Saturday, May 21, 2011
My new 35mm Lens....
My Mother's Day gift was a lovely compact 35mm Nikkor Lens, ideal for capturing portraits and works great in low light situations. I have played and shot with the lens and it is a true gem. I must say that it is taking some adjustment for I am use to my variable lens by Tamron 18-270 and keep putting my hand up to focus. But finally, my mind has overcome my physical reaction and response and I have been able to get out take some magic shots. Lots of them have been nature seeing that we are immersed in the beauty of Spring as nature awakes and prepares for summer. So the point of this blog entry? To tell you to grab your camera, phone, camcorder and get out and shoot some pictures. We can not turn back the clock on time and can only freeze it with the use of all of our devices.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
The Beauty of Rain
As a photographer, a true overcast day can be the perfect shooting opportunity, you don't have to fight with the sun to get a great shot. And an overcast day with misting drizzle mixed in with soft rain? It creates a glow in nature like no other and we can not mimic. Mother Nature is the only one who knows how to best present herself and she does it on many occasions. And there is that magic moment when we are fortunate to capture it on film, in movies, digitally, etc. I love the lush beauty and carpet that the greenery around us provides such a perfect backdrop or stands alone all by itself. It was one of those days today and I happened to capture a couple of shots. Below are some of the shots of a tree that I captured. I purposely positioned myself to increase the depth of field for some of them (that blurred out portion). The misting rain soaked the tree enough to bring out the colors, enhance the grain, highlight to moss and simply bring out all of the gorgeousness that this tree had to offer. Will have such a great time creating new works from these images and I am certain you will see at least one of them posted on my blog. So enjoy, I know I did!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Black and White Photography
There's nothing more classic than simple black and white photography, whether it is portraits, landscapes, and architecture there is a certain level of classiness added to the photo when it is shot or changed over to black and white. However, when you shoot nature, most people tend to stick with color because there is so much color in nature itself. Gorgeous and rich hues of ambers, red, blues, greens, that most want to make sure is highlighted in their final photo. I decided to begin series of black and white nature shots to bring some of that class and simplicity to the images. Below are a couple of shots that I captured of a pine tree and I honestly feel that it is true to the black and white formula. There's the drama, classiness and simplicity in the images.
Feathered Pine (c) 2011
Nature Burst (c) 2011
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