reflections

reflections, originally uploaded by edfooliu.

Make for interesting filters. I've lately been experimenting with
shooting things reflected in glass/etc, mostly in order to superimpose
subjects into different scenes. This one came through as more of a
filter effect (if you overlook the mirroring of the easy button).

never delete

I should make a policy of just copying over every shot onto my hard drive (plus external) since storage is abysmally cheap. Alas, I killed accidentally killed the best shot I had of this little puppy. Also, I should make a policy of charging the battery before any trip... this was the ONLY shot I got from my excursion to Delaware for karting.


This was an interesting problem... I wanted to bokeh the background out as much as possible, but at wider apertures, I couldn't get enough DOF to get the whole puppy in focus. The puppy's orientation--to my eyes, at least--makes the shot, so I had to give up some background bokehing. That said, the surviving shot here was done in shutter priority, so the computer figured out a pretty good balance on its own...

been awhile, sunrise

After 5 weeks of late mornings...

back to the grind

Settling into a routine with the new job, so...let's make another attempt at _this_ routine. My shots-per-day haven't really done much climbing out of the nov-dec hole, but at least I have a small backlog I can go through here.

And of course I have to see how fast a shutter I can get...


I will also have you know it's really, really difficult to hold a coffee strainer in one hand whilst pinning a camera to my face with the other, using a free finger to adjust focus.

finally, daylight suffices indoors

finally, daylight suffices indoors, originally uploaded by edfooliu.

At ISO 200.

50mm f/1.8D AF (but not on my D40...MF FTW again...)

okay so i probably _should_ go up to ISO 400 so I don't shoot wide open and get a slightly faster shutter...

Filler

Assorted smattering of autox shots from the last event of the season...










Definitely need to get faster to catch the unexpected shots.

Choking on the big stage

I imagine having a nationally-televised camera literally hovering over your shoulder while you work is a _bit_ stressful.



Empty backfield against a blitz-happy 3-4... riiight. That sure worked out well.



Play is already over... ugh.


Anyway, re:photography... Light was, as always, a big issue. I needed _very_ fast shutter compared to photographing cars/bikes/etc. A car body is a single, uniform subject that you can very easily freeze by tracking it as you fire off shots. A human body, with it's various flailing limbs, affords none of that. I had to crank ISO up to get the necessary speeds (at least 1/320 sec), but at ISO 3200, my shot-to-shot times rocketed to 1+ seconds.