Perspective shot

So I'm here again, with another of those images I started off with. Now, this may not seem like so much of a self portrait, but more of an explanation. This is the first shot I really worked with perspective. I taken this shot in the city at a memorial for African Americans near wall street. The triangle shape creates an interesting tension with in the shot, causing the viewer to feel constrained.

Overall, I find great pleasure in this picture. I wish I can vist the site again to take more perspective shots.

Taken with a Canon Powershot A480

Only one more week left my ninjas, what will the final image be?

Until the showdown,....shunpo!

Flaming sunset

Ello my fellow ninjas!

So its official, I have run out of ideas! The ideas that I do have take time and tons of prep work, not feasible for standard blog deadline.

So i decided to go back to my roots! These shots were not originally taken with my current camera but my very first one. It was a cannon Powershot A480.

This shot showed me that I truly wanted to take photos due to the beautiful color of sunsets and sunrises.

This was taken the first year I came here at occc.


In the coming weeks, look for other shots like these!

So until another time,......shunpo!

Mhm, ham! (13?)

Hello my fellow ninjas! Sorry, about last week, wasn't able to get anything up but I'm back this week!

This one of my favorite hobby's! No not eating!, Cooking! Now, I didn't cook this delicious ham, but it illustrates my love the art!

Cooking is a pleasurable thing I enjoy, but I dislike cooking for others. I would cook sometimes for other, but I don't like doing it very often...

So until another time my fellow ninjas,...shunpo!

Nikon D3100 with a 18-55mm lens

F4.5, 1/40, iso 800, WB INCANDESCENT at 29mm

Exposure comp 2.0

Pure image

Cards!

Cards! Not just any cards, Yugioh cards! Yes, I play children's card games.... This week I wanted to show a picture of one of my side hobbies that I really enjoy. When I have free time I play this game with my friends. I readily enjoy collecting cards, making decks, and chatting with my friends about this game. I also Magic: The gathering and Pokemon off handily. This is just one of my many hobbies...


Until another time my fellow ninjas,.....shunpo!

Nikon D3100 with a 18-55mm lens

F 4, 1/40", iso 400, WB AUTO at 24mm

Auto focus

Taken at 6:49pm on Saturday

Edited levels and hue and saturation in Photoshop elements 7

I just can't...

If your wondering why there is a black image for this week, it's because this is my current mood. Earlier in the week, my best friend passed away, and i have been feeling absolutely terriable.

I just can't...

R.I.P
Philip D. Maglione
Feb 21, 1989-March 14, 2012

Another place, another time, my fellow ninjas....

Unedited

 

So i give to you my fellow ninja's this unedited image of me. Why do we need to edit images for the public consumption? I believe some images lose there importance or value to the photographer if the image is edited beyond their general liking. Yes, you can say some things could have been changed in this image in post processing, or even before I took this shot, but I digress. I feel that this unedited image serves to better communicate myself to my fellow ninjas.

So until next time,....shunpo!

Nikon D3100 with a 18-55mm lens mounted on a tripod

F5.6, 1", iso 100, WB AUTO at 55mm

Auto focus

Taken at 5:59pm on Sunday

 Only rotated in photoshop, nothing eles....

Hmm...

 

Just some time to relax and think after a long day. I took this shot after I came home from church at 6:37pm on Sunday. I was very tired, hence I didn't do the original idea for this image to save time and expense. So I give this image of me drinking a box drink while staring off into the darkness of my kitchen.

Until next time my fellow ninjas,... shunpo...

Photo info:

Nikon D3100 with a 18-55mm lens mounted on a tripod set on a medium high table

F5, 3", iso 100, WB AUTO at 35mm

Manual focus

Taken at 6:37pm on Sunday

Edited levels, brightness and contrast, cropped the image to remove distracting elements. Used the clone stamp to fill in unwanted things in the background. Also the clone stamp was used to create the darkness that perminates off to the right side of the image. Sharpened near the end.

Photographers note:

For some reason, this image on certain computers looks really bad. So if you posses one of these computers, I apologize for the appalling image that you see.