farsighted, near delighted! » Photography http://blog.lifeisnotaparagraph.com a constantly evolving personal blog, currently about being pregnant, soon about being a first time mommy, set in NYC Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:04:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Some slide film images taken in Portland, Oregon http://blog.lifeisnotaparagraph.com/2011/10/08/some-slide-film-shots-taken-in-portland-or/ http://blog.lifeisnotaparagraph.com/2011/10/08/some-slide-film-shots-taken-in-portland-or/#comments Sat, 08 Oct 2011 20:58:39 +0000 CilSong http://blog.lifeisnotaparagraph.com/?p=4935

Hiking around Multomah Falls

Rose Gardens (not to be confused with The Rose Garden)

Phil’s Freestyling Rock Balancing piece

Eating at Morning Star Cafe

At Mothers where we ate brunch twice in a row

Hiking along the coast had lots of lairs

 

 

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Last weekend I photographed a wedding for a former co-worker.  I took over 1200 photographs over the course of 9 hours and I have no idea of how to edit the volume down.  I can see why photographers charge thousands of dollars for their service, there’s a lot of work involved!  My trigger finger was really sore after that day!  And I can’t imagine photographing more than one wedding during a season while maintaining a consistent quality to the work as well as keeping one’s sanity (unless, of course, you’re getting paid thousands of dollars).  At least I wasn’t the videographer – editing that job would REALLY BLOW.

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Image on left is a regular photo where an average exposure was taken.  There are noticeable dark shadows and overexposed hot spots.

Image on right is in HDR where three photos were actually taken by the camera.  A properly exposed image of the shadows, highlights and one in the middle.  All three images are then combined, taking the best of each photo and making this final photo where everything can be seen clearly.  Does this make sense?  A better explanation can be found here.

Here’s another image I took (my trinkets):

Again, regular photo on left and HDR photo on the right.

What do you guys think?  I actually like the regular photos, I like the overexposed and dark shadowy bits that give the images a sense of mystery.  The HDR photos seem useful on occasion but some look too good (exposure wise) which lends to looking unnatural.  Check out these other HDR photos in this flickr group.

Either way, mineswell (might as well) photograph everything in HDR now since it’s available and I still have the option of choosing between a regular photo and an HDR photo.

(I miss film).

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I took this photo and edited it all on my phone through the Photoshop iPhone application.  I used it to turn the photo of my kitty into a black and white image with the blurring vignette added in the corners.  Amazing, huh.  And this app is free.  And nobody paid me to say this: I love Photoshop, Photoshop is my friend.

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My receipt from a recent trip to Ikea Brooklyn

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A bike rack pole holding both my bikes off the floor

BIKE RACK – SPAREHAND

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