1/20th Challenge

Recently I challenged those on the Edward John Photography Facebook fan page to a 1/20 second photo shoot. Basically the idea is to take a photo at 1/20th of a second hand held with no tripod. It's a great exercise to challenge yourself to hold the camera steady. Brace your elbows in toward your body, breath out, pull the trigger very softly.

Here's my 1/20th challenge. Taken at f2.8 with ISO 800 around dusk.

Capturing my family

I was able to capture every member of my family in this shot (except for myself.) I seem to be in few of the family photos since I'm usually behind the camera.

iPhone Photo Friday

If you have followed my blog for a while you will know that I always carry my camera with me. I am an observer of the world around me and I see images that need to be captured all of the time. Somethings I don't bring the camera because it's a quick jaunt and I know that there won't be any shots (and I'm usually wrong, there is almost always a shot I missed.) Sometimes the best camera you have with you is the only camera you have, and this brings me to my iPhone. When all else fails I pull out this 2 megapixel gem and I get the shot. It's not always the best shot, but it captures the moment or tells the story that I was trying to tell at the time.

This brings me to this week's iPhone Photo Friday in which I am posting a photo from one of those occasions this week where I knew the camera would not be necessary. Boy was I wrong. As I drove down this tree covered dirt road I could not help but visualize an image of the car driving down this road with the trees blanketing the sky, wheels and car hugging the road, and the motion blur of the dirt beneath. I risked the health of said iPhone and held it outside the car with no safety strap (I know, not very smart of me,) and I got the shot. Not only did I get the shot, but the sun was setting and the image was much warmer than I anticipated. That golden hue on the trees and the road is not photoshopped so I was very pleased with the result.

100 Step Challenge

I am continually testing my creativity and continuing to practice my craft of photography. The following was a 100 step photo challenge that I gave myself. Basically the premise is to take 100 steps in any direction and stop. Where you stop is where the photograph needs to come from. The following is my attempt at this challenge yesterday. Not the most interesting photos, but I do love how blue the sky was on this day.