It's very interesting going back and looking at my photography from a year ago and how it has changed. This photo has been cropped as the original wasn't very well composed. I've learned that my "development" techniques have improved dramatically. Second, if you aren't shooting in raw now, you had better start! Once (not "if") you start, you'll regret not switching sooner, especially when you go back and try to edit mere jpegs.
It's amazing what you can do with an old photo, the crop tool, and good processing skills. Not to say that I'm that great a photographer now, but I am most certainly better than I was a year ago.
I will be shooting my first wedding on Saturday. I'm not the "official" photographer, but they have asked me to do digital as the other guy is using strictly film. I will try and rent the 17-40 f/4L if I can. I have also planned some other shooting trips, so more photos are on their way!
categories: macro nature
October 12th, 2005 at 2:55 PM
Woah, funky colors, I love them!
Good luck with the wedding. . .
October 12th, 2005 at 4:05 PM
This shot is interesting only because of the processing, which puts it in an interesting category all by itself. The colors are so strikingly unnatural...
I still shoot in JPEG. I'm sorry, but I only have a 512mb card. I did get a good camera though! Olympus E300 with an 18-54mm f/3.5-5.5 lens and a 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5. It's nice. But I still shoot in JPEG, because, frankly, I believe in quantity over processing ability any day. One great image which fairly accurately reproduces the actual light is better than a bad one that needs to be tweaked. Just my opinion I suppose.
If I had a 4GB microdrive, yes, of course I would shoot RAW :-)
October 12th, 2005 at 4:06 PM
BTW - this form isn't saving my information. Fix it!
October 12th, 2005 at 7:40 PM
Congratulations on your first wedding. I'm sure you'll do very well.
December 17th, 2005 at 9:03 PM
spectacular the contrast