November 14, 2009.
So I’m sitting at my computer desk. Starring off into nothing. Waiting for something to happen. When Dom brings me this cute creepy little toy he has. I think to myself I need a picture of this thing before he tears it apart completely.
DING.
I haven’t taking a picture in about a week, that’s kinda a long time for me. I post maybe 5% of what I take. I genuinely just enjoying the weight of the camera in my hands. But its been a stressful couple weeks. Stress blocks up my creative juices.
I made a little makeshift photo studio by putting a big piece of fabric over the dryer and walked around the house looking for some cool trinkets. It took me about 30 minutes to decide what lens I wanted to use. The 35mm fixed focus or the basic 18-55mm. I went with the 18-55mm because the fixed focus focuses too tight when I’m so close and I wasn’t sure about the effect.
I was also having this problem where the photos were looking really muddy. Jen says I was losing pixels but I couldn’t figure out how to fix it. The normally very helpful google wasn’t doing any good at all. (“wet photo” wasn’t returning ANYTHING about pixels) No matter the ISO they still had this wet feel to them.
I realized I have my camera image size set to medium. This only using 5.6 mega pixel, which on my 22” monitor looked like shit. Like my camera phone in 2003. So up that to large and it uses 10mp
DING.
Threw it on 400 ISO and shot at between 1/20 and 1/40 shutter speed.
(I tend to use shutter speed about 80% of the time with manual focus. If I NEED the shot in one shot I use program and AF)
Also changed the white balance to fluorescent cause of the big rectangular buzzing light in the laundry room and WALA!
I rather enjoy these little journeys of learning about my camera. Plus my Frankenstein cookie jar is awesome. I know your jealous. Its ok, really.
So I’m sitting at my computer desk. Starring off into nothing. Waiting for something to happen. When Dom brings me this cute creepy little toy he has. I think to myself I need a picture of this thing before he tears it apart completely.
DING.
I haven’t taking a picture in about a week, that’s kinda a long time for me. I post maybe 5% of what I take. I genuinely just enjoying the weight of the camera in my hands. But its been a stressful couple weeks. Stress blocks up my creative juices.
I made a little makeshift photo studio by putting a big piece of fabric over the dryer and walked around the house looking for some cool trinkets. It took me about 30 minutes to decide what lens I wanted to use. The 35mm fixed focus or the basic 18-55mm. I went with the 18-55mm because the fixed focus focuses too tight when I’m so close and I wasn’t sure about the effect.
I was also having this problem where the photos were looking really muddy. Jen says I was losing pixels but I couldn’t figure out how to fix it. The normally very helpful google wasn’t doing any good at all. (“wet photo” wasn’t returning ANYTHING about pixels) No matter the ISO they still had this wet feel to them.
I realized I have my camera image size set to medium. This only using 5.6 mega pixel, which on my 22” monitor looked like shit. Like my camera phone in 2003. So up that to large and it uses 10mp
DING.
Threw it on 400 ISO and shot at between 1/20 and 1/40 shutter speed.
(I tend to use shutter speed about 80% of the time with manual focus. If I NEED the shot in one shot I use program and AF)
Also changed the white balance to fluorescent cause of the big rectangular buzzing light in the laundry room and WALA!
I rather enjoy these little journeys of learning about my camera. Plus my Frankenstein cookie jar is awesome. I know your jealous. Its ok, really.