Circular Logic

How’d I capture that goose?

I went out last night, and took some pictures of some waterfowl on a local pond. Mainly the geese turned out. I am taking a LOT of "junk" shots to my good shots, still. I had my tripod there, but I still hand shot, trying to get the action better. ...

April 19, 2008

Shooting in low-light and night.

Saturday night, we had the sun setting, and clouds on the horizon. I was all excited for a beautiful sunset; boy was *I* disappointed. Well, it wasn’t a total loss. I took some neat pictures of Boise, though, they all kind of suck. The A650 is a GREAT little snapshot ...

April 6, 2008

Pictures… of paintballs.

I went out today, looking for some pictures. My daughter is with her mom, and I didn't have anything PRESSING to do, so I figured I would go out, and see what I could find. Wasn't impressed with what I found, but one place I went, is where we play ...

April 5, 2008

Another Day, another picture.

So, it has been a few days. I have been eagerly watching the reviews for the Canon XSi camera rolling in, and can't wait to see them hit more general release. I have heard rumors of an April 6, April 10, April 27th release dates. Who knows, but they ARE ...

April 5, 2008

Need to get better at post processing

I have been playing around with Elements for a while now, though, I STILL do not feel... comfortable with it. Sure, cropping is easy. As is red-eye reduction. The auto-fix for lighting is usually spot on. The problem is, are those are all the simple things. I have played around ...

April 2, 2008

The flowers of Spring

Yesterday, as I was heading back to work, from lunch, I noticed this lone flower in my front yard. I had to get a picture of it. I am happy how it turned out. Nice, "tack sharp" focus. Most images are rectangular, so I went with a square frame on ...

April 1, 2008

First submission to istockphoto rejected

The turn around was quite fast. I am happy about that, but I am very unhappy with the results. My initial set of 3 pictures, was rejected. Honestly, I really only had ONE picture I was really happy with. The other two were two of my better shots, but I don't ...

March 31, 2008

Photostitch is cool, but be careful

So, Friday, I was looking at Bryan Peterson's wonderful book Understanding Digital Photography, when I came across a picture, showing his daughter in 4 different poses, across a panorama picture. This was pure brilliance. I decided I was going to take my daughter out to do the SAME thing, the ...

March 30, 2008

And so it begins.

I have been kicking this idea around, for a while now. I have finally gotten off my butt, and am doing something about it. This blog is meant to be an exploration of photography, from an amateur’s point of view. Right now, I am using a Canon PowerShot A650 IS. ...

March 3, 2008