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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

NIGHT OUT IN THE CITY

Whoever came up with the idea to keep the background of your subjects as simple as possible have not tried to shoot in New York City. I had a lot going against me this weekend. I mean, my husband wouldn't let me stand in the middle of a busy Broadway crosswalk to get a good shot and there are people EVERYWHERE! I had to shoot fast, with not much time to prep. Here are some of the more interesting ones. We went to the New York Times Travel Show at the Javits Center and then just explored one of my favorite cities. It won't take long to figure out how challenging this was!

It's flu season!

ISO 100 f/3.5 1/100 Focal Length: 50

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

White Balance: Auto

Geisha at the Japan stall

ISO 200 f/3.5 1/50 Focal Length: 50

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

White Balance: Auto

China

ISO 200 f/3.5 1/50 Focal Length: 50

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

White Balance: Auto

ISO 200 f/3.5 1/25 Focal Length: 50

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

White Balance: Auto

ISO 200 f/3.5 1/80 Focal Length: 50

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

White Balance: Auto

ISO 200 f/3.5 1/80 Focal Length: 50

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

White Balance: Auto

ISO 200 f/3.5 1/13 Focal Length: 50

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

White Balance: Auto

Jacob Javits Center

ISO 100 f/3.5 1/400 Focal Length: 50

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

White Balance: Auto

My husband

ISO 100 f/3.5 1/15 Focal Length: 50

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

White Balance: Auto

ISO 100 f/3.5 1/640 Focal Length: 50

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

White Balance: Auto

ISO 100 f/3.5 1/640 Focal Length: 50

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

White Balance: Auto

ISO 100 f/3.5 1/400 Focal Length: 50

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

White Balance: Auto

ISO 800 f/3.5 1/25 Focal Length: 50

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

White Balance: Auto

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

TO POST OR NOT TO POST...

So, I'm struggling with the idea of post processing. I came from a film background where most of the work HAD to be done in the camera. You could make minor changes in the dark room, but not much. Now, I've entered the digital world where everything is modified in Photoshop. It's not even the original picture anymore. I've experimented with it and in some cases it's been beneficial. In others, it's like I took a great picture and modified it just because I could. I don't want to get into that habit, so I've decided that I'm only go to Photoshop the images that absolutely HAVE to be modified. Here's some shots from last night, some modified, most not.

ISO 1000 f/4 1/100 Focal Length: 50

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

ISO 1000 f/4 1/100 Focal Length: 50

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

ISO 1000 f/4 1/1000 Focal Length: 50

Modified in Post

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

I had to lighten this one a lot because JJ was being lit from behind. The lighting as well as the post processing made it look grainy and kind of strange.

ISO 1000 f/4 1/1000 Focal Length: 50

Modified in Post

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

ISO 1000 f/4 1/80 Focal Length: 50

Cropped

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

ISO 1000 f/4 1/160 Focal Length: 50

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

ISO 1000 f/4 1/640 Focal Length: 50

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

ISO 1000 f/4 1/1000 Focal Length: 50

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

ISO 1000 f/4 1/1000 Focal Length: 50

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

ISO 1000 f/4 1/1000 Focal Length: 50

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

ISO 1000 f/4 1/1000 Focal Length: 50

Lightened in Post

AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

NEW YEARS DAY

We really aren't doing anything exciting in these pics but I got some cute ones of the kids playing. These were taken in the morning, indoors. We have a lot of windows and skylights, so there is a decent amount of light, but it was overcast. All images were shot with a AF-S NIKKOR 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6G lens.