I'm Comin' Home

G'morning, Folk! Back today with an Image of Sarah performing a new song of hers in front of youth, not much to say other than Wow, Powerful.

Nikon D60

35mm f/1.8 DX

Exp: 1/250th

f/stop: f/2.0

ISO: 1600

Exp Comp: - 4/3rds (1.3)

Confession. I shoot 1600 a lot, as of recent. Why? When lighting conditions are right, it works fine, and I will Always take a little bit more noise if it means a better all around image.

I'd rather have more noise and a blurrless photo than less noise and a bad exposure. It's all about the trade offs.

In some cases, I'll do the opposite, usually on a still subject when I'm in a stable position. Hunching over, laying on your stomach, torquing your body to the point of 3 different cramps at the same time, none of these are particularly stable, certainly not the latter. (Trust me, it's not stable)

Along with that, I tend to shoot on a minus Exposure bias, for the same reasons. I'd rather up the photo half a stop in post than get a blurry shot to begin with.

It's all about the trade offs.

That's all for now, I'll be back soon with some more Rumors stuff.

I Heard a Rumor...

I'm back! Crazy month, no joke. FCP produced a little play by the name of Rumors. You may have heard of Neil Simon? Yup, he wrote it. Hilarious! I shot it, of course.

Cast photo! With the lovely Director, David Ratliff.

Nikon D60

18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

Exp: 1/100th

f/stop: f/5.0

ISO: 1600

Exp Comp: -2/3rds

I shot ISO 1600 ONLY because I knew I had good lighting to keep the noise down.

The best part of any play is always Photo Call, just because of all the Jokes you can make while running lines for the camera. Sometimes ruining the shot by going out of character and laughing til you fall over.

That's about it for this one, more to come thru the week.

Oh, and we totally need music next time. I was dancing to the tune in my head, and I looked awkward.

Every Time a Bell Rings....

An Angel Gets It's Wings.

Good Morning Everyone! Been a while, eh? Yup. Holidays are busy, and with all the snow we've had, it still feels like December. There's only been one full day of school since Christmas Break ended, the past 3 days were snow days. We had a lot of snow.

Anywho, who wants a photograph?

Exp: 1/80th

f/stop: f/2

ISO: 800

Exposure Bias: - 2/3rdEV

PP: + .45 Exp, Aperture 3.

Boom, Christmas Morn. All of the family gathers at the Elder House, they eat a feast of food, usually comprising of Cinnamon rolls, Li'l Smokies, Sausage, Danish, Cookies, and the like.

Not to mention Egg Nog, Coffee (Maxwell House), Chocolate Milk, And OJ.

Then they open presents, socialize some more, take lots of Blurry, Horribly composed, Lack Luster snapshots. So. Many. P&S's. How much you want to wager that 90% of those shots had flash bounce off AT LEAST 1 reflective item? You know it happened, there's no denying it.

Then the family disperses back to their respective homes, to nap, play, and edit photos. Well, I guess that last one's just me. Only to soon realize that it's time to leave, to eat the Christmas Beast. A Turkey, I do believe. 'Twas a good buzzard.

And so concludes my Christmas Story, humor and all. Ciao.

When The Ice Melts Away, The Commuters Play

Bad Title. Good Morning All! Hope your week is starting off nicely. Last week, we had a winter freeze session. Lots of ice. Lots of FWD cars amusing me. But, as I've mentioned, this is the time of year for pictures. This is exciting stuff, people.

Ice! A great layer of ice decided to make home of the garage-side Crepe Myrtle.

Exposure: 1/250th

F/stop: f/2.2

ISO: 800

Exp. Bias: - 2/3rds

Got about a 1/2 inch of ice on everything. Gravel driveway was an ice rink. Tried to head out at 11:00 and our splendid Japanese engineering couldn't crest the hill leaving.

I suppose that's all for now, I'll finish sorting Thursday's shots and maybe get another one up tomorrow.

Ciao.

Walkin' In A Winter Wonderland

Morning, Folks! Back again I am. Sincere apologies for not blogging, but the past month has been just crazy. I had a two week run of Harvey, Family, Thanksgiving, Birthdays, so much stuff, I just haven't been waking up the last 2 weeks. My Google Reader had 700 unreads.

But, now the Holidays are here, and the Holidays were made for photography.

It's snowed twice in the month of December here and the second was legitimately great. I didn't get too much done due to several different things, but I did get this:

Not exactly what I wanted, but I ran out of light. Definitely not good at the self timer yet. I need a remote.

The fun side of these shots is the self timer part, though. Press shutter, run like heck, stop and breath and stand still. You can't help but laugh at how stupid you must of looked. I fell once, darn snow.

Nikon D60 w/ 35mm F/1.8 DX

Exp: 1/40th

F/stop: 2.8

ISO: 800

Exp bias: -2/3 EV

I'll try again next time it snows, I also really need a remote. I want Winter self-portraits and have some ideas.

Welp, that's all for now!

"Cold Beer, and MORE Cold Beer!"

Hello There All! It's that time of year, another production is here!

We're doing Harvey. Yes, the Rabbit. The set is insanely complicated, and I am loving it!

Great set of actors, great crew, and a great time. But you want to see pictures.

DELIGHTFUL! John Cherry playing the roll of Dr. Chumley in "Harvey"

Techy stuff-

Nikon D60

Nikkor 24-70 F/2.8G @ 34mm (OMG more on that later)

Exposure: 1/400th

F/stop: F/2.8

ISO: 800

So, my Assistant photog came Wednesday, and we both shot full dress. My Assistant happens to be a pro. Like D700 and a ton of lenses. He does good stuff. He wasn't using his 24-70, and let me shoot with it. WHAT? That's awesome! It's an amazing piece of glass. Balance fail with my scrawny little D60, but amazing nonetheless. I highly recommend it.

That's about all for this time, more to come Monday.

Ciao.

A Fall Portrait

Good Morning and Happy Wednesday Everyone!

Back Today with another image from Sunday (see previous post) but this time, a portrait.

The Girl behind those awesome shoes.

Techy things.

Aperture Priority

Exposure: 1/640th

f/stop: F/2.8

ISO: 800

+ 1/3 EV

Looking back, I wish I had shot f/2. My fault.

ISO was 800, it was bright out and I wanted to be at a safe shutter speed. Remember, I do a lot of walking around spontanity (My word, don't judge) and don't have time to fiddle with knobs and dials. The exposure compensation is usually the only thing I touch.

(Note: Jimmers, if you're reading this, I'm waiting for an I Told You So.)

Jim is a pro photographer that I met through a photography class. I was yarping about shooting manual, he said I'd learn to love Av and Exp. Comp. He was right.

Anywhoo, this took about 14 seconds from thought to shot (rhyme), with the words "Lauren. Tree. You. Now." shot was cropped, annoying kids in right background. Centerweighted metering is my best friend at this point in time, the sun was directly through the leaves. I almost switched to spot.

Enough rambling. There's the image, there's my take, now I want yours.

Remember, Quantaray kills, don't do it.