Home made diffuser
http://super.nova.org/DPR//DIY01/
Here is a home made diffuser that I have made. It is very cheap and works very well, and is a great alternative to more expensive ones!
Here is a home made diffuser that I have made. It is very cheap and works very well, and is a great alternative to more expensive ones!
Gazette Photographers
Gazette Digital Scrapbook
I do not know how many people in class know about this site. It is run by the Billings Gazette Photographers and I find it interesting to read what they do. They do a very good job describing what they were thinking and the entire process of their shots. I feel this is fun to look at because it shows a local perspective on photography and what Billings has to offer in photography.
Barn
While at my fathers this easter, there is plenty good areas to do moonlight photography. This particular shot was not done under moonlight though, which in turn made it a little harder to compose. I needed to use my 50mm 1.8 manual lens and open it wide up to 1.8. I turned the ISO to 800, which is the acceptable limit for my D80. I had an idea of doing something fun with this barn at night, but when I saw that the lights from Billings were seen behind it, I had to make this shot. Its not perfect, and maybe not quite as sharp up close, but it was fun to take. I had to paint in a darker exposure on the barn to get all the detail out and I edited a few more things to make the light more dramatic. I hope you like.
Easter
I created this as an HDR image using 13 shots. I wanted try this as an experiment, instead of the normal 3 bracketed shots. I was also using a 50 mm 1.8 lens that was completely manual, so using that, along with and ISO 100, I was able to create a narrow depth of field that I thought would be interesting. I started the first shot at a shutter speed of 1/4000 and the last shot was at 1/250. After creating this as an HDR image, I applied a filter called diffuse glow, which gave the image a lot of the look it had. I also upped the vibrance a little.
I shot this instead of something such as a cross or such for what I think easter is, because this shows easter as a commercialized holiday. The eggs almost seem to me like christmas lights, which to me also shows a lot of the commercialization of holidays.
Lost America
While we are on the subject of night photography, I happened to come across this site.
This site is all done with the moon as the lightsource and gels to help luminate the settings. I think it is an interesting way of doing this type of photography and opens a new direction to what can be done!
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