Sunday, July 7, 2013

Fireworks, Light Painting, and More

As the title says, this post covers a variety of types of photography that I've been working on the past few months.  In spite of the fact that I have moved, injured myself in the process, and spent much of the time stuck indoors, I did manage to get some work done.  Hopefully you will enjoy the results.











These were my first attempts at fireworks using a tripod.  Also the first attempts with a camera I was not totally familiar with (not a DSLR either).  So, considering the limitations, I was pretty happy with the results.  Yes they could have been much better, and filled the screen better.  That I admit freely.








These light painting shots were taken from the car while riding through city lights and traffic.  Can you come up with ideas as to what each represents in your mind?  What do you see in these shots?














 


They look sideways but these flowers are on a large tree and these are actually an upright photos.




Some Mother's Day flowers and the graphics that were designed from those flower shots.








I'm still trying to figure out what this mystery flower is.  It apparently can grow wild and it spreads quickly from year to year.  It's more of a grassy ground cover but it sure is pretty.



Just thought this made an interesting shot.


Tops of the lily stalk prior to it blooming this spring, and then the graphics I made with it.







That's the end of the photos for this post.  Now there is more work to be done both in taking pictures and also in creating some graphic designs as well.

Sunday, April 28, 2013

More Fantastic Photography Tutorials and Links

These are just a few of the cool photography links I have been finding lately that I would like to share with everyone.  I hope you enjoy them and also are challenged by them.  I know I have been.

50 Incredible Photography Techniques and Tutorials

Silhouettes: Shapes In The Light

Tiny Worlds Hidden in Drops of Water

Week 13 of 52 Theme: "Balloons" Not to Burst Your Balloon

Wonderful Photos in the Moment of Impact

How To Photograph Lightning From Start To Finish

How to Photograph Waterfalls

There you have it...enough to keep you all busy for awhile at least.  Have fun.




Sunday, February 10, 2013

The past two months I've been working with still life photography.  This is an area I have not done much with largely because I never really thought I had the talent to set up the "stage" of what I wanted to photograph.  However I had to try it because this month's photo competition at our monthly Camera Club meeting is on still life.  Most of what I have accomplished has been in the past two weeks although I started trying my hand at this genre around Thanksgiving.  In the last two weeks my daughter, who is also in Camera Club, and who has taken a college Photography course, inspired me with ideas of her own that I ended up playing around with myself.  Those ideas graduated to even more ideas of my own and the following shots are the results.  Some I have entered into the club competition and others I haven't.  I'll let you know what happens at Camera Club later on next week after the meeting.  In the meantime, here is what I came up with so far.  What I thought I would not like and had no talent for, maybe with the right push and inspiration, I have more here than I thought originally.






















I'm looking forward to trying more still life in the future.  However so far it is like writing poetry for me.  I have to get an inspiration first.  This just doesn't happen easily for me.  But now that the spark has been lit, maybe the fire will continue to burn in me and there will be more still life photos to come.