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#13 A Look Away

2010-12-28T21:39:00.000-05:00

PHOTOGRAPH:
This photo was taken during a birthday party. I love the look on this woman's face. She looks interested
CAMERA SPECS:
Nikon D5000 18 - 55 mm Lens
No filters
I used the no-flash automatic function for this photo.
Automatic focusing.

PHOTOSHOP: adjusted Levels (CTRL-ALT-L) - No other photoshop done

#12 The Shadowed Stonehenge

2010-12-27T13:11:00.001-05:00

PHOTOGRAPH:
This photograph was taken while on a trip to find a spa. While I did not get lucky, I thought this ended up being a really cool shot, I think I would have preferred waiting for the sunset and getting one with a much less washed out back ground. But all the same, it turned out quite good!

CAMERA SPECS:
Nikon D5000
18 - 55 mm Lens
No filters
I used the no-flash automatic function for this photo.
Automatic focusing.

PHOTOSHOP:
I adjusted the levels in the photo through CRTL-ALT-L and CTRL-M

#11 A Skip in the Water

2010-10-26T14:35:00.000-04:00

PHOTOGRAPH:
A gorgeous shot of a quiet escape from civilization. You almost wouldn't believe that you were looking at water. It almost looks like a ginormous mirror. So I threw a rock! To prove it's liquid! :)

CAMERA SPECS:
Nikon D5000 18 - 55 mm Lens
No filters
I used the Scenic Function
Automatic focusing.
Not Zoomed

PHOTOSHOP:
Auto Leveled and cropped

#10 A Rocky Water View

2010-10-26T10:51:00.001-04:00

PHOTOGRAPH:
CAMERA SPECS: Nikon D5000
18 - 55 mm Lens
No filters
As these photos were taken a few months ago, I'm a little fuzzy on the details :)

PHOTOSHOP: None

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This photo was taken during a trip to New Brunswick. I love the reflection in the water.

You'll notice that there are ripples in the water, believe it or not, these ripples were caused by fish coming up to the top of the water. (most likely very small fishies! :) )

Either way, The weather was Gorgeous! :)

#9 Cityless Night Sky

2010-08-13T11:44:00.001-04:00

(Click Photo for Larger/Better View! :) )

PHOTOGRAPH:
My brother and I (along with friends!) headed over to Meaford to see some northern lights....
We did infact see some -- just not quite what we were hoping for.
This 3-4 hour window oppened me up to lots and lots and lots of night sky photos!
You'll probably see a few, but this one is by far, one of the favs! :)

CAMERA SPECS:
Nikon D5000
18 - 55 mm Lens
No filters
Set the shutter speed to 30 seconds
I used the Manual function for this photo.
Manual Focusing.
Not Zoomed

PHOTOSHOP: None

#8 - Vertical Reflection

2010-06-26T15:24:00.001-04:00

PHOTOGRAPH:
My Brother actually showed this one to me.
We were on our way to the subway... when All of a sudden! *GASP!* Look! There's a kickass reflection!
A bit of zooming and a thousand photos later... VOILA! I choose one of the first ones I took! haha

Any how, I thought this was a wild reflection -- took just the perfect time to grab this shot!

CAMERA SPECS:
Nikon D5000
18 - 55 mm Lens
No filters
I used the no-flash automatic function for this photo.
Automatic focusing.
Fully Zoomed

PHOTOSHOP:
Cropped and Curves baby!

#7 - Shhhh -- Chairs Must Not Speak

2010-06-26T15:03:00.001-04:00

PHOTOGRAPH:
I enjoy this photograph. It is very soft -- made by focussing primarily on the chair leg Protector thingys...
I had fun with this shot. My first thought with this was -- ... Humm WTF? why are there shushers here?
Hence the name! :)
Enjoy!

CAMERA SPECS:
Nikon D5000
18 - 55 mm Lens
No filters
I used the no-flash automatic function for this photo.
Automatic focusing.
Zoomed most of the way

PHOTOSHOP:
Cropped -- That's all!

#6 - A Smile in the Sky

2010-06-26T14:56:00.002-04:00

PHOTOGRAPH:
This was taken at a festival in Toronto.
It was somekind of 'too happy' festival -- actually kinda freaked me out!
But I thought that the light hit this pretty good :)

CAMERA SPECS:
Nikon D5000
18 - 55 mm Lens
No filters
I used the no-flash automatic function for this photo.
Automatic focusing.
Fully Zoomed

PHOTOSHOP:
Played with the hue and saturation. Also Cropped

#5 - Mr. Miyatshu -- On a Sunny Day

2010-06-26T10:45:00.002-04:00

PHOTOGRAPH:
This is a photograph of one of my best friends.
He was willingly coming out for a photo shoot! Yay!
I love this photo, because it Captures a good side of him,
it is also not one of those everyday poses.

CAMERA SPECS:
Nikon D60
18 - 55 mm Lens
No filters
I used the no-flash automatic function for this photo.
Automatic focusing.
Zoomed

PHOTOSHOP:
Edited the Hue/Saturation, the Shadow/Highlight and the curves. I've also cropped the photo from the original.

#4 - Grove

2010-06-17T22:21:00.002-04:00

PHOTOGRAPH:
While retrieving my USB drive today - I strolled downtown London, where I found this construction site.

I took many different shots of this, but find that this is the best one.

CAMERA SPECS:
Nikon D5000
18 - 55 mm Lens
No filters

I used the no-flash automatic function for this photo.
Manual Focusing
Zoomed slightly to get a different view on the ball.

PHOTOSHOP:
I tweaked slightly. - changed the shadow/highlight a little, and changed the curves to bring out the ball.

#3 - A Night Time Stroll

2010-06-17T06:31:00.001-04:00

PHOTOGRAPH:

This photograph was taken while on a night walk - purpose... to take photographs.

I love taking night shots. They are definitely the hardest, as the shutter speed needs to stay open longer and the camera must not move. This was a very tricky shot to get. But with the help of the swivel screen and the live view mode, I was able to capture exactly what I wanted.

CAMERA SPECS:
Nikon D5000
18 - 55 mm Lens
No filters

I used the no-flash automatic function for this photo.
Automatic focusing.
Not Zoomed

PHOTOSHOP:
None

As stated above, the night time photographs are a lot harder to take. It is useful to bring a tripod for these events. Unfortunately, you`re not going to carry a clunky tripod at all times. I just leaned the camera against the railing to grab this shot. I used to do that blindly, but now with the swivel screen, it`s so much nicer. I no longer need to bend low to the ground!

As for shutter speed, think of it this way. When you stare at a window, the longer you stare, the better the imprint will be when you close your eyes. The camera works the same way. The longer the shutter speed (when you see 1/8, it means 1/8th of a second) the more light gets in the lens. Unfortunately, the camera will over expose upon longer shutter speeds, leading to completely white photos or over exposed photos. I would say that the shutter speed for this shot would be approx. 1 second. But as stated above, I used the auto function. I will eventually come to play with the manual function in a time soon to come!

Night time photos may be trickier to grab, but I find the end result to be so much more satisfactory.

#2 - Under Construction

2010-06-15T23:38:00.001-04:00

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PHOTOGRAPH:
This photo was taken today while I was on my way back from the dollarama. What was going through my head was `What`s so important... I need to look up for?`... So I did.

CAMERA SPECS:
Nikon D5000
18 - 55 mm Lens
No filters

I used the no-flash automatic function for this photo.
Automatic focusing.
Zoomed about 1/2 of the way

PHOTOSHOP:
After and before are both provided:
I rotated slightly, played with the highlight and shadow edit function. I also cropped

You can see that the focus I wanted to emphasise was the `construction`. It`s just a pity I couldn`t get the entire word.

#1 - A Shananae

2010-06-14T19:38:00.000-04:00

PHOTOGRAPH:
This is a photo of my dear Shana. He has a sister you are more than likely going to see. I love this photo because of it`s color.

This is one of the first photos that I have taken with my Camera, and certainly will not be the last.

CAMERA SPECS:
Nikon D5000
18 - 55 mm Lens
No filters

I used the no-flash automatic function for this photo.
Automatic focusing.
Zoomed about 1/4 of the way

PHOTOSHOP:
None

And so we Begin

2010-06-14T18:57:00.000-04:00

Hello,
This blog is here to help me, and you learn more about photography and about a camera. I believe that if you learn all of the aspects of the camera, meaning... shutter speed, whether you need flash or not.... etc, you can apply this to any camera. Of course there will be some more getting used to, but there is definitely some fundamentals applied with every camera you hold.

Every day, I will post a new photograph. Leave me a comment and tell me how this could be taken better, or even just letting me know your favourite part of the photograph.

If you would like to know, the camera I am using is the Nikon D5000, I am also fluent in Photoshop. If you ask, I am also able to post a tutorial on how to make the touch ups.

I hope this becomes helpful to all of us!
Thank you and have a good day :)