at a place yet where I really have control of my shots.
kkc // July 9, 2008 at 10:57 pm

Hey Karrie,
I have the same camera and my shots were horrible especially compared to yours. What settings did you have it at? (I did about F/11-14 aperture and 2-3seconds, handheld)
David Marshall // September 12, 2008 at 7:24 am

Were these taken from the MIT/Mass Ave Bridge? If so, we must’ve been near each other. I didn’t take pictures, but wrote a ‘blog about it:

http://www.illdave.com/blog/2008/07/fourth-of-july-in-boston.html