Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Update For Jared

So today I'm writing a post just for Jared. Jared is an avid reader of my blog. Probably the only reader I have. He has complained that I have not updated my blog 'in like forever'. Well Jared, here you go. An update just for you. Stop whining. LOL.

Seriously though, I have not been taking too many photos lately. I'm upgrading to the 50D as soon as it hits the store. It could be any day now. Then watch the photos roll in. It's not that I don't like my 400D it's just that I need more features. I feel I've almost outgrown the 400D. It still takes some fantastic photos but I grow bored. :)

Well, I hope that satisfies you for now. I will try to get a photo or two up here sometime in the next week or so. I have some shots in mind that I'll do with my 400D if I have too.

Thanks for reading Jared.

Chris.

Monday, September 22, 2008

Photo For Now #006

For #006 I have a portrait of my son that I took during his 4th birthday party. Man, how time flies, 4 already! Anyway, I was playing around with my 430EX during his party. I didn't want to have to fight with the lighting so I added my own. The flash over powered the ambient light which was alright for the day. I bounced it off the ceiling but angled slightly forward to get a little thrown his way.

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187mm, ISO 100, f/5.6 for 1/200 sec.

Chris.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

I'm Published!

I have had a photo of mine published. Sure it's on a blog but that still counts. I was approached by the writer of the Colorado Energy Careers blog and asked if they could use this photo.



Of course I said yes. All I asked was that I be credited for the photo. Which I was and I am very excited. Here's a link to the post.

Very cool.

Chris.

Photo For Now #005

Here is a photo I took while we were at the Edmonton Corn Maze on Sept. 6 2008. It's a shot of Jacob throwing some straw at me that I think captures the mood of the day.

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28mm, ISO 400, f/8 for 1/1000 sec. (ISO 400 was needed in the maze and I saw no real reason to switch for the short time we were out of the maze.)

Chris.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Photo For Now #004

For number 004 I have a series of shots. We shot off some fireworks out at the lake this past long weekend and I attempted to capture them. They are not as sharp as I would have liked but hey, this was my first attempt. I will have to wait until next year for another attempt. I like how the light worked in them. It was easier than I expected.


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18mm, ISO 100, f/16 for 11 sec.

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18mm, ISO 100, f/16 for 38 sec.

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18mm, ISO 100, f/16 for 17 sec.

Chris.

Photo For Now #003

Photo For Now #003 is one that I wish I had when I was gathering photos for my assignment in my course for unit 2. I have my son framed very nicely through the culvert. The ditches have been quite wet this past summer especially in June when I was working on that unit. Oh well, it's nice to have it now.

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187mm, ISO 100, f/5.6 for 1/50 sec.

Chris.