11 posts tagged “photography”
I still wouldn't trade it in for a DSLR.... yet.
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I will say however, that the article sheds a new light for me on a question that I've had. As a SLR and DSLR user, I've been wondering why Nikon (specifically) has chosen to upgrade their 10 and 12 mp cameras (and with video) rather than come out with a new camera with say... 15mp. There are point and shoots out now that are capable of 12mp at a price in the same neighborhood as a DSLR with 10mp. It's an uneasy feeling waiting for that 15mp DSLR and watching everything around it 'upgraded' for image quality. Is Nikon trying to appease the masses and draw in crowds of people to DSLR by offering their old flagships as new flagships with video capabilities? Thereby keeping the DSLR alive?
If so, it could be a long wait for that upgraded D90
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In viewing photos online at Flickr and I am always amazed and ever so grateful for those that take the time to photograph the celebrations, the environment and the history of where they live or the places they have visited. The beauty and art developed via film never ceases to amaze me.
If it were not for photos, I would never see the beauty of France or Egypt or Greece and places that I otherwise never dreamed I might visit. Photos have a way of fulfilling some level of our dreams and curiosities.
- When we want to visit a country and have no idea where to start, photos help us determine the route best traveled.
- When budgets or time prevent us from making a long journey to the other side of the world, photos can bring the place of our desire to our computer desktop, in the comfort of our home.
- Photos do participate in
the shape of our world. Without them, would we know what was happening
in another part of the world as quickly as we do today? Could you
visualize a tropical beach if you had never seen one? Through a verbal
explanation and some imagination you could.
Photography has been around for a long time and thanks to our ancestors, we have visual glimpses of their lives saved in our genealogical archives, whether personal or displayed in museums.
Many of us photograph as a hobby; some make a living as professional photographers; and many of us photograph for the family memories or the pocketbook picture cache known as 'brag books' of our babies and grandchildren. The traditional photo album has been replaced by picture scrap booking where glitter and glam can be added to the photo book pages to further enhance the story behind the photo.
What intrigues us to photograph? Why are we enticed to take snapshots of our vacations, childhood birthdays, holidays, pets, sunsets, sunrises, flowers, oceans, lakes, streams, fields, old barns, new houses, our first car, a teacher, and more? Is it because we love to share our memories with others and there's no better way, shy being there first hand?
Undoubtedly, photographs connect us with the world. Many of us can attest to sharing photographs via email and world wide web photo sharing services since the creation of digital cameras, computers, CD's and smart cards. What a wonderful technological advance for imagery.
When you're driving down a country road, you see a beautiful landscape and comment how pretty that old barn looks in the center of what is now a field of wild flowers, and against that beautiful blue sky. Darn! Did you forget the camera? Why do you desire to capture that scene on film when you have the beautiful memory of being 'in it' for the moment.
I'm not saying that we should be grateful for 'that moment,' but rather questioning why we are moved to saving it.
Photography is an art form and can be mastered by anyone. All photos carry expressions of art whether they were taken with art in mind or not. They express human interaction with nature and the people around them. Photography captures smiles, frowns, space nebula, planets; and offers a wealth of information in crime scene investigations.
What would we do without it? We know what our ancestors did. They painted, carved and built their visions. Some of the world's most profound and creative painted art originated before the era of photography; and some still exists on the walls of caves, temples and other ancient ruins.
Just food for thought.... What are you thinking when you are framing your subject(s) in your camera's lens for a photograph? Art? Memories? Beauty? Aperture setting and shutter speed don't count in this question. ;)
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Found a photo-blog website today of photographer Ken Rockwell. There is a page where he has reviewed (hands on) the soon to be released Nikon DSLR D40 with photo comparisons as well as other models in his 2006 Holiday Camera Guide. I noticed a link to his gallery and am still going through his photographic travels as I type this. I am especially fond of his photos from France; the lavender fields and chapels extraordinare`. Just gorgeous, and I'm sure he's used filters in some of the photos. He doesn't mention it but if he doesn't then I'd love to be his student! But I wonder if I can be a good student with my Olympus C3000Z 3.3mp point and shoot? *sigh* I've been tempted to pull out the ol' Minolta 202 SLR 35mm, heavy (boat anchor) as it is, and give it another go around for old times sake.
If you're so inclined to take a peek, be prepared to spend a minimum of an hour browsing and reading (brief comments) his travel photos. This particular photo gave me inspiration today and thought I would share the link. Gratitude for the Code Talkers.
Excellent information contained in this article for photographing the Meteor Showers that are visible in the northeast this evening abt 11:30 pm.
Good Luck and have fun! I'm hoping our skies will clear up so we can watch - we're currently under dull and cloudy skies today.
ciao!
I think it turned out so pretty. Each of the circles that I'm showing here have been manipulated using my own photos of flowers from our gardens. Some of them had been changed into a different design prior to making the circles and some of them were unchanged before making the circles. Oh yes, the center circle in the row above, is of a wine glass, a portion of a wine bottle (label) and a sparkly candle holder. No flowers involved in that one. There's a few more posted at my Flickr account, if you care to check it out.
Was browsing Blinklist today under their tag "Photography" and followed one that sounded rather interesting. Of course it led me to a few others and because I know there's a few photography enthusiasts in my neighborhood, I thought I'd share the links here.
I'm still teaching myself different things in Paintshop Pro. I find it more user friendly than Adobe. Although Adobe is probably better, for me, it's like learning how to play piano after you've learned how to play organ first. The differences are in the way you make the tones last. Ok, so maybe that's not a good analogy but Paintshop Pro has me spoiled and Adobe .... I think if I was shown a few shortcuts, I might catch on faster. I spend a lot of time in Adobe trying to figure out where everything is and what the comparable techniques are called. Some of the things in Adobe are quite a bit different.
Here's today's project. Original photo on the left, unchanged except maybe resized to 640x480.
Here's a few pics of roses that I was playing with under low lighting. The flash fired in all of them. It wasn't until after these, that I tried some with minimal lighting and higher ISO (200 and 400) that I started to see the hot pixels appear.
