I took this today on my way home from work. I actually got to leave on time. It's a little weird leaving and it being so dar. I've started taking the bus more as a safety measure than anything, but I got this as I got off the bus. I bought a little gorrillapod about a month ago. It's just a mini tripod for digital cameras, but it's great for my night photography... anyway I used that and the timer function and set it on top of a mailbox to get this photo.... I like the car lights.
I really like this photo. I like the crisp dark shapes of the leaves and trees in the foreground and the colors and clouds in the sky. I took this around 6:30 on my walk home from work tonight... The changing seasons definitely change the light, as in when the sunsets and the intensity of light. We all know the earth leans away from the earth but moves closer to the sun in the winter and that changes the light that I am working with in taking photos. I'm glad that it's changed the time of sunset in that I can get these pictures on my way home, but I am sad that the sun is setting so early since I like to walk home.
Til tomorrow -
This isn't the greatest picture ever, but I didn't take that many pictures yesterday out of frustration. I do, however, like the pattern of the shadows from the light posts on the left side of the picture. I wish I had focused my lens on that and that the shadows were filling the frame. In other news, I ordered a 'gorilla pod' on wednesday. It think it will help and encourage my night photography, which I have always been interested in. When I feel more confident with my photos I'll get out the 35mm and do some night color photos and play with reciprocity failure and see what colors I get... I'm excited.
This is from a wedding I went to last night. It was a beautiful ceremony and a wonderful party and I think this captures the party portion of the night... everyone was having a wonderful time and just enjoying the evening. I like that I was able to capture the movement of the people, but the tent and light are static, but crisp. I had some other great shots, but they were of people and I didn't really feel comfortable posting those pictures up on the blog for privacy reasons. Plus the ceremony itself was a small and intimate gathering and I didn't feel that putting up those pictures for critique was something I wanted to do.
I took this on my way home tonight... I took a different route today. I really like this photo. The quality of light is nice as is the as is what I captured in the frame. I do like the photo a lot, but I am not happy with the angle the building takes within the frame... unfortunately I don't have photoshop to fix this. I guess not having photoshop is good because I am forced to work on capturing exactly what I want and actually getting the composition in the time the shutter is open... not fixing and tweaking it after... Anyway ... I like this and the twilight lighting.
Next Step: I need to find a theme.
I took this on my walk home from work today... The sun is setting earlier and it's getting cooler, fall is coming! I'm excited about it. I'm also excited to be employed in a job where I have weekends to myself and I am not in school... it's the first time this has happened in my life and I am enjoying it. Anyway, this is a park I pass by on the walk between work and home. I took pictures my whole way home and I have to say it made me notice a lot of little things... a lot of great little things. I think the picture taking on the walk home is a gonna be a good them, but theme is another thing I'll have to talk about in a later entry...
A night photo!!! Something about this photo makes a part of my photo self feel restored... I think it's mostly because it's my first real night photo in years. Yes, I took this with my little green Fuji FinePix, but I like the composition and the lighting. I feel good about the past few days of photography. I still have my 35mm film to be developed, but getting my SLR out and getting some night photos on the blog are really helping me feel better about my photography. Soon enough I'll get more technical and get into the nitty gritty photography that I so desperately want to get back to...
In other news you'll have to forgive the missing blog days and short entries that have happened/will happen this week. This whole moving thing is turning into a real fiasco. This morning we showed up to move and the tenants were still practically living there. Furniture and stuff still everywhere! And they were planning to leave it! They didn't seem to understand that when you move out you don't just leave what you don't want behind. We had to push everything back. And now I'll have to take time off work. Which was the whole point of moving early.... I cannot miss work! Anyway, thankfully mommabear is here to help and take care of me and help make me feel less stressed out. She also got a hotel room for us so I don't have to look at the packing and mess that is my apartment/life for a night and I get to sleep in a comfortable bed :)
Today all I did was pack and clean. Tomorrow I will pack a little more, move, clean, and start unpacking. My mom is coming up which I'm excited about. It will be nice to have her around to help.
Anyway, like I said in the last entry I'm exhausted and need to rest up for tomorrow so this is going to be short. I'll be back to normal soon... I hope, ha.
I took this waiting for the bus on Friday night. The days are getting shorter... Fall is here. On a plus, Friday I broke out the SLR and took 4 rolls of photos. When I get them developed I'll get some up here :)
Speaking of which, I'm exhausted from packing so this is going to be short. Many apologies.
I took this on my way home from work today. There was a lot of traffic today. I'm not sure if it's because I actually left work on time today or that it was due to Ted Kennedy's Funeral Procession, the sox game, or the fact that college students are already moving. It was probably a combination of everything.
Anyway, I was crossing the BU Bridge and we stopped long enough for me to whip out my cell phone and get this picture. I think it's pretty decent quality for myself and I really like the shadow and composition. I only wish the the person exiting the picture had actually ended up in the picture, but the lag time on my cell phone's camera isn't exactly high tech. The glare on the window could be photoshopped out, too I guess. Anyway I like this one a lot... it's making me feel a little bit better about my composition.
As much as I am sad for summer to go, today's weather made me excited for fall. The air is always crisper and clearer in the fall and the colors are amazing... I can't wait to photograph it all.
I call this "another late night," because this is the 3rd night I've stayed more than a few hours late. I'm not complaining. The work is interesting and I like it. It's just frustrating because I have so much going on outside the office...
Anyway... I like the reflections and how your eye shifts focus between what's a reflection and what isn't. It's the view outside and looking in from the window at my desk. And there's me with my little green camera.
I was hoping to get some good night photos with my SLR in the neighborhood before we move, but I don't know if that will happen. This place has been my home for 3 years and I love it so much... It's so dynamic at night, especially game nights! I think the pictures would be great. I just don't have the time to invest. Just like me to leave everything to the last second...
