Posts Tagged ‘depth of field’
Posted by Nancy on March 13, 2010
I was leaving work on Friday, and while I was waiting to turn left out of our parking lot, (which could very well take me 10 minutes sometimes) I noticed the colors from the traffic light at the corner and the cars travelling up and down the road. They were sparkling through my rain covered window. I got my camera out (because it’s always right next to me) sat there at the end of the driveway and fired off about 90 frames. I don’t know why I had to shoot 90, I’m sure 10 would have been sufficient, but I had the camera in continuous shoot and I wasn’t in a hurry to get home, so I just held the shutter button down. I thought it was a good choice for my 100 Photos project.
Posted in Photography | Tagged: 100 Photos, bokeh, canon digital rebel xti, color, depth of field, Nancy Barton, traffic lights, windows | 3 Comments »
Posted by Nancy on March 1, 2010
This is Amy’s Nikon D90 sitting in the console of her car. She’s got her 18 to 105mm lens on it, and I’ve decided that’s the next lens I want to get. We drove around town for a while today, stopping here and there to take some shots. This ended up being my favorite of the day. I like the color of the camera strap, her orange gloves under the camera and her blue jeans in the background. Even though it has alot of black in it, I still thought it fit in well with my 100 Photos project. Besides, if I get too picky about the project (which is all about color), I’ll never get to 100 photos by the end of the year.
I was looking for fences today for the Fence Friday group that I just joined at Flickr. We found quite a few, (but you’ll have to wait until Friday). Believe it or not, fences are cool to shoot, you don’t realize how many different types there are until you start looking.
I got a few landscape shots that I’m still working on, I’m not sure if I like them yet, everything is so brown, I’m sick of brown. I need spring, I need green grass, sunshine and things with color, and I never thought I’d say this, but I’m sick of the snow too.
Posted in 100 Photos | Tagged: 100 Photos, 50mm, camera, canon digital rebel xti, color, depth of field, Nancy Barton, nikon d90 | 2 Comments »
Posted by Nancy on February 26, 2010
1. My family and friends.
2. That first cup of morning coffee.
3. Self expression (without fear).
4. Being “snowed in.”
5. Time to myself in the early morning hours.
6. Hearing the words…”Thanks mom.”
7. The first warm day in Spring.
8. Art.
9. My Canon Rebel, and the ability to know how to use it.
My friend Sheila did a “Happiness is” post on her blog. I thought I would give it a try too. Obviously, I have much more to be happy about, I just picked a few.
Have a wonderful Friday!
Posted in Self Portraits | Tagged: canon digital rebel xti, depth of field, heart, pink, self portrait | 6 Comments »
Posted by Nancy on February 23, 2010
Here’s some shots from my outing with Amy on Sunday. We went down to Main Street in town and walked through an antique store. The first shot is one of the cameras that was going for $45.00 that I talked about in my last post.
In other news, I ordered a bunch of stuff on ebay recently. I got body armour for the rebel, and a hoodeye, because my eye cup kept falling off. (I’ve have to replace it once, and that one kept falling off too. I like the hoodeye because it locks in place.) I got the vintage cameras and I also ordered a gorillapod. Everything comes in the mail but the gorillapod. Days go by and no package. So my husband comes home from work yesterday and seeing that there was, yet again, no box, he went online to track the shipment. He calls me at work and says… “I know why your tripod isn’t here yet.” I asked why. He said…
“BECAUSE YOU ORDERED IT FROM A STORE IN TEL AVIV!”
“You know….ISRAEL!
I cracked up. What do I know about ebay, it’s the first time I ever used it.
Posted in Photography | Tagged: 50mm, antique, bokeh, camera, camera body armour, canon digital rebel xti, depth of field, gorillapod, hoodman hoodeye, texture | 4 Comments »
Posted by Nancy on February 22, 2010
I got my first lot of vintage cameras in the mail the other day. Three Kodak Brownies. The first thing I did after taking them out of the box was look up their history.
The Kodak Six-20 Brownie Special - September 1938 to October 1942; The Kodak Brownie Bull’s-Eye - 1954 to 1960; and the Kodak Brownie Holiday 1953 to 1957.
None of them operate, of course. Keith just had to take them apart and see how they worked, I think he was more interested then I was. I cleaned them up as they were filthy, and I guess, I’ll find a place to put them on display somewhere in the house. I’m sure I’ll get some more. Amy and I were in an antique store this afternoon on Main Street in town, they had two very old folding cameras, really cool, but they wanted $45.00 a piece. That’s a little steep, you can get them cheaper online. My boss has a client that owns an antique store not far from our office. He came in the other day and told me he had an old Brownie that came with a wooden tripod, but I’m sure the price is high. The tripod would be cool though.
I think it’s funny how they seem to have personality. I guess that’s what makes them so intriguing.
Posted in Photography | Tagged: 50mm, antique, bokeh, camera, canon digital rebel xti, depth of field, Kodak, Kodak Brownie, vintage | 2 Comments »
Posted by Nancy on February 21, 2010
I don’t get much opportunity to shoot in natural light this time of year, since I’m working when the light is best. (Can’t wait for Spring.) I shoot a few pictures here and there at the office during the day, but I do have work to get done. This self portrait was taken on Friday morning before I left for work. I literally had about five minutes, and shooting wasn’t on my mind, but when I saw that light coming in from my bedroom window, I couldn’t help but get my camera out. Not having time to get anything ready, I took about 15 shots of myself in the mirror. The tones, the starburst and the grain were added using Picnik.
Today, (Saturday) I got my shopping done quickly so I would have some time to shoot in the afternoon light. I bought some flowers at Produce Junction, got quite a deal, two bunches for 3 bucks! I don’t know where my husband was, but there was some guy in my house vacuuming my floors and cleaning my bathroom, so I stayed in the kitchen, cut up my flowers and took some time to shoot. I wasn’t going anywhere near the bathroom.
Hopefully, the sun will be out again tomorrow, I should have plenty of time to play, now that I don’t have to clean the house. I’m hoping that guy will show up again and cook me dinner.
Posted in Flowers, Self Portraits | Tagged: 100 Photos, canon digital rebel xti, daisy, depth of field, Flowers, self portrait, windows | 9 Comments »
Posted by Nancy on February 10, 2010
My boss, Mark, (the lawyer) believe it or not, had jury duty yesterday. Usually, we eat lunch together every day. There’s only the two of us in the office so why wouldn’t we? As he wasn’t in for lunch yesterday, I took some time to take a few shots. The lighting is beautiful throughout the office because we have so many windows. I especially like the lighting in the basement, which I call the “dungeon”. The office is a 120 year old house and believe me the basement looks like a dungeon, cob webs and everything! The second and fourth shots shown here were taken in the dungeon in front of a tiny window, and I really like the way the lighting turned out.
(Hey Boss, I promise, I didn’t damage your books! But I might have mixed them up when I put them back on the shelf.) You know I need to get my bench shot!
Last week when my boss came back from Court he found me standing on his brand new table in his office with my camera set up on the tripod. The things he puts up with! (By the way, that shot didn’t turn out.)
So that was my lunch hour at the office on Tuesday. It’s now Wednesday and we are snowed in. They’re expecting blizzard like conditions from noon to midnight. I don’t think I’ll make it out anywhere today, I guess I should catch up on my cleaning. I did get out and help shovel this morning, we got about 3 inches last night, the snow is wet and heavy. We’re going to have a hell of a time digging out tomorrow morning.
Posted in Bench Anyday, Flowers | Tagged: 100 Photos, canon digital rebel xti, depth of field, Flowers, pink, self portrait | 5 Comments »
Posted by Nancy on February 6, 2010
DINNER WITH THE BARTON’S – (Shooting Peas & Other Things)
If there was one thing you didn’t do at my mother’s dinner table, it was joke around. So, of course, we joked around. My brothers got a kick out of making me laugh at the dinner table, (always behind my parents’ back and always when I was drinking so that I would gag.) My brother, Jeff was a “see food” kind of guy. He would shove the rest of his dinner in his mouth, get up to take his plate to the kitchen, stand behind my mother, open his mouth and show me his food. I would laugh and gag. By the time my mother turned around, he was gone.
The favorite, however, was shooting peas (or some other vegetable) at the ceiling off the ends of forks or spoons. My brothers showed me how to do this while my mother was in the kitchen. I have no idea where they came up with this “dinner sport”, but when you’re five years old, it’s the funniest thing. I think their mission was to teach me how to do it, so that I would get caught. I wish I could remember my mother’s reaction when she walked back into the dining room and saw me shooting food off the end of my fork, but I can’t. I do remember getting in trouble for it though.
Posted in Saturday Morning Memories | Tagged: canon digital rebel xti, depth of field, Family | 1 Comment »
