I’ve been taking shots of just anything around the house so that I can have images to process into Aperture. It seems to make more sense to learn to use the software with my own images than it does with a bunch of canned samples.
For this shot, I tossed the cases of a bunch of my jazz CDs on the bed and started shooting. Then when it came time to process these shots, the thought came to process them as greenish monochromes rather than black and whites or sepias.
Over the weekend, before anyone else was awake, I started playing with camera angles. This shot was taken from ground level. The camera was actually resting on the floor, looking across the hardwood hallway. The morning sun provided illumination without providing direct light.
55mm, f/5.6, ISO 100, Shutter 0.77
Back to the unfinished house.
The contrast between the two sets of lines caught my eye just as I leaving through the open garage (and just before the swallows attacked). The line created by the 2×4 and plywood is so straight and precise, while the line of mortar and brick is jagged and uneven.
I have no idea what the number means. One day, if they ever start working on the house again, I may have to ask.
40mm, f/5.6, ISO 100, Shutter 1/100
The half-built house across the street is like a great big laboratory for learning the in’s and out’s of the new Nikon. I saw this row of nails lying flopped on top of a box and the first thing I thought was “depth of field”. So I switched the camera to aperture priority and started playing.
This shot is unmodified. This is how the camera saw it.
55mm, f/5.6, ISO 100, Shutter 1/15
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An Economy of Words
Tags: Nikon D60, Photo Commentary, Photography, Still Life
Taken last night at 8:30pm. The store would have been brightly lit a week earlier.
55mm, f/4, ISO 100, Shutter 1/6