Showing posts with label lightroom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lightroom. Show all posts
Friday, September 3, 2010
Saturday, August 7, 2010
D 210 - Twin-Valve
Some derelict hydraulics outside industrial complex now turned into offices.
Equipment
E-510 with ZD4015
D 208 - Ungothic
City cathedral being renovated as seen from across the street with a tramway line in-between.
Equipment
E-510 with ZD4015.
D 207 - Beggar
Pigeon in a gateway.
Equipment
E-510 with ZD4015.
What I learned
I've attached the kit tele-lens zoom the my Olympus and try to keep it on at all times. I've strongly neglected this focal length range before and so I feel that only forced practice can give me the feel of it.
D 206 - Z
A relief.
Equipment
E-510 with ZD4015
What I learned
I never agreed with the opinion that harsh sunlight and clipped shadows and highlights are a no-no for street photography. Some of my favorite shots were black and white lo-quality urban shots made on clear summer days.
D 205 - Farewell to the Day
I never learned what caused this magnificent sunset. Low clouds which let the sun out just before it reached the horizon must have been a factor.
Equipment
E-510 with Helios 44-4
What I learned
Sunset/dawn silhouette photos have quite an "African" feel to them. I never thought that they can be so powerful with only some red sky and majority of the negative space within the frame.
D 204 - Beeseye
A decent summer flower.
Equipment
E-510 with ZD1442
What I learned
While not being my kind of a subject sometimes flowers seem hypnotically irresistible.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
D 201 - Valkyrie
My wife's niece shortly after a little incident on patio stairs.
Equipment
E-510 with Helios 44-4.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
D 186 - Skew't No.2
Second interior photo with skewed horizon.
Equipment
E-510 with ZD1442.
RAW edited in Lightroom.
D 185 - Skew't
Accidental shot, really. But I liked it when I checked the photos on the LCD.
Equipment
E-510 with ZD1442.
RAW edited in Lightroom.
What I learned
My new tool in the photographic arsenal is: twisted perspective. Frames get some extra dynamic when the horizon is far from straight.
D 183 - Half Way There
Abstract composition of a ceiling lamp and a photo on the wall.
Equipment
E-510 with ZD1442.
RAW edited in Lightroom.
What I learned
So, this is it. It's summer solstice and I am half way through my Project 365.
What do I like about it so far?
It pushed my photography forward and made me shoot some great photos. It helped me explore new areas which I neglected before.
How my photography changed?
Only recently I stopped shooting compulsively. I became more critical about what I photograph. This resulted in not making dozen shots of a single object.
That's a good thing since I used to shoot the same frame many times looking for technical excellence (perfect sharpness, exposure triangle, metering and framing) which gave me several compositionally identical photographs.
Now I circle around a subjects, moving up, down, closer and further. I control myself not to shot an interesting snapshot until I work it out to be a good photograph. If I can't find a satisfactory angle of an interesting object, I force myself to leave it be and don't photograph it at that moment.
This is what I mean by compulsory shooting. I used to think that if I waste a single photographic opportunity I will loose something. No I know that I will truly waste the opportunity if I don't stop and try to make the shot. Whether I press the shutter or not is irrelevant in the long run. I could learn just as much and develop my skills equally if I only walked around with a viewfinder and a light-meter.
Let's imagine a situation when I have my camera holstered and see a funny situation on the street. I grab the camera, turn it on and press the viewfinder to my right eye. I adjust the zoom and check the shutter speed at preset aperture and ISO. Then I tilt and turn the camera a bit to improve the frame and composition. The scene doesn't usually look as good in the camera as it does in 3D but the funny situation won't last forever so I take the not-so-good photo because otherwise the opportunity would be wasted. I end up with a mediocre photo which I copy to my disk and soon forget about it.
That would be just a waste of shutter and disk space. So now I control myself not to take such a photograph. And I loose nothing because of it.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Thursday, June 17, 2010
D 178 - Blinds
Another abandoned building in the neighborhood.
Equipment
E-510 with ZD1442.
RAW edited in Lightroom.
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