My wife and I have always been big movie people, going to the movies at least a couple of times a month. Obviously, we don’t get to go much anymore because of our baby girl (that’s not a bad thing). Last summer we were anxious to see the last Harry Potter movie. We hopped in the truck and drove to the drive-in. I caught this picture when I was walking back to the truck.
ISO 800 1/30 f/1.4 50mm
Almost a year ago my wife and I were sitting in our living room and I looked out the window and noticed a beautiful cloud formation. We rushed into the car and drove west. I was able to capture this with my 35mm summicron.
ISO 160 1/750 f/2.0 35mm
I don’t typically discuss my post-processing but today I thought I would mention a few programs that I routinely use. I store all my pictures in Apple’s Aperture 3. Most who read this blog are probably familiar with it or know of it. It’s basically a program to easily store and file all your pictures (i.e. library). You can also make adjustments to your pictures without making permanent changes. Most, use Adobe’s Lightroom or the casual photographer will use iPhoto. I’ve used all 3 and iPhoto is definitely more for enthusiast.. Lightroom and Aperture are very similar and I really wouldn’t say one is better than the other.
I use Adobe Photoshop 5 or more recently 6.0 (beta). I use this when needing to make more complicated fixes or needing to layer my pictures.
Last, I routinely use Nik Software’s Silver Efex 2 and Color Efex 4. Both allow very controlled and unique changes and I highly recommend both.
I’ve posted a prior shot of this guy with cars flying by him. This is just one shot when he was patiently waiting for traffic to clear long enough for him to go. This shot was edited with Aperture 3, Photoshop 6, and Nik Software Color Efex 4.
Here’s the previous post.
ISO 160 1/30 f/1.4 50mm summilux
No new pics today. I updated my “Gallery” link to show all my prior post (pictures). It’s a good way to quickly see all my work.
Here’s another picture from a few weeks ago of our baby girl dancing. She definitely reminds me of her beautiful mom.
P.S. Here is the post from the other day.
ISO 160 1/750 f/.95 50mm noctilux
We have a two-sided fireplace (as you can see) and often times my little girl can easily be seen playing in the great room. I was watching TV and began watching my wife interact with our little one. I rushed out of my seat, grabbed my camera and hurried back and put my feet up and began shooting.
ISO 160 1/50 f/.95 50mm noctilux
Re-post from September 2011
As we were walking around at Steve Huff’s workshop, we came across this father and son walking. What made this interesting was the height of the father in comparison to his child. We inquired if we could take a few pictures and the entire time his son just stared at us wondering what the heck we were doing.
I always enjoy catching people in action. This shot was taken a few months ago while eating with my nephew. The bartender seemed very interested in what the customer was saying. I guess we’ll never know what?
ISO 160 1/180 f/.95 50mm noctilux
Another capture from the hip. My goal is to catch them mid-stride.
ISO 1/180 f/8 21mm super elmar
and he’s excited…
ISO 160 1/180 f/.95 50mm noctilux
