Quality slacks and other haberdasheries.
So I have been trying my hand at a bit of experimental photography, experimental for me at least. I really like photos and photography and all that jazz but my digital camera is just a point-and-shoot and is a few years old so, needless to say, the pictures it produces are not of a particularly stellar quality. What I do have, on the other hand, is a sweet Canon AE-1 35mm SLR from the 70s passed down from my dad. The catch? The camera is fully un-automatic. “All I shoot is in manual mode on my DSLR!” you say, “The manual setting takes better pictures anyway!” you might inform me. This is all true but you have to know how the hell to adjust things correctly or you pictures look like your drunk uncle took them with his RAZR. Srsly. Over the past few months, I have gotten more familiar with manual-style picture taking and the pictures just keep getting better. Additionally, there is definitely some nostalgic quality about being the only person in over a year to drop off a roll of film at the Wal-Mart on Tchoupitoulas. Thats right…Wal-Mart. Its close, its cheap, and I never have to worry about getting my photos mixed up with anyone else’s because there aren’t any others. Simple as that.
The pictures you see in this post however are taken with that old point-n-shoot I was talking bad about earlier. All this lead up was just rambling…I get sidetracked. As you might (or might not) be able to tell, they are HDR photos. Just a little something to pass the afternoon time and to exercise my Photoshop muscles. I took them right from my doorstep. The first one is of our friends house across the street and the other is from my front stoop looking west down Magazine St. As I pat myself on the back, I have to say that they turned out really pretty good. They are defintely are better than I thought they would be.
Listening:
Death Cab for Cutie
Narrow Stairs
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend
p.s. — Hey CBS, Talon here, no one is going to watch CSI: Miami if a certain Mr. Horatio Cane isn’t involved, FYI
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2 Responses to “Photograpic Musings”
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Hey there, I'm guy who likes to write about stuff from time to time. Feel free to take a look around the joint. Details about me you say? Well, I was born and raised in West Texas, did a bit of growing up in Tennessee and then went to school in Mississippi. I have a job and I like to take pictures. I love my wife, my beagle, and my family. I think that's pretty much it. Oh, and I love cheese. No no, good cheese. Thats right, you know what I'm talking about.
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Cheryl
May 28th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Hey, man, just came here from your link on facebook.
I would absolutely love to get my dad’s Nikon (ca. 1980) fixed, I think the shutter’s broken or something. He’s got 5 different lenses, including a telescoping and a macro. There are some amazing pictures from airshows packed away from that camera.
The reason I commented, actually, was to give you this link: http://thepioneerwoman.com/photography/
She’s got some awesome Photoshop tutorials and a few things about camera functions. Just thought you might like to peruse.
Rachel
June 4th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
I think those pictures turned out great. You know what they say, about how true photographers can take amazing pictures with a disposable. Or a bad camera. Whatever.
I don’t think I’ll ever move past the “experimental” phase, and I’m fine with that.