Project 50

I've started another one of these daily photo 'dealies', hoping that I will actually stick with it last time (I didn't get so far on project 365). This one is called project 50. Basically the idea here is to take a picture a day, for 50 days, with a 50mm lens. So far I have gone two days (and technically the second day was cutting it close since it is already 22:19). The basis of the project is to motivate someone to get out there and shoot (and edit if possible) everyday not only with their camera, but specifically with the 50mm lens. Working with a prime, specifically the 50, makes you think more about composition that you would have to with a zoom lens. ANYWAYS, below you will find my 1/50 and 2/50 project 50 "entries". 1/50 is a Kodak Brownie six-16 which is an old camera I picked up at a garage sale (When I say old I mean it was on the market between ~1946-1951. This is also taken with my home made light box. I want to see if I can pick up some 120 film and try and get something out of this box camera. The 2/50 is your run of the mill flower picture taken on the way home from RMC. For more of my pictures check out my flickr photostream.


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Guess

Here is something I'm excited to try. It is partially a way to see who actually looks at my stuff, but partially something that could be fun if people are interested (and could continue). Its a guessing game.

What is in this picture? In this case, you need to be specific, what and who is this picture of.

Post your guesses on the photo's flickr page HERE, or below if you do not have a flickr account. If no one gets it soon, I will give a hint (possible with another picture). (In the mean time you can see the rest of my photostream here.)

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Fly on the Wall

Last week, I literally spend more than 20 minutes and approximately 4.5Gb of my 8Gb memory card taking pictures of a fly. I ended up with three I liked. Here is one of them. I was trying something new for the picture you see below. In order to make it a macro picture I needed a macro lens. My Sigma 17-70mm still didn't get close enough, SO ... this is an experiment that I read about on the internet. I actually held my Canon 50mm f/1.8 BACKWARDS against the body for a macro shot. Cool eh? See the two others on my flickr page here. See the rest of my pictures on my flickr photostream here.

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Animals

Here some examples of my animal pictures, all of which can be viewed at different sizes here. You may see a slight bias to my dog GuynS who is always around and happy to have is picture taken.

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Landscape/HDR

Here some examples of my Landscape/HDR images, all of which can be viewed at different sizes here.

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Portraits/People

Here some examples of my portraits/action pictures, all of which can be viewed at different sizes here.

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Martello Tower Star Trails

Although not a compiled 45+ minute startrails picture (as I intended on getting), it is still my favourite picture of the night. This was a compilation of a 12 minute exposure at f/5.6, ISO 100, and one shorter (30ish) second exposures at ISO 100 to get the "dot" at the end of the startrail. To see this large (recommended) click here. To see the rest of my flickr photostream (including the rest of the shots from this 'outing') click here.

Photography Blog?

I've played around with the idea of a photography website, and technically I do have one at www.wix.com/Scerakor/ScerakorPhotography, but I'm not sure that I like it all that much. It's harder to update and slow to load since it is all in flash. I'm not even sure that this is going to last to tell you the truth. My plan is to try and put up a new picture every day (or couple of days) and slowly develop this into a sort of photography site for myself. So, today's picture is my second try at the ISS and the space shuttle STS-119 that is docked at this time. It was a combination of 5 exposures of 30 seconds each, in order to avoid star trails and still get a full ~2ish minutes of ISS flight time. Click here to view it large.

For more of my photography please see my flickr photostream at www.flickr.com/scerakor.