HOLIDAYS!!!!

They are nearly over..YAY!! Unfortunately there were so many creative, design related things i had plans of doing these last couple months that never got done...life kinda happened instead. when i had a bit of spare time i done some photo edits in paint shop pro....and here they are :-)

Before and After of my (then) teething nephew

Bit of fun with my sexy beast :-P

Photography Assessment - Childhood Toy - Donatello

Urban - 'Railway Dweller'


Black and White - 'Say Cheese!'


Portrait - 'Donatello'


Low Depth of Field - 'Dont mess with the law'


High Depth of Field - 'Havachat'


Night - 'Candle lit hero'


Other #1 'Strong Turtle'


Other #2 'I'll save you Gene!'


Other #3 'Slidey pole'


Other #4 'I did all this with my bare hands'

Just playing around

Some photos ive taken and edited in PSP

Using camera settings for what they are NOT meant for.

This photo was taken with the 'fireworks' setting on my camera.


This photo was taken with the 'Snow' setting of my camera.


This was taken with the 'available light'setting on my camera.



This photo was taken with the indoors setting on my camera, this is my favorite!!

Photography Exercise

This photo of a weed growing through the pavers was taken on the 'Cuisine' setting of my camera, it was taken outside around midday in the shade. The cuisine setting would have a medium ISO, a low F-stop/big aperture, and a quick shutter speed.
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This photo of three chairs was taken on the 'Fireworks' setting of my camera, it was taken outside around midday in the shade. The fireworks setting would have an ISO of not quite the lowest but not the highest, a low F-stop/big aperture and a quick shutter speed.
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This photo of a tafe building was taken on the 'Landscape' setting of my camera, it was taken outside around midday on a sunny day. The landscape setting would have a low ISO, medium F-stop/medium aperture (notice the trees in the background are a bit blurry), and a slow shutter speed (there is a lot of light let in).
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This photo of Ani and Elise skipping was taken on the 'Sport' setting of my camera, it was taken outside around midday on a sunny day. The sport setting would have a low ISO, high F-stop/small apterture, and a quick shutter speed.
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This photo of a car wheel was taken on the 'Portrait' setting of my camera, it was taken outside around midday on a sunny day. The portrait setting would have a low ISO, a high F-stop/small aperture, and an average shutter speed (there is not too much or too little light let in).
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This photo of a light and ceiling was taken with the 'Candle' setting on my camera, it was taken indoors at around 5 pm. The candle setting would have a high ISO, a low F-stop/big aperture, and a medium shutter speed.
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This photo of a plant in my garden was taken with the 'Cuisine' setting on my camera, it was taken outside at around 5 pm on a cloudy day.The cuisine setting would have a medium ISO, a low F-stop/big aperture, and a quick shutter speed.
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This photo of a garden gnome was taken with the 'Available Light Portrait' setting on my camera, it was taken outside at around 5 pm on a cloudy day. The available light portrait setting would have a low ISO, low F-stop/big aperture, and a medium shutter speed.
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This photo of a car, lawn and cigarette smoke was taken on the 'Night portrait' setting on my camera, it was taken outside around midnight. the night portrait setting would have a high ISO (there is a little bit of grainy-ness when you zoom into the photo), a medium F-stop/apterture, and a quick shutter speed (this can be seen with the clarity of the smoke and the blurriness of parts of the car).
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This photo of a lighter was taken on the flower/macro setting on my camera, which on my camera is called close up, or super close up. this was taken with the super close up. It was taken outdoors around 10 am on a cloudy day. this setting would have a low ISO, a low F-stop/big aperture, and a quick shutter speed.

Photographers and their photos i like

Edward Steichen
I like the contrast of the dark and light in this photo, and how the outside, the black bits, are not as focused as the centre, the people. i also like the older style of this photo.


Robert Adams
I like the contrast of this photo - how the lights of the machines stand out so much against the black clouds - and the positioning, how the body of the subject is positioned lower so you can see more of the clouds and the sky.

Jeff Wall

I like the clarity and brightness of this photo- and the action shot of the drink spilling. The subject looks a bit paranoid or anxious.

Gregory Crewdson

I like the light shining in on this photo, and the contrast between that and the dark plants,and how the garden is indoors.


Martin Parr

I like this photo because of the fact one of its subjects is anonymous- there is a lady but we dont know what she looks like because the flag is covering her face. i like the focus on the flag, and the bright colours.

Cindy Sherman

I like this photo because the colours of the background are striking.. and the subject of a clown- its meant to be a happy subject but the look on its face isnt very happy at all.

Tony Vaccaro

I like this photo because its subject looks so peaceful and not caring. The contrast with the light and dark is cool.




Richard Billingham

The light in this photo makes all the colors in the background. I like this photo because it captures the subject's personalities.



Larry Clark

I like this photo because the light and darkness work well together, and the subject is kind of wrong.



Araki

I like the busy-ness of this photo, there is a lot to look at. The cat looking at the photo of Yoko is cool, its almost like it is thinking...'umm, thats not Yoko', and it looks like that is what Araki is capturing.