Photography
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to work on my photography skills. Being surrounded by nature always lends to a feeling of solace and peace (which I would hope most people experience), and consequently, I feel like the pictures I take always fair better.
To make a long story short, the VM I use to do my photo editing in decided to die a miserable death on Monday night. I spent the majority of last night rebuilding it (I know. I know. Take a snapshot this time), and using whatever time was left to import the pictures from the weekend. I was genuinely impressed. Usually, I only get 1 or 2 shots that I like out of a set, but out of the 160+ that I took over 2.5 days, I can see 10+ making it to my favorite list.
When I first bought this camera, I was only experienced in using compact digitals where the flexibility offered was close to nil (although, by suggestion, I visited Flickr the other day, searched for cameras that I had previously owned, and was in awe by some of the photos that were taken with the same camera(s)). I’ve learned a lot in the past 4 years about exposure, specifically on how to use aperture and shutter speed in concert to produce the photos that I want. Evolving from having a dependence on aperture or shutter priority, to being comfortable in full manual mode was a significant achievement, and the results show.
Using Lightroom, I’m able to cross-reference ISO, Shutter Speed, and Aperture to understand why a specific combination was chosen. Adding an individual photo’s histogram to the mix only makes it easier. Overall, I’m really glad I invested in the camera when I did. Right now is the perfect time for me to become better, so that when the photos matter, I won’t be fumbling around while missing ‘the shot’.
Once I get done editing the set from this weekend, I’ll post a couple here, and the rest will be in their usual place.
To make a long story short, the VM I use to do my photo editing in decided to die a miserable death on Monday night. I spent the majority of last night rebuilding it (I know. I know. Take a snapshot this time), and using whatever time was left to import the pictures from the weekend. I was genuinely impressed. Usually, I only get 1 or 2 shots that I like out of a set, but out of the 160+ that I took over 2.5 days, I can see 10+ making it to my favorite list.
When I first bought this camera, I was only experienced in using compact digitals where the flexibility offered was close to nil (although, by suggestion, I visited Flickr the other day, searched for cameras that I had previously owned, and was in awe by some of the photos that were taken with the same camera(s)). I’ve learned a lot in the past 4 years about exposure, specifically on how to use aperture and shutter speed in concert to produce the photos that I want. Evolving from having a dependence on aperture or shutter priority, to being comfortable in full manual mode was a significant achievement, and the results show.
Using Lightroom, I’m able to cross-reference ISO, Shutter Speed, and Aperture to understand why a specific combination was chosen. Adding an individual photo’s histogram to the mix only makes it easier. Overall, I’m really glad I invested in the camera when I did. Right now is the perfect time for me to become better, so that when the photos matter, I won’t be fumbling around while missing ‘the shot’.
Once I get done editing the set from this weekend, I’ll post a couple here, and the rest will be in their usual place.