These two are so good, they are dancing in the seat :)
edited slightly to increase contrast and brighten.
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Monday, September 20, 2010
TMMPAC: Dance
Awesome! I have been waiting for a good reason to share this sweet photo of darling K and her favourite person ever, Grandma. And my prayers were answered, thanks to TMMPAC's theme this week of "Dance".
These two are so good, they are dancing in the seat :)
ISO: 200, SS: 1/320, Ap: F/2.5
edited slightly to increase contrast and brighten.
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These two are so good, they are dancing in the seat :)
edited slightly to increase contrast and brighten.
For more dancing in the streets, head on over to:
Shoot n Tell: Bounce
Do you need some bounce in your day?
We recently had some fun with Grandma's exercise ball. Despite the hellish memories of bouncing a colicky baby on that ball for hours and hours on end, perfect timing for Shoot n Tell's theme of "bounce":
ISO: 400, SS: 1/250, Ap: f/4
edited to bull out some blue and magenta. curves adjustment to brighten.
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We recently had some fun with Grandma's exercise ball. Despite the hellish memories of bouncing a colicky baby on that ball for hours and hours on end, perfect timing for Shoot n Tell's theme of "bounce":
edited to bull out some blue and magenta. curves adjustment to brighten.
For more bouncy photos, check out:
Thursday, June 10, 2010
POTW: Green
POTW this week for my photo board had the theme green. I exhausted most of my green photos earlier, entering the Pioneer Women's "Green" theme. My favourite is actually used as my header for this blog, so I went into the archives and pulled this one from our trip to South Carolina. I just love how lush the swampland is.
for more great entries, check out the POTW blog.
for more great entries, check out the POTW blog.
Friday, April 23, 2010
POTW: Diversity
Its that time of the week again, for the Bump POTW. Our illustrious leader is a bit late in posting results, and I decided I can't wait to share my options.
This week's theme was Diversity. Since I chickened out of asking my Indo-Canadian coworker and my Caucasian coworker if I could do a mini photo session with them (I had this idea in my head of some sort of strength of unity image centred around their hands clasped/fists together), instead I opted to head down to the Denman and Davie area in Vancouver's West End, which is the centre of Vancouver Pride and the GABLT community. Here were my 2 favourite shots:
randomly painted wall in Pride flag colours
I did increase colour and contrast through a curves adjustment, then ran an unsharp mask to try and bring out more of the texture of the brick. Not sure if I succeeded or not. I wish I could have gotten this one on an angle with some shallow of DOF acting as a leading line/repetition, but I was actually shooting this over a rooftop, so I couldn't get closer. Instead I opted for dead on and to fill the frame with colour.
Also ran a curves adjustment to lighten, brighten and increase contrast.
I couldn't decide between them. Are they both interesting, or are neither doing very much? I opted to submit #1.
This shoot did bring up an interesting philosophical question - what is the etiquette around shooting other people? I felt like a bit of an intruder as it was walking the neighbourhood just photographing flags. I definitely didn't have the guts to ask if I could photograph any clearly gay/mixed race couples. I have the same crisis of conscience when I am on vacation in foreign countries and never have the nerve to photograph a local on the side of the road. Could I have though? What do you do when you are trying to capture real life, as it happens?
This week's theme was Diversity. Since I chickened out of asking my Indo-Canadian coworker and my Caucasian coworker if I could do a mini photo session with them (I had this idea in my head of some sort of strength of unity image centred around their hands clasped/fists together), instead I opted to head down to the Denman and Davie area in Vancouver's West End, which is the centre of Vancouver Pride and the GABLT community. Here were my 2 favourite shots:
randomly painted wall in Pride flag colours
| SS: | 1/400 | ||
| Aperture: | f/11 | ||
| ISO: | 200 | ||
| Focal Length: | 105mm (157mm in 35mm) |
| SS: | 1/320 |
| Aperture: | f/11 |
| ISO: | 200 |
| Focal Length: | 18mm (27mm in 35mm) |
Also ran a curves adjustment to lighten, brighten and increase contrast.
I couldn't decide between them. Are they both interesting, or are neither doing very much? I opted to submit #1.
This shoot did bring up an interesting philosophical question - what is the etiquette around shooting other people? I felt like a bit of an intruder as it was walking the neighbourhood just photographing flags. I definitely didn't have the guts to ask if I could photograph any clearly gay/mixed race couples. I have the same crisis of conscience when I am on vacation in foreign countries and never have the nerve to photograph a local on the side of the road. Could I have though? What do you do when you are trying to capture real life, as it happens?
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