Aug 6
I like this “through the viewfinder” photo. I’m using a circa 2009 Nikon DSLR to shoot the ground glass viewfinder of a 1959 YashicaMat LM twin-lens reflex camera.
A couple of things I’d change next time around:
Jul 24
It’s a boring photo but a nice camera learning moment. Outside the forest the sun is shining brightly. About 30 feet into the woods the cover is so thick the temperature must have dropped 10 degrees. However, looking down at my legs I estimated two dozen mosquitos buzzing about looking for a quick meal.
I set up the tripod and mounted the camera. The camera is in Aperture Priority mode and set to f/20 for maximum sharpness. I screwed up the focus though. I focused on the bricks in the background rather than on the leaves and twigs in front of me. If I had done that then both the bricks in the background and the twigs in the foreground would be in focus. Oh well. That’s why this is a learning moment.
I snapped a couple of photos and the exposure was a bit out of whack. The forest was fine but, the sidewalk next to the building was blown out. I could tell by the blinkies. Blinkies is a tool built into many digital cameras these days where the parts of the photo that are too bright flash on and off. The camera is warning me that I needed to turn the exposure down a bit.
The easiest way to dial down the exposure is to use the camera button labeled with [+/-] symbols. I tried a couple of different settings and the first one to eliminate the blinkies as -1.3ev. If I were in full Manual mode this would be the same as increasing the shutter speed. Faster shutter, less light and the darker better exposed photo.
Jul 17
Seventeen days of “Project 365″ – remind me why I’m doing this again? Oh yeah, taking at least one photo a day for a whole year is supposed to develop my photographic “vision”! Well, I suppose I can’t expect too much too soon.
This afternoon Trina and I took a walk looking for stuff to shoot. The light was getting low but I still had just enough to grab this – with a bit of flash to help keep it sharp. I’m grasping for straws here but, I suppose that’s the idea – break down the walls.
Jul 13
I heard a quote this morning but, I didn’t write it down and now I wish I had. It goes something like this, “Focus on the details and leave the obvious to the imagination.” It perfectly describes one of my problems as a photographer – I usually include too much of a scene in my photos. I need to focus in on the details and let the rest take care of itself.
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