Sunday, November 21, 2010: Rainy Weekend

Tuesday, October 12, 2010: PB Pier

I chose to post this shot because I really liked my use of shallow depth of focus. I love the effect it gives to the background and how it adds to the intensity of the foreground.
An adorable pair...
I am really proud of how I now know my camera well enough to correctly expose the reflection on the water. To do this with an SLR you would likely use a filter. I have a DSLR so I just have to adjust the setting for beach/snow shots.
Again good exposure despite dark silhouettes and the intense light of the setting sun.
I like how I was able to catch the motion of the waves and frame in the shot with the pier. This photo was NOT cropped. Just good composition ;D
Same technique used here as in the water shots. Sand reflects a lot of light, so correct exposure is important.

Sunday, August 8, 2010: Fun with Macro

Here are my first experiments with macro photography. Macro photography just means "close up" photography. When planning this project I immediately thought of all the monitos in Old Town... So there I went and this is what I found.

I find macro photography to be more compelling when there are bright colors involved. For example, this tin tub of toys... Or this basket full of Guatemalan "Worry Dolls" I found these colorful marbles in a cigar shop...

Macro photography is known for its shallow depth of field, meaning the range of focus is very limited to what's right in front of the camera and everything else becomes blurred background. That is particularly visible in this photo of baby succulents in hand painted, mini pots and a little less so in this photo