Wednesday, September 5, 2007

My camera



So I got this camera last summer and overall I'm fairly happy with it. I didn't quite know what specs I was looking for when I bought the camera but the main features I wanted at the time was that A. It had able to take high enough resolutions - which it can at 6.0 megapixils and B. That it had a timer/delay - 10secs which is great and in all honesty, not many cameras had this feature when I was looking.
I've always enjoyed playing with Photoshop which is why I wanted to invest in a digital. As much as I know about Photoshop, I have since then learned that I knew very little about actual cameras.
Looking back, I wish that I had purchased a digital SLR, but given the incredible price difference, I can live w/ this camera for now. I am still interested in getting an SLR sometime down the road - however that maybe have to wait till other big purchases have been made. I find that my camera is also lacking in night time photography. If I leave it on normal portrait mode w/ a flash, it seems to do ok, however nighttime mode is almost useless; it requires me to hold still for about 5 seconds while it completes it's flashes and almost always everything turns out too yellow. The regular mode seems to be the best option while it still creates heavy noise - I have found a Photoshop plug in that helps reduce this.
The specs that I enjoy about this camera:
~ Sleek design
~ light weight
~big viewing screen
~uses an SDcard which I find more universal then say a sony memory stick
~10 second timer/delay
~can upload to computer via wifi

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Light

As the first assignment requests, I am to post my favorite time of day. This is something that every kinda knows about themselves but don't really put too much cognitive thought as to why. I think for as long as I can remember, I've always enjoyed the afternoon/early evening. It is at this time of day that the bearing heat from the sun finally subsides and on usually accompanied by a calming breeze that cuts through the stifling humidity. It is of course at this time of day that I enjoy lighting the most. When there's just enough light to make out your hand but not enough to differentiate between a white thread or dark thread. The sky begins to dance between day and night as well; a mixture of cool and warm color pallets - purple dancing with orange.
Now for my light assignment:
These as well as my description of these photos can be found at my flickr site:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/taibrado/sets/72157601946694368/


light05 - interiorlight01 - disco ballslight02 - through the windowlight03 - skylightlight04 - after the storm