Let's change it up a bit.

For the past fortnight, I carried my camera around with me with only one lens. The rest I kept at home, safely put away. I decided to only carry one lens attached because I've been neglecting most of them. The lens I use most is the 18-55mm

So, I have only been shooting with my telephoto lens, 70-300mm. I've taken my other lenses for granted and wanted to feel what it would be like if I was restricted to one lens only. It was also a good exercise to open up my eyes to different things. For example, I would have probably shot the above photo with my wide angle lens or a 50mm. Since I used a telephoto, I had to be feet away from the rose and somehow "make it work." Just proves that taking a close up photo of a rose doesn't always require a macro lens.

The "Eastern" photo was taken in downtown Los Angeles after dinner at one of my favorite restaurants, Bottega Louie. I of course used a tripod and shot at f/5.0, 2 seconds, ISO 640. I tilted the photo in post production. My original idea was to have the building off center with the night sky taking up most of the photo. I didn't like all the empty space; hence, I cropped and tilted the photo for the end result. I like it better this way. As a matter of fact, I'm dropping off this photo for printing, framing, and keeping it for myself. It'll add a nice touch to my room wall.

1/100, f/4.0. ISO 800

When I shot the guitar wall photo, I really really wish I had my wide angle lens. Guitar Centre has walls full of guitars dangling from them and I thought they would look great if I shot them with my 10mm. However, I think shooting this photo at 70mm creates a nice collage effect upon the guitars. I can easily see this photo as a wallpaper for someone's computer screen.

That's all for now. Thanks for reading.

See ya

Jake