Posts tagged Photography

The application of knowledge

May11
2010 3 Comments

Written by Daniel Veazey

So I learned that I needed to turn up the ISO so I could turn up the shutter speed so I could have sharper action shots. I went out today and turned the ISO all the way up to 1600. The aperture on these two shots was f5.6. The shot of the guy was 1/1250 shutter speed, and the girl was 1/2000. I noticed some grain when I was color correcting and cropping in Gimp, but it wasn’t too bad. It was cloudy today. I think if it was sunny, I could have dialed back to ISO 800 and maybe shot with a little faster shutter speed. This was at Wilson Park in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Comments are appreciated.

Tagged action, Arkansas, Fayetteville, ISO, shutter speed, sports, tennis, wilson park

A few more photos from the Joe Martin Stage Race

May10
2010 3 Comments

Written by Daniel Veazey

I have one more picture that shows the beginning of Lauren Hall’s crash that took out a couple of other riders, and then I have a few pictures of people not crashing. I really like the vertical shot with everyone’s heads all lined up in a row. I think there is a good balance in the photo with the racer really close in the foreground and another far away in the background. I like how they’re leaning in opposite directions. Comments are appreciated!

Tagged bicycles, crash, Joe Martin Stage Race, Lauren Hall

Joe Martin Stage Race

May09
2010 6 Comments

Written by Daniel Veazey

I went to the Joe Martin Stage Race today and shot about 300 pictures. After just a really quick initial review, these are the four shots that I was most pleased with. The sun was out in the first shot, and it was behind clouds in the others. It makes a big difference. I’m not happy that I didn’t get all of Rushlee Buchanan in the second shot, but I included it because I liked the way Lauren Hall’s foot was in the air. I felt like I really captured some emotion in the last shot, and I’m particularly proud of it. Click on a thumbnail to bring up the slide show.

Comments, criticisms, etc., are appreciated.

Tagged bicycles, bikes, crash, Joe Martin Stage Race, Katharina Weber, Lauren Hall, Rushlee Buchanan

Museum of Automobiles

May06
2010 Leave a Comment

Written by Daniel Veazey

Here are a bunch of photos I made at the Museum of Automobiles on Petit Jean Mountain. The lighting was horrible. I had to use a tripod and make exposures ranging from half a second to two seconds or so. However, the very last photo was different. The car was in front of a window, so I used the back-light fill flash. That’s the only thing that’s different. I haven’t done any editing to these photos. There are two slide shows because the website wants to split them up for some reason that’s beyond me.

Part 1

Part 2

Tagged antique cars, museum of automobiles, tripod

Portraiture

May06
2010 1 Comment

Written by Daniel Veazey

Here’s a photo I took today. It’s my brother. I had the focal length at 200 mm on my telephoto lens. The aperture was F5.6, and ISO 100. Exposure was 1/125 of a second. I shot in RAW. I brightened it up just a little bit with UFRaw when I imported it to Gimp. Once in Gimp, I did minor touch-up of blemishes and whatnot. I like how having a wide aperture makes the depth of field very narrow and totally softens up the background. I also like getting pictures of people when they’re not posing. That makes the photo much more natural.

Tagged portrait

Nikon D3000 = AWESOME

May05
2010 Leave a Comment

Written by Daniel Veazey

I am completely head-over-heels in love with my new camera. I want to do nothing but take pictures now. I’ve started a Panoramio account and I’ve been uploading to it and Picasa. Here is some of my latest stuff. It’s Lake Overcup in Morrilton, Arkansas.

I was happy that the water was very still. Here are some more photos I took today. There was a tornado in Scotland, Arkansas, last week and I headed over there to see what I could see.

Thanks for looking.

Tagged Arkansas, d3000, lake overcup, nikon, panaramio, picasa, scotland

Photography

May02
2010 2 Comments

Written by Daniel Veazey

I got a Nikon D3000. It’s my first DSLR camera. I think it will be awesome once I learn how to use it well. Here are a few examples of my first attempts. It’s obvious I need more practice. I also messed around with the pictures in Gimp. I think I probably messed around with them too much. But it’s OK.