Finally

I was finally able to get out and take a few pictures around the neighborhood.

Valentines

Ok, so I know I said I would have some pictures from around town, and I have lots of pictures of flowers already. But, it's really cold here! Plus, we've had a lot of flowers around, and they make good pictures. These just looked so good, I had to post a few, hope you like them too!

Car Show

Here are some pictures from the 2006 Chicago Auto Show, followed up with some more pictures of me screwing around with the camera. I dialed up the color and contrast a little bit on the Car Show pics.

Lexus IS 350

Infinity Coupe Concept

Infinity Coupe Concept

Ford GT

Shelby Cobra Replica

Playing with lighting at night

More night photography, playing with depth of field

A few more pictures playing with depth of field and exposure

Back in highschool!

This is fun, I haven't really played with an SLR like this since highschool photography. It's like learning how to use a real camera all over again! I spent some time the last few days playing with different aperture, shutter speed, and exposure settings. If you know what I'm talking about, see if you can tell what I was trying to do. If not, just enjoy the picutres! I promise I'll get some more interesting shots soon, but for now, here are a few neighborhood shots and a whole bunch of still lifes.

And so it begins

Here we go. As I said in the description, I set up this blog to make sure I make good use of my new camera. It's sort of an incentive to make my purchase worthwhile, a public way to make sure I don't ignore my new, expensive, toy! Anyway, I'll try to do at least one post a week.

These are the first few shots from the camera. These were taken right after I took the camera out of the box, no adjustments, just what the camera will produce in it's completely automatic mode. Nothing special. Hopefully as time goes on, the pictures get more creative, or at least more interesting!

Here is a closeup of a tasty local beverage! Wanted to get the white dish there in the background to see how the camera handled a shiny, bright white object next to some dark objects using the flash. Not too bad, especially for using default settings.



Closeup of a lampshade, using a telephoto lens (80-300, I believe) from across the room. Gave me great detail on the knitting of the shade. Nice tight focus area also.



Another picture of the Goose Island, this time focusing more on the labeling. Looking to see what kind of detail I get on a close up of fine print.