Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I haven't blogged in a while and that was because I hadn't shot too many photos.

I went to Craig Regional Park in Fullerton yesterday with one of my new friends, Peter Klemek.

He's also a photographer and I've been wanting to go out shooting with him. I enjoy shooting with other photographers rather than by myself. We were at the park for about an hour and I shot a little over 100 frames. I haven't gone through the lot, but the ones I have edited I absolutely love already.

I shot all photos using my Canon 7D and I changed lenses in between. The first black and white leaf was shot with a 5omm lens. I was on the ground trying to get a great angle and shot at F 2.8, 1/100, and an ISO of 160. The 50mm does not double as a macro lens; therefore, I shot not too far back and cropped the photo in editing.

The 2nd tree was inspired by one of the best photographers that walks the earth today, Peter Lik. He has an amazing photo of a tree and I wanted to give it a go at capturing something like he did. I shot with a wide angle lens at F 3.5, 1/160, ISO 250.

The collage of leaves is one of my favourites. It exemplifies fall at its best, with the differentiating colours. I photographed this photo with a 50mm lens at F 1.8, 1/40, ISO 200.

The challenges I faced at this shoot was attaining the colours I wanted. I was constantly changing my ISO, shutter speed and Aperture; almost with every shot. The 50mm was definitely beneficial since it allows for a wide open aperture and the sun was going down. Overall, I am satisfied with the photos I took.

See ya

Jake

Random photos with a high ISO

I visited one of my best friends, Zac, in Azusa on Friday. I haven't seen him in a while and it was nice catching up with each other's lives.

After watching Lakers basketball, I sat at his kitchen table and took some random photos. I wanted to test out the high ISO in my camera and whether much noise would show. There also not much light in the room, therefore, I shot with a wide open aperture and slow shutter speed (manual). The ipad was shot at f 3.5, 1/50 and an ISO of 640. I think the colour quality is great and there isn't much noise in the photo. The lens hood was photographed at f 5, 1/50, ISO 2500. Crisp photo for such a high ISO. That's all I've shot this weekend. Hopefully I'll take a few more photographs on Sunday.

See ya!

Jake