Sunday, January 3, 2016

still life...

Here are some still life shots that I did some work on.......







Project 365

3/365

Taken with my android phone.  Figured out how to upload into LR.  All in one clean edit with color pop.  This is my feeling when I get up in the morning after I spent an hour cooking a fantastic dinner last night and no one helps clean up afterwards.


Saturday, January 2, 2016

Project 365--Day 2 01/02/2016

My camera is still in the shop.  The sunrise was really beautiful this morning too.  There was frost and sunbeams.  Wish I had my camera!  Instead, I went to work and this is the sight that greets me.  I have so much to do!!  Took this with my Android phone.


What a mess!!!

Project 365--Day One 01/01/2016

Project 365--Take a picture every day in order to improve on your skills and creativity.  There are actually 366 days this year....so, here we go................





Friday, January 1, 2016

Salvaging some shots....or trying to anyway...

My camera is broken right now and sitting at the fix it shop waiting to be fixed.  I can't be out shooting so I'm working on the last batch of images that I was able to take with the camera.  None of the images are great because I was having so many problems with exposure with the camera.

This is my mom and dad's cat, Buddy.  He's huge and fruit.  He sounds like a dog when he's running through the house.  When he runs, it's as if he back end doesn't communicate with his front end and his hilarious!

12/25/2015; 50mm; f1.8; 1/5 sec; ISO400; all in one clean edit with hand edits

12/25/2015; 50mm; f1.8; 1/15 sec; ISO400; all in one clean edit, adjust exposure -71; adjust contrast +36, hand edits

12/25/2015; 50mm; f1.8; 1/2000 sec; ISO100; all in one clean edit

12/25/2015; 50mm; f1.8; 1/2000 sec; ISO100; all in one clean edit

12/25/2015; 50mm; f1.8; 1/2000 sec; ISO100; all in one clean edit

12/25/2015; 50mm; f1.8; 1/100 sec; ISO100; all in one clean edit; cropped; hand edits

12/25/2015; 50mm; f1.8; 1/1250 sec; ISO100; all in one clean edit; vignetting; hand edits

I don't remember when this was taken.  I was driving to work one morning.  Added Blaze preset.

12/26/2015; 50mm; f1.8; 1/8 sec; ISO3200; all in one clean edit then BW Barley.
It was raining and I was trying to capture the dreariness of the night.

12/26/2015; 50mm; f1.8; 1/8 sec; ISO3200; all in one clean edit then SS Sepia.
It was raining and I was trying to capture the dreariness of the night.

12/26/2015; 50mm; f1.8; 1/8 sec; ISO3200; all in one clean edit then Silver Dream.
It was raining and I was trying to capture the dreariness of the night.  This one is my favorite and is the most accurate of my thought of what I wanted to capture.


I was trying to make the stars again.  It worked.  I liked these different iterations.  I wish the weather was better and I could have different opportunities to shoot.  Of course, if my camera had been working properly and I had my tripod....it would have been different!!  haha.  But, these aren't bad for what I was working with.
12/26/2015; ISO3200; f7.1; 50mm; 1.0sec; used LR BW filter red.

12/26/2015; ISO 3200; 50mm; f/5.6; 2.5 sec; all in one clean edit.

12/26/2015; ISO 3200; 50mm; f/5.6; 2.5 sec; all in one clean edit; fine art film

12/26/2015; ISO 3200; 50mm; f/5.6; 2.5 sec; all in one clean edit, BW Barley