Tag: Nikon Df
Sweet Apple
This is a type of pepper. Taken at the farmer’s market in Olympia, WA, this past summer.
Other Things to Do
I Needed a Change!
I have just written about how I am disgusted by becoming obsessed with photography. Â What that means is that I don’t like getting so focused on one thing that everything else I like to do takes second, third, or some place down the road. Â Life then becomes – for me – rather dull and quite uninteresting. Â And way too focused. Â It becomes a trap.
IÂ don’t like thinking of only one thing at a time. Â I like being in different areas of interest in my head, and in my daily life. Â It keeps everything in balance. Â Creativity is an energy which can become quite wonky if not properly directed. Â It becomes a chore, and downright unpleasant when decisions are not being able to be made. Â Stagnation then sets in. Â And frustration. Â And so on.
To break this up, this is what I have been doing these last few days:
A Quick Thought
To my disgust, I am getting rather obsessed with photography, and trying to take mine to a higher level. Â This higher level means better composition, more forethought before shooting (though it may not be possible at times), and better understanding of the post-processing program(s) I use.
Below is the original image of a guitarist in a crowd of people.
The composition isn’t great, but I needed the entire length of my lens – the Nikon 24-120mm f4 – on my Df. The focal point is the guitarist. As you can see, there are a few people between me and him. While taking this picture, and many others at the Day of the Dead, I thought about composition, and layers – foreground, midground, background – while I shot. During the crops, I thought of the same, and tried, too, to incorporate leading lines and/or the rule of thirds. Post-processing included colors, black and white, and vignetting. I used Nik Silver Efex, LR, and Perfect Photo Suite 9, along with different crops.
Ink, Yarn & Beer 