New Year 2017 and a New Layout

Happy new year everyone!! Wow, It's January 1st here and I know that in some places you're already on your 2nd day of the brand new year! Wow, how time flies right? Yesterday I know I was just applying for my passport and then today I'm sitting here in front of my computer greeting all of you a happy 2017! How did you celebrate your new year? You know it's our first time to celebrate NY here in the US and all I could say is it's quiet. Like really quiet. And if you want some fireworks you're gonna have to travel. That's one thing I miss about my country but in a day to day basis, I love the quietness our little home here brings me. I will look out the window and I could see a small forest with lots of squirrels and if I'm lucky I could see a deer or two running around. I love it.

Now on the other news, Katie has a new relese as part of the January Buffet at Gingerscraps called Freezing. It's a versatile kind of kit that you can use not only for your snowy photos but in everyday scrapping. The kit is available in bundle or in kit only pack. She also made an ad on that you can also buy in bundle or in kit only pack. Take note that the kit/s is/are availble for 50% from January 1st till the 5th so grab them while they're on sale!

Here's the layout I made using the Freezing bundle. I love the kit because it's so perfect for the sledding photos I took of my daughter and my husband when we went sledding in our nearby park.

That's all for now. I'll be back soon with some more layouts of my project life 2016. Hope to finish them soon so I could send them to be rpinted as a book. Happy scrapping!!

Happy New Year and a Tutorial

Happy New Year to all!!!

I hope you had a very good celebration of New Year. I had fun particularly, in taking photos of the fireworks from our neighbor. Yup. My neighbors and big fans of fireworks and firecrackers although my sweet daughter isn't. She stayed inside the house with an ear plug and ear muffs.

A few weeks ago I did some research on how to capture a really good pictures of fireworks. I found a couple of websites from pinterest. Here are a couple of my pictures:

There are works in progress, I have to do this again next January. Although I found a lot of recommended camera settings, this one is my fave:

ISO - 100

Aperture - f/8 or f/11

SS - 1/2

The things you have to remember in photographing fireworks are:

1. You need a tripod. Since this is a long exposure photographs, having a steady place and holder for your came is important.

2. Find a good place to photograph fireworks. See mine? I didn't have the right place actually. I was so engrossed at looking at the fireworks that these photos were just "oh yeah I should take a picture of that" thing.

3. Shutter remote is optional but having one would be great.

4. Practice makes perfect. I'm gonna do this next January for perfection :)

We also tried doing the letters using sparklers, but they're blurry and the background isn't neat so I'm gonna skip posting that one, but I'll make sure to include them next time :)