digital:eloquence.photography

As I mentioned in the previous post, my buddy Tim came to visit a couple weeks back from Arizona. We did enjoy a great “beer tour” but also had some fun with our cameras. Since I was working and he was at a seminar in Seattle, we only got time to play at night. But boy, did we play! I’ll save some of them for specific posts later but thought I’d put up some random ones now for fun.

This is another picture from Dick’s Alehouse in Snohomish. I wasn’t feeling much photography inspiration that day but I have to say that the tap house sure presented a fun photo opportunity. This picture shows me so many “missed” good photos I could have taken yet it has plenty of character on it’s own.

Tim with his D90. The D90 is basically a slightly nicer version of my D5000. They contain much of the same features and hardware but his adds a slightly larger body, a couple more features, and the ability to drive non-motorized lenses.

Tom’s daughter, Stacey was asking Tim a bunch of questions about his camera. At the same time, we were comparing features and settings. I will add, the pizza place across from the Everett Events Center is not worth going to. The forgot about our order and then when I asked if it was coming, they gave me a small cannoli (which was dumb since I wanted dinner not dessert). Anyhow… we’ll not go there.

Tim’s gone. Bye Tim! See ya next time!

It’s been a bit since my last post. This is mostly because I’m still in the “honeymoon” stage with my new camera. It’s similar in a lot of ways to my D60 but the ability to do better low-light shooting as well as many other small enhancements have given me a lot to work with. Due to work and weather, I’ve not gotten out to do many daylight shots. This was ok though, as I got a lot of practice with darker shots. Here are some of my favorites… be gentle, I’m learning still…

This one seemed to have a lot of character when transitioned to black and white…

And I played some more with my star filter…

After my evening shots, I decided it was time to stop in and make myself a coffee.

And finally, here are a few higher-light shots I was able to take lately.

My buddy Sam gave me a few lens filters he had that didn’t fit any of his lenses currently. They all fit my f1.8 35mm lens and I’m getting a chance to start playing with them. Now as a novice, I’m learning a lot about what is available let alone about how to properly use it. One of the lenses I received was something I’d not heard of before but got pretty excited about the possibilities it presented.

Tiffen 6Point 2mm Star Lens Filter (52mm diameter) – Some shots I took just playing around…

I love that the look of a lot of these are almost futuristic. I get two different feelings when I look at these:
1.) Futuristic-like pictures from everyday lights
and 2.) The stars, if controlled properly can add a really cool element of class to a good photo.

I’ll post up more as I keep playing.