1/3200 140mm f2.8 0EV
Every year during The Presentation Summit, http://www.betterppt.com/summit/, photographer +Rikk Flohr leads some of the attendees on a photography "field trip". Last year's summit was in San Diego and we spent the field trip walking along Mission Beach. This, for me was the first time I had a chance to really give my 70-200 f2.8 lens a workout and it is amazing how a different lens can change your perspective.
Prior to this I was shooting exclusively with a 17-40 wide angle. I saw the world like that, the big picture. Yeah, you can get in close with a 17-40 but I was a wide angle shooter! What I learned with the new lens is that the details, the small details, should not be overlooked.
I think this shot shows that. I don't know if the person walking down the beach saw this feather, but most likely not. They saw the big picture around them and completely missed the small details.
Food for thought, I suppose.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Castle with Mickey Icons
I've mentioned in previous posts that I'm not very good at shooting at night. That is mostly because I just don't do it very much. I'm trying to fix that.
This week I had the opportunity to travel to Disney for work and I took some time to take my tripod into the parks. One of my favorite places to shoot Cinderella's Castle is from the bridge just past the rose garden. I like the reflections that you can get in the water next to the castle.
This shot is from the "Magic, Memories and You" show just before the Wishes fireworks. I had never seen it before so I didn't know what to expect. I set the camera up on the tripod, attached the cable release, set the camera on Av and just clicked the shutter when I felt like the time was right. I managed to get a few shots that I really like and this one I think is really cool.
Mickey icons on Cinderella's Castle, for a Disney nut like me, it just doesn't get a whole lot better than that!
This week I had the opportunity to travel to Disney for work and I took some time to take my tripod into the parks. One of my favorite places to shoot Cinderella's Castle is from the bridge just past the rose garden. I like the reflections that you can get in the water next to the castle.
This shot is from the "Magic, Memories and You" show just before the Wishes fireworks. I had never seen it before so I didn't know what to expect. I set the camera up on the tripod, attached the cable release, set the camera on Av and just clicked the shutter when I felt like the time was right. I managed to get a few shots that I really like and this one I think is really cool.
Mickey icons on Cinderella's Castle, for a Disney nut like me, it just doesn't get a whole lot better than that!
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Mickey on a Coconut
The last time we were up in Seattle we ran into a woman whose husband was deployed to Iraq. His call sign was 'Popeye' so they had a small stuffed Popeye with them and they were taking pictures with it everywhere they went. That way her husband was "with her" everywhere.
That sounded like an awesome idea, so we modified it a little bit. The next time we were at Disney we bought this Mickey Mouse keychain and he goes everywhere we go. He's in the strap of one of the camera bags and he makes appearances no matter where we end up, including Hawaii.
This shot is from up on the North Shore on Oahu and Mickey is hanging out on the coconut that Shanon had bought from one of the stands along the way. To me this is quintessential Hawaii. The beach, a plumeria, a coconut and, ok Mickey isn't exactly "Hawaii" but they are building a resort there!
I do want to point one of the technicals on this shot. This was shot at f40. No, I'm not missing a dot between the 4 and 0, it's really a 40. Highest f-stop I have ever shot at and honestly, didn't know the lens would go all the way up there. It helped me get a lot of the beach in the shot which I think is important to make the shot work.
Expect to see more random appearances by Mickey. You just never know where he's going to turn up next!
That sounded like an awesome idea, so we modified it a little bit. The next time we were at Disney we bought this Mickey Mouse keychain and he goes everywhere we go. He's in the strap of one of the camera bags and he makes appearances no matter where we end up, including Hawaii.
This shot is from up on the North Shore on Oahu and Mickey is hanging out on the coconut that Shanon had bought from one of the stands along the way. To me this is quintessential Hawaii. The beach, a plumeria, a coconut and, ok Mickey isn't exactly "Hawaii" but they are building a resort there!
I do want to point one of the technicals on this shot. This was shot at f40. No, I'm not missing a dot between the 4 and 0, it's really a 40. Highest f-stop I have ever shot at and honestly, didn't know the lens would go all the way up there. It helped me get a lot of the beach in the shot which I think is important to make the shot work.
Expect to see more random appearances by Mickey. You just never know where he's going to turn up next!
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