Category: Photography

I love photography. For me, it’s like painting, but better. And more accurate. And unlike painting, I can actually participate. I am not a big success or great master by any means. But I enjoy taking pictures. I also enjoy looking at other people work and sometimes sharing it. When I do, this is the category that I use.

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Compaq inputs

Today I passed by the Chinese take away a little bit earlier, but is seems they are totally against me photographing them, because they were closed again. Although it was before 23:00. Next time I’ll go there during the day and ask what time they are closing.

Anyway, I came to work and decided that I can find something to shoot in the office. Although I already had a photosession here. And despite the fact that I see these same things mostly every day for the last 3 plus years. Laze me in didn’t even allowed me to get off the chair. Ladies and gentlemen, I present you with my keyboard and mouse. Composition titled “Compaq Inputs“. Enjoy.

P.S.: I took 13 shots to get it right. Am I ever gonna learn anything?

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Wine

Today I played a bit with candle light, on-camera flash, different shutter speeds and improvising with a handmade tripod which supports a camera and fits into a pocket (a couple of lens caps). The results are not that great, but I’ve learnt something today.

The album is here. There is one image only though and you have already seen that one.

On a another note, I’ve finally decided to push myself into desposing of working copies. Until now I have been saving every frame that came out of my camera. I realised many times that I don’t need to do that, but I am such a packing rat that I couldn’t through them all out. From now on, I will be backing up only the stuff that I put on the web. Period.

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SunsetI realised today that I have been doing injustice to the office building by just using one side of it. The side I was using does indeed has a sea view and a prerogative of sun rises. But, on the hand, opposite side has a sunset view and a pretty busy road down to the left. I decided to correct the situation, hence the album.

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TravelI’ve been in the office since all the time since I woke up today and until I came home just a few mintues before the calendar changes to the next day. I planned to photograph a small Chinese take away place which looks great in the dark, but they were closed already and the lights were off. When I came home thinking about what to submit today, I saw my passport laying on the table, and immidiately it struck me. Passport, money and airticket will make for a nice travelling theme. But since I am not going anywhere any time soon and it has been some time since my last travel, I couldn’t find any airticket at home. So, be it. Two passports and more money are supposed to make up for it.

The album with the lonely image is here.

Learning to See

The Luminous Landscape runs a great essey by Michael Reichmann called “Learning to See“. It discusses why there are so many websites that tell you everything and anything about the technology part of photography, and why theorical and vision-training resources are so rare. It also provides a few useful hints on how to train your photographic vision. Overall it is a nicely written piece which is easy and interesting to read. There is not so much new inforamation in there though.

Originally found at PhotographyBlog.