Here's my Luna with some moody lighting;

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I put a lot of work into this shot of Rarity, treated post on it like I treat post for doing portraits of people. Took care of stray hairs, got rid of any blemishes on her body, and all that fun stuff. Here's the before;

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And after post;

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I haven't done much pony photography lately, none in the past couple months. Work and hockey have been sapping all my free time.

If they don't have it set up to reject offers under X dollars, they're inviting low ball offers.

Yeah I keep my paypal account at 0. When you make a purchase it will ask where you want to deduct the funds from.

The paypal fees are pretty nominal, you're losing like fifty cents here and there. You can make a fuss over it or accept the convenience it offers for losing fifty cents on a hundred dollar transaction.

I currently have a boring job working full time in a hotel while my business recuperates from being a money sieve to being self sustaining.

The last time moderator apps were being taken they required 1,000 posts and at least a year of membership.

I'd have thrown my name into the hat, but I don't post a lot, I mostly read, so I'm not quite at 1,000. I enjoy this community and would like to contribute more than the occasional post, but I've yet to reach that illustrious 1,000 post mark.

If you're into aerospace, the National Air & Space Museum in Washington D.C. is a good place to be, and while it's not in a place you'll be stopping, the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio (it'd be a stop between Philadelphia and Indianapolis) is really nice, too.

Three principals of photography, ISO, exposure, and aperture.

Exposure refers to how long the shutter's open, longer exposure, the brighter the image, but if your exposure is too slow, you could end up with some motion blur. 1/60th of a second is about as slow as you can comfortably get for shooting things that will be moving, unless you're shooting something fast like sports.

Aperture refers to how wide the opening is at the 'iris' of the lens. A lower aperture will let more light in, but you'll have a smaller depth of field. Depth of field refers to how wide the margin of focus is. A high aperture will let less light in and you'll get a wider depth of field, but you could end up with a much longer exposure.

The last thing is ISO, ISO refers to how light sensitive the film or digital sensor is. The more light sensitive it is, the brighter the image. However, more light sensitivity is accomplished by loss of fidelity, since a high ISO, something like 6400 will have fewer light sensitive elements to allow a shorter exposure. This can be easily defeated with a bit of post production.

You camera will have a setting called 'Av', which is 'Aperture Priority Mode', it adjusts the exposure based on the aperture. Set the program dial to Av, set the aperture as low as it will go (there will be a dial in front of the shutter release that will raise or lower the aperture while it's in Av), set the ISO to 3200,  (I don't know how to change this on a T2i, you'll have to figure that out) dial in the focus manually if it's too dark for the autofocus to get a bead on what you're trying to shoot, and release the shutter.

Vagabond Opera is going to be a couple hours away at some point in time, February? I don't remember, all I know is that I'm going. They're a gypsy jazz band with a duo of opera vocalists, though they sings more than just opera. They're pretty swell. Look 'em up on Spotify. I'm also going to see Della Mae on February 10th, they're a bluegrass act with a lot of Americana influence, they're pretty new but they're doing really well for themselves.

I don't really like going to big shows, I do a lot of concert photography, so smaller venues are really great for that. I'm also into bluegrass, jazz, and gypsy folk, so the odds of me going to a big show are pretty slim. I don't really like distorted guitars or loud music, I don't listen to music that makes you want to 'turn it up', which seems to be the type of music that permeates the popular charts. It's not that I particularly like quiet music, gypsy jazz isn't dulcet, but it's not an assault of noise, either.