Thursday, April 29, 2010

Manual

I ordered the manual for the D3oos today and I should have it within a week. This is a lot of camera and what I do second nature with my lil D60 is a mystery on this bad boy.

I love bleeding hearts.


I will be in Boston this weekend and am looking forward to bonding with the D300s.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Bokehlicious!

The depth of field on these is so sweet to me- the soft blur in the back hinting at what's there but not distracting from the main focus. And the hydrangea bud? Tiny itybity dof. Fun to play!



party portraits

I went to a friend's 8th birthday party over the weekend.  When I got back I threw a handful of photos up on Facebook in an album entitled Brady's b'day party.  It might have appeared more suitable were it called First Funeral.  Look at a few of them:




Don't they all look so sad? But... I like them anyway. They kindof make me wonder about what's causing each expression... atypical birthday shots, though.

These were shot with the Nikon d300s in a high ceilinged school entrance. I used a Nikkor 18-200 3.5-5.6 and a Nissin Di622 speedlight. Post-processing varied but was done in Photoshop CS3.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

D300s

A crazy lunatic of a friend is letting me use his Nikon d300s for awhile. It is a lot of camera and I am really looking forward to falling in love with it... which I fully expect to do.  I have so very much to learn.

I love this boy,  and I love the bokeh behind him.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Birthday

Happy 89th Birthday, Memere!




I am really enjoying my flash. I was sad when my batteries died today. I have a lot to learn but I am excited about the new possibilities.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Caught

Like yesterday, the weight of my camera felt just about right today.

Marley

I like finding pictures.  This is captured quietly, just a girl laughing with her cousins.  It's not choreographed.  It was just a moment. 

The blurry bangs and sharp face make sense to me in this shot.

Back

I'll be trying to post photos daily again-  even just here-  for me.  This is from yesterday.

yellow flower


I don't know what kind of flower it is,  but it was a lovely sight to see during our hike yesterday.