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Jun. 18th, 2024 10:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hammerandsawI have been having trouble keeping up with the photo aspect of this blog, as is apparent. That led to me avoiding the entire thing, since I have an all or nothing mentality. Not particularly helpful, but it is what it is. Part of the issue with photography has been physical health stuff, but honestly, most of it was just that I had gotten to a level where I started noticing just how much I still have to learn. It was a bit of a blow to my ego, so I just avoided things.
Anyways, the person who got me to start doing this helped me brainstorm ways to get back in the saddle. What I really need is to practice more with the fundamentals. Framing, focus, exposure, eta. So I am going to post my photos as-is, no edits. I am just trying to learn more about getting good raw material to work with, before get iinto the fancier stuff.
Today's subject was our lawn gnome.
This was the first shot I snapped. It was okay, but when I moved the camera up just a bit, I ended up with this shot
This made him look way more pissed off, like he was glaring at me. That was the effect I was going for with the first one. This is my favorite.
When I shot him more head-on, it looked like he was reaching for help as he ran from something terrifying. This is my second favorite.
But when I backed up a bit, and turned up the exposure and range of focus, he just looked like he was standing there. The only thing that makes this particular photo interesting is the fact that the gnome itself is odd. Otherwise, it's just a picture.
In this final one, I went with a narrow range of focus and the extreme overhead shot again. I don't think it works particularly well for telling a story. It does emphasize depth, but that's all it does. This is just a picture of a lawn ornament.
Anyways, the person who got me to start doing this helped me brainstorm ways to get back in the saddle. What I really need is to practice more with the fundamentals. Framing, focus, exposure, eta. So I am going to post my photos as-is, no edits. I am just trying to learn more about getting good raw material to work with, before get iinto the fancier stuff.
Today's subject was our lawn gnome.
This was the first shot I snapped. It was okay, but when I moved the camera up just a bit, I ended up with this shot
This made him look way more pissed off, like he was glaring at me. That was the effect I was going for with the first one. This is my favorite.
When I shot him more head-on, it looked like he was reaching for help as he ran from something terrifying. This is my second favorite.
But when I backed up a bit, and turned up the exposure and range of focus, he just looked like he was standing there. The only thing that makes this particular photo interesting is the fact that the gnome itself is odd. Otherwise, it's just a picture.
In this final one, I went with a narrow range of focus and the extreme overhead shot again. I don't think it works particularly well for telling a story. It does emphasize depth, but that's all it does. This is just a picture of a lawn ornament.
