Monday, February 2, 2009

Blast from the Past

Well not really. I didn't have much to post today so I found some random photos from before I started this blog, just after I got my SLR, which was Oct 2008.




Posted by Joel MacKenzie at 8:00 AM

6 comments:

  1. Julie MacKenzieFebruary 2, 2009 at 11:05 AM

    I love today's blog! Even at the beginning, you were still so talented in photography! What a natural!

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  2. Framing Images and MemoriesFebruary 2, 2009 at 5:46 PM

    I love these pics, as I do so many of your photos. Can you discuss at some point the type of lighting that you use with your inside photos? great job.

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  3. Joel MacKenzieFebruary 3, 2009 at 11:01 AM

    Thanks!

    Now that I think more about it, these shots aren't really that random. The first three are from a wedding we were at around that time and the last is our own wedding photo.

    My lighting is quite simple as I don't really know much about lighting and the only flash I have is the one built into my camera. I do know that these first two were taken with the built-in flash, the last two were with whatever light was in the room at the time, I believe the correct term would be "natural light", even though the light may be from man-made sources.

    The majority of my inside photos seem to be without a flash and often with a tripod, although these were hand-held. If I remember correctly, the only reason I used a flash in the first two was because there wasn't enough light in the room for a shutter speed fast enough to eliminate camera shake and I didn't have my tripod yet.

    Looking back a little ways: The rings were all without a flash, although, most were beside a window and the for the second and last one I had a lamp shining on them.

    The plant and the watch were all without a flash and had no special attention to lighting.

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  4. Joel MacKenzieFebruary 3, 2009 at 11:18 AM

    I found this link for DIY (Do It Yourself) Lighting tricks, some very cheap and simple, others, not so much:

    http://digital-photography-school.com/diy-flash-and-lighting-hacks-for-digital-photographers

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  5. OliviaFebruary 5, 2009 at 9:33 PM

    I love your photography. It just makes me smile everytime I see them:] my favorite is the orange flower.

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  6. Caroline RossFebruary 10, 2009 at 10:09 PM

    i am LOVING your 'attempts' at photography. really original new takes on simple overly photographed objects like the flowers and rings. love love love.

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