Dramatic clouds and dramatic pose.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
D 225 - All things run to the sea
Experimenting with external flash fill light on a bright midday at the seaside.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
D 223 - I kept them waiting a little more
I kept them waiting for me a little more, so I could change my lens to tele-zoom and shoot from across the street.
D 222 - Rainy days
Funny case.
It looked great through my bare eyes, then it looked poor on the mobile phone LCD, but after spicing it up in Lightroom it looks good again.
Monday, August 16, 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.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
Saturday, July 3, 2010
D 191 - End of the ride
Fiat 126p - a licensed vehicle manufactured in Poland with a icon status nowadays. This one has been stuck in a parking for over a month. Probably waiting for someones merciful decision to put it down on a scrapyard.
Equipment
Sony-Ericsson w810i.
D 190 - Nature vs decoration
A sign from the times past. It was one of only a few furniture shops in a town of almost 1 mln people and it had barely any supplies usually. Hurray for centrally planned economy!
Equipment
E-510 with Helios 44-4.
What I learned
I keep seeing those ridiculous trees rising straight from concrete surface with no other green matter but themselves around.
D 189 - It was you, who did this!?
My son not-posing with sunglasses.
Equipment
E-510 with Helios 44-4.
D 188 - I want to ride my motorbike
Picture nicely composed with a prime lens.
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
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