exposure: 1/3sec f/stop: 2.8 iso: 400
cropped
Who hasn't done a self portrait in a mirror with their DSLR?
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Photo #16 - 26
exposure: 1/320 f/stop: 9 iso:100
exposure: 20secs f/stop: 9 iso: 100
One of my favorite beers - its only right to honor it
exposure: 1/25secs f/stop: 1.7 iso: 100
exposure: 5secs f/stop: 6.3 iso: 100
exposure: 1/5sec f/stop: 9 iso: 100
Macarons!
Macarons!
exposure: 1/50secs f/stop: 5.6 iso: 3200
GG Ben! Needed a faster lens for this event
GG Ben! Needed a faster lens for this event
exposure: 1/200 f/stop: 2.8 iso: 800
exposure: 1/8sec f/stop: 2.8 iso: 100
Testing the 70-200 f/2.8 G series lens zoomed in all the way at 300mm
exposure: 1/2secs f/stop: 16 iso: 100
Smoke photography - edited and duplicated in photoshop
Photo Updates
Hi everyone!
Finally I'm back and able to post up my photos on 319 project. The photos will follow after this post with 10 to catch up on. I'm trying to have more of a theme with the 319 project rather than just random images that I take. Maybe just about my life. I'll probably put a little comment about it after the settings I use from now on. So I'll probably do my theme on my life after this set of photos.
There are about four shoots that I want to get done in the next few weeks. One big one with JMCK soon and hopefully that pans out well. As before the photos and theme of it will be shown when we finish with the shoot. Also looking for some other volunteer models (trying to get some male volunteers as well) - I already contacted a few and so far so good. I will contact more people within a few days. If anyone else wants to volunteer let myself or one of the JMCK members know and I'm sure we'll be able to sort something out.
I'm also in the process of making another time lapse video. Its going to be way better than my first one so I hope you guys enjoy it when its out. For those that didn't see my first attempt click here.
I got so many ideas with my photos and I got the chance to speak of a few with Marione. I'll do a few in the next few days if I have the time so we'll see how that goes. I've also received heaps of questions on what DSLRs people should get so if anyone has questions on whats good I'm more than willing to help out and I'll do some comparisons on entry level models between Canon, Nikon and Sony (I know I said mid level but it makes sense to start with the entry level and work my way up).
Seeing as how I'm a tech junkie I just read up that Sony will be releasing their mirrorless cameras in May which is way earlier than expected. If this is true I might get to see them at PMA in June so thats exciting. Also planning to do some major lens shopping in Melbourne and I am eyeing out the Sony 70-200mm 2.8 G series lens and the Carl Zeiss 24-70mm 2.8 SSM lens. Back to the mirrorless cameras, they will be head on competition to the micro four thirds cameras from panasonic and olympus but will have better specs and features and better Image Quality (IQ). Samsung also just announced their entry into this market as well with the NX10.
Thats most of my news for now. Theres a lot more to do with my photos that I'll talk about later but for now take care and thanks for reading! =.)
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
A lot of updates
Hi everyone!
Sorry for the lack of updates and photo posts for 319. Just had a problem with the internet at home. My sister and I didn't pay our bill. One of our bad habits of leaving bills to the last minute is something we're trying to get rid of. So my internet should be connected either today or tomorrow but right now I'm making this post from the apple store on George st. So hope that explains things. I'm not abandoning the blog or anything but I have about 7 or 8 photos to post up here for the project.
Anyway, got a few updates that I'll talk about soon. Mainly about photo shoots that I'm planning with a few people and I also want to do some comparison tests with a few mid level DSLRs. Also the sony HX5V came out this week so I'm planning to get that real soon so I can make a few video clips and do my review of a few of some of my equipment. There will also be video tutorials that I want to do but all that in near time. And theres a whole lot more that I want to mention but I'll save that for later.
Thanks for reading and I'll be back real soon =.)
Sorry for the lack of updates and photo posts for 319. Just had a problem with the internet at home. My sister and I didn't pay our bill. One of our bad habits of leaving bills to the last minute is something we're trying to get rid of. So my internet should be connected either today or tomorrow but right now I'm making this post from the apple store on George st. So hope that explains things. I'm not abandoning the blog or anything but I have about 7 or 8 photos to post up here for the project.
Anyway, got a few updates that I'll talk about soon. Mainly about photo shoots that I'm planning with a few people and I also want to do some comparison tests with a few mid level DSLRs. Also the sony HX5V came out this week so I'm planning to get that real soon so I can make a few video clips and do my review of a few of some of my equipment. There will also be video tutorials that I want to do but all that in near time. And theres a whole lot more that I want to mention but I'll save that for later.
Thanks for reading and I'll be back real soon =.)
Monday, March 1, 2010
Short tutorial on Photo Basics / Mardi Gras Recap / Photo Plans
I probably should have done this before the flash tutorial but I'm so into flash photography I couldn't resist. In photography theres a whole heap of tools and settings that photographers keep an eye on or fiddle around with in taking photos. The most important settings to always keep in mind however are aperture, shutter speed and iso. These three settings determine how your photo will look. I won't go into great detail explaining what these do because that would be just so much to type, so heres a quick and very basic run through of each.
aperture: how wide the iris of the lens opens. The wider the iris, the more light is able to reach the camera which enables faster shutter speeds.
shutter speed: determines how long the shutter remains open.
iso: determines how sensitive the sensor is to light. (the higher the iso, the more sensitive it is to light enabling faster shutter speeds at the expense of image quality where noise can become visible).
Thats as basic as it gets. For people that own a Nikon d3000 or a sony a230/a330/a380, iso, aperture and shutter speed are explained quite well through diagrams and brief explanations.
I usually shoot in aperture priority mode (user determines the aperture and camera automatically determines shutter speed) and set my own iso. Mainly because it gives me the creative control of how my photos look (depth of field). Other times I shoot Manual mode as it enables me to use the BULB setting (shutter remains open for however long the user wants).
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Time to talk about the weekend. I ended up shooting at the Mardi Gras and I have to say it was quite fun with all the floats and hilarious people about. One thing I found pretty funny was the aliens from toy story with Buzz Lightyear that also made an appearance.
I spoke to a lot of photographers there and a lot of them came from all over the world like USA, New Zealand, Canada and Spain. I couldn't believe that they just came down here for this but pretty cool for our economy I guess. One of the people that I was speaking to were sporting the Canon EOS 7d. I must admit that its a pretty good camera and rated as one of the best apsc sized sensor cameras ever produced, at the moment =P (though 18megapixels is a bit too much for a cropped frame sensor IMO).
Back to the topic, shooting at the Mardi Gras was a great photographic experience and though I'm not particularly happy with my images (I never really am), I learned a lot from the people I spoke to and the photos I took from that night.
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I was hoping to have done a few mini shoots by now but due to my car accident and also because the weather isn't that great at the moment. But that doesn't mean I'm not doing anything with my photography. I'm still reading about ideas and tutorials on the net and at borders. There's quite a few ideas I want to try out. Also need a new notebook to write my notes in cause I lost mine. Hoping to have a shoot next week for JMCK and to have a few mini shoots too. And to have another time lapse video done soon. Lets see how this all pans out next week.
Thanks for reading and take care everyone! =.)
aperture: how wide the iris of the lens opens. The wider the iris, the more light is able to reach the camera which enables faster shutter speeds.
shutter speed: determines how long the shutter remains open.
iso: determines how sensitive the sensor is to light. (the higher the iso, the more sensitive it is to light enabling faster shutter speeds at the expense of image quality where noise can become visible).
Thats as basic as it gets. For people that own a Nikon d3000 or a sony a230/a330/a380, iso, aperture and shutter speed are explained quite well through diagrams and brief explanations.
I usually shoot in aperture priority mode (user determines the aperture and camera automatically determines shutter speed) and set my own iso. Mainly because it gives me the creative control of how my photos look (depth of field). Other times I shoot Manual mode as it enables me to use the BULB setting (shutter remains open for however long the user wants).
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Time to talk about the weekend. I ended up shooting at the Mardi Gras and I have to say it was quite fun with all the floats and hilarious people about. One thing I found pretty funny was the aliens from toy story with Buzz Lightyear that also made an appearance.
I spoke to a lot of photographers there and a lot of them came from all over the world like USA, New Zealand, Canada and Spain. I couldn't believe that they just came down here for this but pretty cool for our economy I guess. One of the people that I was speaking to were sporting the Canon EOS 7d. I must admit that its a pretty good camera and rated as one of the best apsc sized sensor cameras ever produced, at the moment =P (though 18megapixels is a bit too much for a cropped frame sensor IMO).
Back to the topic, shooting at the Mardi Gras was a great photographic experience and though I'm not particularly happy with my images (I never really am), I learned a lot from the people I spoke to and the photos I took from that night.
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I was hoping to have done a few mini shoots by now but due to my car accident and also because the weather isn't that great at the moment. But that doesn't mean I'm not doing anything with my photography. I'm still reading about ideas and tutorials on the net and at borders. There's quite a few ideas I want to try out. Also need a new notebook to write my notes in cause I lost mine. Hoping to have a shoot next week for JMCK and to have a few mini shoots too. And to have another time lapse video done soon. Lets see how this all pans out next week.
Thanks for reading and take care everyone! =.)
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