Day 075
March 20, 2011
“DOF Comparison of Flowers”
I took a photo in the same spot of the same bush of flowers. I wanted to see the difference between each of the f-stops to compare the bokeh from f1.4 to f5 with a 50mm 1.4 Lens
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS 5D Mark II
Aperture: f1.4-f5
Exposure: 1/400th sec
ISO: 125
Focal Length: 50mm
Time Taken: 1:07pm
Edited in: Photoshop CS5
Day 074
March 19, 2011
“The Original”
This is the longest ORIGINALLY operated McDonalds in the world! This is in my hometown in Downey, Ca where I grew up as a kid. It’s still there! I don’t eat fast food at all, but I thought this was cool that it’s still resides there. I would have spent more time on a better photograph, but it was getting late, I had my daughter and too many cars in the parking lot to maneuver around.
The 1953 McDonald’s restaurant at 10207 Lakewood Blvd. (at Florence Ave.) was the third franchised McDonald’s built and is the oldest surviving McDonald’s. It was listed on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 1994 list of the 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS 5D Mark II
Aperture: f6.3
Exposure: 1/1250th sec
ISO: 2000
Focal Length: 50mm
Time Taken: 6:25pm
Editing: Lightroom & Photoshop
Flash: None
Day 072
March 17, 2011
“Me want some clovers!”
HA! Took the Giant and stuffed his mouth with clovers for St. Patty’s Day.
Speedlight 580EX II
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS 5D Mark II
Aperture: f10
Exposure: 1/50th sec
ISO: 4000
Focal Length: 50mm
Time Taken: 8:53pm
Editing: Lightroom & Photoshop
Flash: Speedlight 580EX II
Day 070
March 15, 2011
“Records in Time”
Vinyl Records of the Beatles…. for my mom…
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS 5D Mark II
Aperture: 1.8
Exposure: 1/2500th sec
ISO: 4000
Focal Length: 50mm
Time Taken: 10:20pm
Editing: Lightroom & Photoshop
Flash: None
Day 067
March 12, 2011
“Cousins”
My little girl and her big cousin Gemma. Playing in the mirror is the most fun thing in the entire world!!!! 🙂
I used just the tungsten light from the lamp and no other strobes.
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS 5D Mark II
Aperture: 2.5
Exposure: 1/400th sec
ISO: 5000
Focal Length: 50mm
Time Taken: 3:35 pm
Editing: Lightroom & Photoshop
Flash: None
Day 064
March 9, 2011
“Lonely Lifetower”
I was cruising down PCH earlier and it was so pretty out! However the lighting was at 12pm so as you know – the worst time to shoot pictures! But I had to be somewhere by 1:00pm…. I liked this lighthouse… it was neon green! 🙂
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS 5D Mark II
Aperture: 4.0
Exposure: 1/1250th sec exposure bias: – 0.7step
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 50mm
Time Taken: 12:23 pm
Editing: Lightroom & CS5
Flash: None
Day 060
March 5, 2011
“Neon Food Coloring is FUN!”
Didn’t know what to do for my photo today. I was staring at my bedroom floor where lie empty water bottles that didn’t make it to the recycle. I was playing with food coloring yesterday so that hit in my mind and here we are. Its not exactly what I wanted but time was running out and Im super tired.
Speedlite 580EXII was lit under and up behind the water bottles against a white foam board. Another white foam board is under it with a piece of plexiglass.
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS 5D Mark II
Aperture: f5
Exposure: 1/500th sec
ISO: 2500
Focal Length: 50mm
Time Taken: 10:30 pm
Editing: Adobe LR / CS5 Photoshop
Flash: Speedlite EX-II almost full power
Day 059
March 4, 2011
“The dolphin appeared”
High Speed Sync – Stopping water can make amazing things appear… can you find the dolphin?
Used a Speedlite 580EX-II off camera slightly to the left with a blue gel. Two lights on either side of the white plate slightly behind it and white foam board behind. I added pinkish purple food coloring in the water because the water clear color was coming out too light. If I tweaked the contrast a bit, you could see it, but I actually liked how the food coloring came out!
I zoomed into this photo and it looks like a dolphin is coming out of the water… I think its the coolest thing in the world!!! I couldn’t do that if I TRIED!
More photos of the same shoot HERE ON FLICKR … Click link and scroll down
One more – I just loved it too!
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS 5D Mark II
Aperture: f7.1
Exposure: 1/800th sec
ISO: 200
Focal Length: 50mm
Time Taken: 9:02 pm
Editing: Adobe LR
Flash: Speedlite EX-II W/High Speed Sync
Day 056
March 1, 2011
“A day of Film”
I had to do my assignment today with my film camera for school so it was out from earlier. I am working in the darkroom a few times a week developing Black and White photos with my old but VERY perfect condition Minolta SRT – 201 w/ a Rokkor 50mm 1.4 lens. I wanted to get a photo of my film camera for my digital 365 project. I wanted to add the antique look because the camera is from the late 70’s early 80’s.
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS 5D Mark II
Aperture: f10
Exposure: 1/60th sec
ISO: 400
Focal Length: 50mm
Time Taken: 8:03 pm
Editing: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Flash: Speedlite 580EX II Pointing straight up
Day 053
February 26, 2011
“Flying Free”
It’s been raining a lot lately, was supposed to snow actually today… but it was SO beautiful out – beautiful, clear, windy, and cold but most of all a gorgeous day in Marina del Rey. I miss it so much here, it’s been 10 years since I lived here on the yacht. I need to get back to sailing my #1 passion!
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS 5D Mark II
Aperture: f7.1
Exposure: 1/640th sec
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 50mm
Time Taken: 2:08 pm
Editing: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Flash: None
Day 050
February 23, 2011
“A bed of sick”
Woke up not feeling well, had to get up at 5am to drive to Bellflower Court House, School, Massage, so naturally its a LAZY pic day, not feeling so hot so this is reflected in my low maintenance shot! Made my hair a little messier and warped my face a little to make it more sickly… LOL
Here is the setup for the shot….
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS 5D Mark II
Aperture: f4.0
Exposure: 1/13th sec AP Mode
ISO: 400
Focal Length: 50mm
Time Taken: 7:54 pm
Editing: Photoshop CS5 Minor Adjustments
Flash: Speedlite 580EX II – with diffuser
Day 049
February 22, 2011
“My Camera Lunchbox”
I had some funny inspiration today for this photo… a friend did the same thing www.flickr.com/photos/louish/5469290620/in/contacts/ but my picture is the lunchbox version.
I have now put the comments and labels on each of the items. FLICKR PIC HERE Enjoy!
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS 5D Mark II
Aperture: Multiple
Exposure: Multiple
ISO: Multiple
Focal Length: Multiple
Time Taken: Multiple
Editing: Lightroom 3.3 & Photoshop CS5 Minor Adjustments
Flash: Off Camera – Speedlite 580EX II – with 0.5 CTO Filter
Day 048
February 21, 2011
“A Splash of H2O”
I wanted to try this for a while. I am limited on lighting so I did what I could… 2 tungsten lamps, Plexiglass, White Foam Board, and 1 Speedlite 580EX-II with CTO to correct for the tungsten lighting and used high speed sync. I poured a bottle of water into the wine glass.
Here is the setup for the shot….
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS 5D Mark II
Aperture: f5.0
Exposure: 1/640th sec
ISO: 640
Focal Length: 50mm
Time Taken: 10:52 pm
Editing: Lightroom 3.3 & Photoshop CS5 Minor Adjustments
Flash: Off Camera – Speedlite 580EX II – with 0.5 CTO Filter
Day 047
February 20, 2011
“The Wizard”
This is a statue that has been in my parents house since I was a kid… its so strange… anyway because its a wizard and has stars I decided to cut out a star and create a star shaped hood for the lens to get the star bokeh in the background. I used my Speedlite 580EX-II offcamera to just barely light the statue to give it an eerie look.
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS 5D Mark II
Aperture: f1.4
Exposure: 1/60th sec
ISO: 400
Focal Length: 50mm
Time Taken: 10:30 pm
Editing: Lightroom 3.3 & Photoshop CS5
Flash: Off Camera – Speedlite 580EX II – with 0.5 CTO Filter & Custom Star Hood Cutout
Day 046
February 19, 2011
“Turtle Butterfly Bokeh Lights”
Okay so this didn’t get where I wanted it to, due to space. I went as far back as I could with the 50mm 1.4 lens but the butterflies didn’t come out. I had to take 2 steps back and at that point the butterflies in the lights came out but it was hand held and no room for tripod… (need a bigger living room???)
So now I know I CAN do it, I will play around more with it tomorrow. I wanted to get a picture before 12am…. so this will have to do. 🙂
Below was the intended bokeh effect…
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS 5D Mark II
Aperture: f1.4
Exposure: 1/25th sec
ISO: 1600
Focal Length: 50mm
Time Taken: 10:57 pm
Editing: Photoshop CS5
Flash: Off Camera – Speedlite 580EX II – with 0.5 CTO Filter & Custom Butterfly Hood Cutout
Day 043
February 16, 2011
“Liquid Gels”
I know, its kinda wrong… but I love the color of the Aleve Liquid Gels! So pretty! 🙂 Desaturated the photo and just brought out the color of the pills.
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS 5D Mark II
Aperture: f5
Exposure: 1/160th sec. Exposure Bias +0.7
ISO: 250
Focal Length: 50mm
Time Taken: 10:34 pm
Editing: Desaturation in CS5
Flash: Speedlite 580EX II
Day 041
February 14, 2011
“Baby Love”
This is a photo for Valentines Day – My daughters baby book with the ring I wore every day I was pregnant. Light behind it to create the heart effect.
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS Xsi
Aperture: f2.2
Exposure: 1/400th sec.
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 50mm
Time Taken: 10:19pm
Editing: White Balance in CS5
Flash: None
Day 039
February 12, 2011
“D-Palms”
We were walking around Downtown Disney during sunset so I wanted to get the palm trees. It was really pretty out that night.
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS Xsi
Aperture: f6.3
Exposure: 1/40th sec.
ISO: 400
Focal Length: 40mm
Time Taken: 4:43pm
Editing: White Balance in CS5
Flash: None
Day 037
February 10, 2011
“Canon Baby”
Taking some photos for Valentines day in her little tutu – but as I went to get some closeups she grabbed my camera strap! She loves the camera already! Uh-oh!
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Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS Xsi
Aperture: f5.6
Exposure: 1/160th sec.
ISO: 200
Focal Length: 51mm
Time Taken: 6:10pm
Editing: Photoshop CS5
Flash: Speedlite 580ex II
Day 036
February 9, 2011
“S&W”
My Smith & Wesson Extreme Ops Knife was in my camera bag from last night (hiking at night) so I pulled it out and lit it up.
I had no time to do much more than this tonight so I lit the knife around the edges with an LED light left out from yesterday. Then I took a second shot and painted in the knife with a light because it was too dark. I used a flashlight with a cone on the top to prevent spilling any unwanted light.
Merge in CS5 – erase unwanted noise and there ya go. The noise wasn’t much when you use the long exposure noise reduction. Only problem is waiting for it to develop. Makes a HUGE difference though.
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Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS Xsi
Aperture: f5.6
Exposure: 20 secs.
ISO: 200
Focal Length: 50mm
Time Taken: 12:04am <—- I was 4 minutes late…. dont shoot me! No pun intended
Editing: Merge in CS5
Flash: None
Day 032
February 4, 2011
“Baby Couture”
Hailey got a pair of Baby Juicy Couture shoes today from a friend! (I don’t even own JC!) They are so cute I wish I had a pair! The day is getting late so I took a picture of them. Original, I know. 🙂
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS Xsi
Aperture: f8
Exposure: 1/25 sec.
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 50mm
Time Taken: 10:00 pm
Editing: Color Adjustment in CS5
Flash: Speedlite 580EX II
Day 030
February 3, 2011
“Bionic Girl”
Had to have an x-ray on my spine today to make sure I didn’t break the hardware in my back (yeah all clear!) so I took a photograph of the xray and myself and put my xray of my spine on me to show through… have a way cooler idea for this actually but I don’t have 8 hours to play around on photoshop so this is my quick version. You can see my ADR (Artificial Disc) and fusion. Fun stuff! Bionic Girl!
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS Xsi
Aperture: f7.2
Exposure: 1/20 sec.
ISO: 200
Focal Length: 24mm
Time Taken: 10:25 pm
Editing: Photoshop CS5
Flash: Oncamera Flash
Day 026
January 30, 2011
“Breevitar”
I’ve wanted to try this for a while but it was way harder than I imagined and took almost forever to do! I’m still not done. I’d like to add more to the picture and touch up more when I get a new Stylus for the Wacom Tablet.
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS XSi
Aperture: f13
Exposure: 1/25th
ISO: 200
Focal Length:50mm
Time Taken: 9:35am
Editing: Photoshop CS5
Flash: Speedlite 580EX II
Day 025
January 29, 2011
“El Capitan”
El Capitan first thing in the morning. I did an HDR merge of 8 photos and then created it black and white for outlines.
Camera Used: Canon DSLR EOS XSi
Aperture: f18
Exposure: multiple exposures
ISO: 100
Focal Length:29mm
Time Taken: 9:30am
Editing: Photoshop CS5 HDR Merge
Flash: None
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