Experimenting...

Today was our church's Advent Workshop so we spent hours making ornaments and decorating the church and then my husband put out an Italian dinner for 70 in the followship hall. It was alot of fun, but I didn't have much time for photos today. Most of my photos today were failed experiments, but I did figure out how to correct the date on my camera. Now if I could just figure out that aperture thing...

[MaryBeth Dailey]

gloriously golden!

[jerry plume]

Ooooo, I love the warm feel! Fantastic focus, Laurie! Sounds like a fun night!

[lorihiro]

Ah, so pretty! You and your hubby Had a busy day! :-)
Love the tones in this shot!

[Brian Buccigrossi]

Cool experiment : )

[Kathy A]

This is rather cool, nice warm colours.

[Liz (fotomama)]

loving the tones here

[Kerri]

Beautiful! Great reflection too

[paula goff]

sounds like you had a great day! nice shot and your story made me chuckle at the end;)

[Tina Mac]

Lovely shot! Great gold tones.

[Tracey Hatcher]

very pretty lighting

[Trina P Holub]

Laurie, I love this! It's pretty enough to be a Christmas card! FAVE

[Rick Schies]

It's golden Laurie, and it sounds like you had a busy day, but wow, ending with an Italian dinner, nice.

[Paula]

Hope the aperture tips on my shot helped you out today:) This is quite lovely and I'd be more than happy with this shot, and it's a selfie too!

[Kalexa]

This is so pretty!

[bkb in the city]

sounds nice

[Jennifer C]

awesome, love the reflection and golden colour!

[Melissa Pike]

Very pretty! Good for you for experimenting. The great thing with digital is that you have the ability to try different things, see the results right away, and not waste a ton of money developing potentially failed shots.

[Karen Sylvia]

Very glittery, christmasy, bokehy! :) Keep experimenting. :)

[Terry]

how pretty, like the processing

[Susan T]

Very pretty and it sounds like a fun night!

[Juliette Packham]

I really like this Laurie - has a very christmassy feel to it

[Naomi]

Pretty! Love the slight bokeh :]

[Bobbyj]

very nice, love the overall tone.

[Sally Gustavson]

I absolutely love this one, Laurie. The tones are so rich and soothing.

[Anne ❀]

awesome experiment, love the bokeh. sounds like a wonderful day!

[Cheyenne Rebecca ツ]

Cool reflection :) I like the little bokeh too!

[Sharon]

Beautiful holiday shot. Reflecting what a good time you had.

[Mike Warren]

Beautiful shot. Like the focus and DOF.

[Eric B]

This turned out nice

[☯ Sarah ☁]

Nice shot & I love your selfie reflection :)

[Paula Cook-Farkas]

I really like this, especially with the reflection of you taking the shot. I know two things about my camera...my ISO and my white balance. Everything else is still a mystery.

[ACRaszman]

Such a lovely shot!

[Ellen E]

such beautiful glimmering bokeh in this classic Christmas selfie. :)