Shutter Aficionado

I know that it's been a while since I've posted anything. Found some shots on a B/W roll of film from the military shoot that sat around for a while for I developed them. Some of the shots had turned out to be rather vintage. I was pleased. :-)

So while I was doing the little photoshoot with the cadets in the last post, I got a shot that was pretty cool, but there were a few crucial errors that needed to be fixed.

Original Shot:


For the entire shoot, I had inadvertently left the ISO on 1600, so most of the shots were extremely grainy. Yes. Sad. But not unheard of in the life of a very amateur photographer.

The sky was already cloudy that day, and with the ISO cranked up to 1600, I had a LOT of light in the picture. I wanted to get rid of the white sky, and also throw something military in it. So I added an F-16 flying overhead with a smoke trail.

I then softened the picture to eliminate some of the ISO noise, and TADAAAAAA. A REAL picture. Not brilliant, but a significant improvement upon the first shot.

Final Shot:

My friend Steven and I got to photograph some of our cadets.

While I was on this hike, I had the opportunity to take some good shots of my sister in-law. She's really fun! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. :-)

I thought I would add to the hike pictures that I posted in the last one. For these ones thought, I had switched to B/W film. This will probably be the last B/W post of the "series" that I did. However, expect to see more B/W pictures in the future.

I'd have to say this is one of my better landscape shots. I liked the contrast of shadow vs. light on the mountains, as well as the desert foreground.

More Canon Beach Pictures!! These shots were on a roll that didn't get developed until much later. A few turned out well, so I had to share.