Posts Tagged ‘shadow’

Canon EOS 40D w/EF 85mm f/1.8 USM (digital color)

Canon EOS 40D w/EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM (digital color)

Canon EOS 40D w/EF-s 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM (digital color)

Canon EOS 40D w/EF 24mm f/1.4 L USM (digital color)

Canon EOS 40D w/EF 50mm f/1.4 USM (digital color)
The top photo was taken last week. The bottom was taken about a year ago.
Compare and contrast.

Canon EOS 40D w/EF-s 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM (digital color)

Shadow season continues, although with the time change it’s a bit harder for me to take advantage. I don’t usually leave the day job until it’s almost dark these days. Luckily, I’m still getting a few good shots and it’s early in the season yet.

Canon EOS 40D w/EF 24mm f/1.4 L USM (digital color)
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Canon EOS 40D w/EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Exposure: 1/3000 sec
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: -1 EV
Went out Sunday afternoon to scout Chapel Dulcinea as location for a wedding shoot, which has since fallen through. I was basically doing them a favor, but it’s still rather annoying. Luckily, the trip wasn’t a total loss, [...]

Canon EOS 40D (Digital Color)
Shadows move. I know that’s a bit of an obvious statement, but it is central to this photo and the orientation choice I made. The sign’s shadow is moving, ever-so slowly, and I felt that a vertical orientation would help show that movement. Being that this photo was taken in the [...]

Canon EOS 1N using Kodak Portra 160NC
Some photos aren’t planned, they just happen.
One doesn’t have to be very familiar with my work to know that this is not my usual thing. This is mean, literally walking by, my head turning to the fence as I pass the shadows projected against the fence and then turning [...]

Canon EOS 40D (digital color)
Again with the tree shadows?
Well, yes.
The season for such photos has started and since they are one of my favorite subjects these days, I’ve been shooting a lot of them. It’s not really by accident either. I often choose and pursue subjects with the picture in my own mind of a [...]

Canon EOS 1N using Kodak Portra 160NC
Of course, if you can’t get up early, then shooting in the afternoon can give similar results. Actually, I happened across this photo by accident. I had been walking down the alley behind the building where I took this photo.

When I got to the cross-street, I happened to go [...]