I am such a fan of window shots, love love them. But I can't take one straight for the life of me. I shoot windows like I am a drunken sailor early in the morning. What is the trick to get them straight? Do you need a compass and a protractor, does one need to test the wind speed and measure trajectory? I need the trick, because my windows always always always come out crooked, like I shot standing on my head or on one leg or??? To help fix this one, I employed my now frequently used white vignette. If you hate it, forgive me, I'll try to use it less often, but I had to salvage this shot because I liked it so much.
Last night, we went to dinner at the Schoolhouse Restaurant, a local place that was actually an old schoolhouse back in the late 1800's. Speaking of the 1800's and long ago, my son often mentions that I lived back in the 1900's like that is such an ancient time ago. What's with that?!:)
Here is some of it's interesting history: Built in 1863, at the end of the Civil War, the school was one of the first schools in the Midwest with a second story. The place still boasts a home-spun appeal, from the goats and geese roaming around out back to the family-style dining: the menu, like the rest of the place, relies heavily on simple, all-American charms. Traditional entrees like fried chicken, roast beef, meatloaf and baked cod are accompanied by balanced-meal choices like fluffy mashed potatoes, vegetables, freshly made salads, and corn bread served family style.
If you come for a visit, I'll take you here. Such a great fun place for special occasion. We were there for Clara's birthday, and the whole place sang her a hearty Happy Birthday. She was beaming from ear to ear!
Check it out for photos inside:
http://www.theschoolhousecincinnati.com/index.html I love that the menu is on the old chalkboard.
Anyway, I post when I have time or when I am so inspired, so I am posting early for tomorrow as the weekend gets so busy with everyone home.
Thank you soooo much for all of your great response to my earlier posting of the dogwood blossoms. I don't think that I have had that much great response so quickly for quite awhile. I am humbled.
Hope that you all have a wonderfully happy and photogenic weekend. Be well!
As for getting window shots straight - it's all a matter of maths. :-) Yeah, you have to be directly in front of the window and at the same height. Personally, I think a bit of an angle to the shot is great. And it can be from an angle, but still straight... I always line up my one side of the camera with one side of the window.... ugh, none of that makes sense. Oh well... keep playing, I enjoy your shots anyway!!! :D
You window stalker you... have a great weekend....
@michaelelliott Me, I'm good. Thanks for asking. Grateful to have survived a very cold and very stressful winter (we moved locally around Chirstmastime!). And those polar vortexes!! Nice to be thawing out and greening up around here! How bout you?
I can't take a shot straight to save my life, but I am now trying to use the viewpoints in the viewfinder to use as a ruler!!!!