Week 3

Not much to report this week.  The start of school has eaten all my free time.  Took this weirdly lighted photo of a double rainbow the other night.  Weird sky colors and lighting at dusk.

Exposure

I've been reading through Understanding Exposure by Brian Peterson.  Its excellent.  I'm not sure I will shoot on full manual mode as much as he does but it has as lot of tips and techniques for a variety of situations.  Its the best book I've come across so far to explain things.

Week 1

Very limited time this week with the start of school.  Cleaned this one up with Color Efex Pro to get the ND Grad look.

Lazy Spider

Gigantic spider as I walked out the front door today...NASTY.

2

Eve's NJ Bridal Shower

1

transcribing some gospel chord progressions...

BlackRapid

I ordered an RS-7 camera strap from BlackRapid.  It looked like a great improvement on the standard around the neck strap.  It arrived today but it was not the one I ordered.  Contacted the company and am pleased to say they are overnighting the correct item and a shipping label to return the original.  Yay for good customer service.

PTLens

I've been using the PTLens Distortion Correction Plugin.  Its fast and easy to use.  It automatically detects and fixes lens distortion, straightening horizons etc.  It will also correct tall buildings or other vertical shots from "leaning" back.

Before...

After...

Check out the horizon line.

Plugins

In addition to the Nik Software Collection, I've been using Jade and Amber, two plugins for Aperture made by Datamind.  They are excellent.

Digital Film Tools' Ozone recreates the Ansel Adams zone technique.

Aperture 3 guide

Reading through the Apple Pro Training Aperture 3 book. Its got some good things in it.  Finally learning what some of the terms mean...

Even More Summer Pics

Cape May Lighthouse, NJ

Cape May Lighthouse, NJ

Cape May, NJ

More Summer Pics

Duck, NC

Duck, NC

Duck, NC

Duck, NC

Duck, NC

Duck, NC

Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, VA

Summer Pics

Ocean City, NJ

Ocean City Boardwalk, NJ

Computer

I use Aperture to edit/organize photos:















Nik Software Plugins:

Equipment

I use a Nikon D5000:


















Tamron AF 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC Piezo Drive Lens:
















Nikon 50mm 1.8D AF:

365

Welcome to the start of a 365 Photo-A-Day Challenge.  I'll post some pics and other tidbits here so come back soon.