"A Day in the Life"... Training

What a terrible day to take pictures. I was hoping to capture the Firefighters with more hose line work. But with all of the rain, I’m not sure why we even brought the apparatus. This picture shows a Firefighter tending hose for the crew inside the structure. This was takin on both RAW and JPEG.

Nikon D90

Aperture f5.6

Shutter Speed 1/30

Focal Length 90mm

Week 1- "A Day in the Life"

We have had the flu this week. All three of my boys spent the majority of the week like this. Now I'm sick too, ugh. I shot this picture with my Nikon D90 using the RAW+JPEG setting, but for some reason I only see the RAW images when I upload them to Aperture. I'm not sure where the JPEGs are. When I'm feeling better I'll try to figure it out. For now, here's the RAW version. I have not done many adjustments because I'm not sure what needs to be done (haven't had time to explore levels, sharpening, etc.).

Aperture f/3.5

Shutter speed 1/60

ISO 200

Focal length 50 mm

Photowalk

Just wanted to forward this in case anyone is intested in the Photowalk.

Lyell

Join us! Nov. 14, Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail Photo Excursion

Puget Sound Partnership says:
The Puget Sound Partnership is providing a unique opportunity for regional amateur and professional photographers to document Puget Sound. Partnership Photo Excursions encourage photographers to share their experiences with the community by submitting photographs taken on the excursions to the Puget Sound "Silent Crisis" Flickr group.www.flickr.com/groups/pugetsoundpartnership/

November 14, 11:30 a.m.Kennedy Creek, between Olympia and Shelton
Cost: FREE
Please RSVP to Rae A. at photography@psp.wa.gov, or 360.918.2285.

I've spent the entire summer and so far fall, watching this spider grow and thrive. His day isn't very exciting, but this is what his day looks like.

Taken with my Canon 40D Zoom lense F5.6, 1/50, ISO 200

This is the JPEG file. I can't upload the Raw file for some reason. Since I'm new at blogging, I am sure it's something I am doing wrong. Since it tells me my file is corrupt. That's just me.

Derek - A Day In The Life...

It took me awhile to decide how to represent "A Day In The Life" in a picture. I decided that I would show "A Day In The Life" of me and also decided that I couldn't do that in one picture. I decided that I would take a picture roughly every hour of the day while I was awake. Every hour or two I would stop and take a picture of something related to what I was doing. I combined them all into a single picture using Photoshop.

I didn't do any processing to the photos, I left them all as shot.

I didn't notice any difference besides the file size between the JPG and RAW files.

RAW image on top.

From L-R T-B. All shot at 50mm and AWB.

f/1.8 f/2.8 f/2.8 f/2.8
1/4 sec 1/60 sec 1/80 sec 1/200 sec
ISO 800 ISO 800 ISO 200 ISO 200

f/8 f/1.8 f/1.8 f/1.8
1/60 sec 1/25 sec 1/60 sec 1/25 sec
ISO 100 ISO 1600 ISO 200 ISO 800

f/1.8 f/1.8 f/1.8 f/1.8
1/25 sec 1/50 sec 1/50 sec 1/60 sec
ISO 1600 ISO 200 ISO 800 ISO 200

f/1.8 f/1.8 f/1.8 f/1.8
1/60 sec 1/40 sec 1/50 sec 1/40 sec
ISO 200 ISO 800 ISO 800 ISO 400

Nature Photographers of the Pacific Northwest - Link Correction

At The Evergreen State College this Saturday Nov. 7th there will be a wildlife photography presentation. For information go to www.nppnw.org

Nature Photographers of the Pacific Northwest spring meeting will be November 7 at Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. Doors will open at 8:30 AM, and the program will begin at 10 AM. The invited speaker will be Weldon Lee. Weldon is a veteran leader of photographic workshops and tours. His images have appeared in numerous nature publications, and he has authored several books on wildlife photography. His morning presentation is entitled "In Search of the Winning Image" and his afternoon presentation will be "Photography & Writing: The Fast Track to Success." Check out www.weldonlee.com.

Art Wolfe presentation

Hear is a link to CreativeTechs Training which is offering the Art Wolfe presentation tomorrow. I also lists their other upcoming free classes. If you miss a class they offer it for sale. That is how they make their money. But, if you are available at the time of the classes they are absolutely free. You can also attend the live classes and presentations in Seattle for free as well. So, if you would like to be in the audience tomorrow and ask Art questions in person that is a possibility. He will also answer questions posted through the web-cast or by phone. Online participation requires Go to Meeting which can be downloaded for free. Anyway here is the link.

http://creativetechs.com/training/art-wolfe-india-myanmar-bhutan/

Lyell

iPhone grab shot

1/?, f/?, ISO ?, WB ?, Metering ?

Shot with my minimalistic iPhone 3Gs 3MP what u see is what U get no bells or whistles camera!