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I don’t want to know much about post-production photography right now. Â However, I would like to know how I one day could learn more. Â To that end, I just discovered thePSpod, a blog with Photoshop basics videos. Â So far I’ve done the first three episodes, which introduce layers and selections.
Flowers and butterfly, originally uploaded by borwick.
This picture comes from Winston-Salem’s “Bethabara Park Medical Gardens.” When I was shooting, I was trying to be very careful about a couple of variables:
* don’t shoot “wide-open” (this photo was taken at f/7.1)
* shoot at a high shutter speed (taken at 1/320 with a 55mm zoom=88mm-equivalent)
* keep ISO low (taken at ISO 200)
That said, I’m trying to figure out why this photo doesn’t look better. My guesses are
* photo overexposed–should have … Continue Reading
Plastic flippy cat, posing, originally uploaded by borwick.
Lauren got this toy when she went to Raleigh last Friday. You crank it up and it does flips! It’s fun to photograph: at 1/60 you can capture the motion and still tell what it is (sort of). However the continuous drive on my camera “only” shoots ~3 photos a second (I’m shooting JPEG and it might be faster if I were shooting RAW because there wouldn’t be any … Continue Reading
I haven’t used the blog in quite a while. Â My latest idea is to use this blog to document what I’m learning… which right now, is photography.
I couple of months ago I got a Canon EOS Rebel XSi digital camera, plus three Canon lenses: an 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 (kit lens), a 55-250mm f/4-5.6 (sort of a kit lens), and a 35mm f/2 prime. Â I got them all from B&H photography, because they were having a deal on the camera plus the two kit lenses.
I’ve been posting the better photos on flickr.com/photos/borwick. Â Here are a couple of things I’ve learned to … Continue Reading
