Apr 302010
Apr 292010
Apr 282010
Rather than keep trying to capture an emotion… I gave up and decided to try to invoke one instead. Did I succeed? Or, should I go for another photo walk?
Apr 282010
This is a color photo (ISO 250 f/2.8 1/20 taken at 7pm, so low light), cropped and coverted to black and white with the exposure set really high to give it the 1960s photo look.
Apr 272010
I was fooling around with the setting sun last night… working on more silhouettes, when I turned and saw my long desert shadow. Thus, I took a picture. Looking at it just now, I decided it could fit the “one” theme quite well because there is only “one” of me. Continue reading »
Apr 272010
Using the adjective form of this word, this was our “light” dinner (low in fat, cholesterol, sugar, or other rich ingredients). I know people like to use the spelling of “lite” these days, but the correct word is still light unless you are in marketing.
I also went “light” on the post processing. I lightly adjusted the levels.
Apr 272010
And now… for a really bad photo…go ahead and laugh at me….
Did someone say to take a picture of a light? Well, I think I took the theme a bit too literally here!
This kind of thing happens all too frequently at social gatherings… I forget about composition and every other rule… and just shoot, shoot, shoot.
At least I didn’t need a flash for this picture!
The Friday Tip regarding simplicity was from earlier this month…. I took this photo soon after reading the tip but held onto it because it just didn’t seem that interesting. But now that I’m getting better with Aperture, I thought I’d try a few post-processing techniques to pull out the potential. Continue reading »
Apr 222010
Why are these rocks arranged at this angle?
Apr 212010
This was taken on April 9th, but I held off for a couple weeks to see if I could find something else to use as Violet for the theme. It seems that this is my best candidate. (So maybe now I can unblock my “violet” and find something better.)
6:45 PM ISO 80 f/2.8 1/160 7.7mm; cropped quite a bit
Post processing done in Aperture using “Day Mail Vignette.” This adjusted white balance, which added blue to the sky and gave it a warmer look. It also added a vignette, but I turned the Vignette down.
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