I snapped this picture while in Cairnwood near Philadelphia. Bridget and I were in town for the Reiley / Ward wedding. It was very impressive and quite a good party. It was great to see the beautiful bride and her new husband. I know Bridget has seen Erin recently, but I haven’t seen her in many months. We also got to hang out with our friend Tara. All in all, it was a very good weekend. Although, that drive from Philly to Pittsburgh is b-o-r-i-n-g.
I took a whole mess of pictures, but the three below are my favorite. I was trying my hand at using the F-stops on the camera. The night shots are awesome. The orange sky in the second picture is the atmospheric glow from the lights of the city. The second and third pictures required the shutter to be open for a long time. I believe the exposures were 4 seconds and 15 seconds respectively.
what kind of camera are you using? Film or digital? Jen just got a digital SLR camera (Cannon EOS rebel) which is pretty nice- I know it has to do the open shutter thing too for night pictures or lowlight, which surprised me (I was taking pictures of the moon last night). I have no idea how digital SLRs work (which I didn’t know that I didn’t know until last night) and I am intrigued now. Nice pictures btw.
These pictures were taken with an Olympus C-5060 digital camera. I had it set to manual mode so that I could control the aperture and shutter speed. I’m learning to use an actual film camera, so this is an easier (and cheaper) way to work on learning about f-stops and shutter speeds. I’ve been wanting a Canon EOS Digital Rebel for several years. The idea of having a camera that is extendable like a real camera is great. Plus, having the control of a manual cam is ideal in taking really nice pictures.
Yayy Photography! I’m am very much in like with my new camera:) It adds greatly to my photographic happiness. I am suggesting highly that you are to be in possesion of one (not mine…) I need to learn the inner workings of this new camera though. Anyhoo, very nice photographic camera work. I am very much impressed with macro as well, btw. See you soon (when I will have ceased this odd manner of communicating.)