Experimenting with Flash

Camera: E-3
Program: Manual
Aperture: f5.6
Shutter: 1/60
Focal length: 40mm
Bounce flash

Beautiful Baby Girl

Camera: E-3
ISO: 400
Program: Manual
Aperture: f3.9
Shutter: 1/60
Focal length: 45mm
Bounce flash


I think the blue flecks in her eyes are from the wall behind me/in front of her lit up by the flash when I bounced it.

Sleeping in the Hammock

Camera: E-3
ISO: 200
Program: Manual
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter: 1/60
Focal length: 51mm
Bounce flash

Baking Cupcakes

Camera: E-3
ISO: 250
Program: Manual
Aperture: f3.6
Shutter: 1/60
Focal length: 33mm
Bounce flash

Glass Squares

Camera: E-3
ISO: 800 (It was up that high as the rest of what I was shooting was obviously the subjects inside the church!)
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f5.6
Shutter: 1/8000
Focal length: 48mm

Anzac Day at the Gaol

Camera: E-3
ISO: 3200
Program: Manual
Aperture: f3.5
Shutter: 1/2 (hand held)
Focal length: 14mm


Watching Gallipoli under the stars at the historic Maitland Gaol.

Sandart

Camera: E-3
ISO: 800
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias -1.0)
Aperture: f5.6
Shutter: 1/50
Focal length: 24mm
Bounce flash


Playing with crafty birthday pressies already.

The Alphabet Book

Camera: E-3
ISO: 100
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f7.1
Shutter: 1/125
Focal length: 45mm

Today was Zara's birthday so what other photo would I post than her opening her alphabet photo book! She loves it and is absolutely stoked that everything in there is familiar.

This is what graffiti looks like in the public toilets of a town full of hippies

Camera: E-3
ISO: 1250
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f3.4
Shutter: 1/50
Focal length: 23mm

ANZAC

Camera: E-3
ISO: 2000
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias -0.3)
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter: 1/50
Focal length: 60mm


My grandfather's funeral. He wanted a bagpiper there because he was loyal to his Scottish heritage. The flag over the coffin in the background has a pretty special and unique story.
My grandfather was a Prisoner-of-War (POW) in Saigon for four years during WW2. He and his fellow POWs were tortured to the point of near-death (and past for many). My grandfather and 67 other Australian soldiers were alive when the war was over. To celebrate the victory they made an Australian flag. The red and white sections of the flag were cut from the flag of their captors, the Japanese. The blue section was from a mosquito net in the prison camp.
All 68 soldiers signed the flag with their names, battalion, and service numbers. My grandfather was the youngest of the group so they entrusted the flag to him for safekeeping. And that he did, from 1945 until his death on April 13th, 2009 - two weeks before his 88th birthday.
From the 68 soldiers who put their names to that flag, he was the second last alive. Now only one of those soldiers remain.
A very special and unique piece of ANZAC history.

Bathtime

Camera: E-3
ISO: 400
Program: Manual
Aperture: f8.0
Shutter: 1/60
Focal length: 12mm
Bounce flash

Yummy Incy Wincy

Camera: E-3
ISO: 400
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter: 1/50
Focal length: 60mm


My awesome friend made this awesome cake for Zara's 5th birthday party. It was sooooo yummo!

Before & After

Camera: E-3
ISO: 200
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias -0.3)
Aperture: f8.0
Shutter: 1/500
Focal length: 12mm


Today's photo is an edit on a very boring photo - just played with it in Lightroom till it was dramatically different :D
Here is the sooc image:

Smiley

Camera: E-3
ISO: 100
Program: Manual
Aperture: f2.8
Shutter: 1/60
Focal length: 12mm
Bounce flash

Flowers

Camera: E-3
ISO: 100
Program: Manual
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter: 1/60
Focal length: 60mm
Bounce flash


Taken last thing at night.

E is for Eeyore

Camera: E-1
ISO: 100
Program: Manual
Aperture: f5.6
Shutter: 1/10
Focal length: 12mm

W is for Watermelon

Camera: E-1
ISO: 800 (whoops - left high from the day before!)
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias +0.3)
Aperture: f3.5
Shutter: 1/2500
Focal length: 200mm

Wyndham Estate

Camera: E-1
ISO: 1600
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f3.3
Shutter: 1/60
Focal length: 43mm

E is for Easter Eggs

Camera: E-1
ISO: 100
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f3.3
Shutter: 1/250
Focal length: 117mm


Thought I would try selective colour here for something a little more interesting although I'm not really a fan of it. I used the adjustment brush in Lightroom to do it - would be quicker in Photoshop but the computer with PS on it is no more. Which is ok because I only ever used it once in a blue moon.
DOF is all wacky in this image - still not accustomed to just how shallow a DOF I can still achieve from quite a distance with my new 50-200mm.

Pressed Penny

Camera: E-1
ISO: 100
Program: Manual
Aperture: f3.5
Shutter: 1/50
Focal length: 54mm
Bounce flash


Almost forgot today's photo. Zara showing off her souvenir from the Zoo was all that was handy.

Labyrinth

Camera: E-1
ISO: 200
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias -0.3)
Aperture: f5.6
Shutter: 1/1250
Focal length: 14mm

New Life

Camera: E-1
ISO: 400
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias -0.3)
Aperture: f3.5
Shutter: 1/2500
Focal length: 54mm

New life after the devastating Victorian bushfires.

Brighton Beach Huts

Camera: E-1
ISO: 100
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias -0.3)
Aperture: f16
Shutter: 1/250
Focal length: 17mm


This looks strangely fake and I did do a bit of adjusting and editing in Lightroom but the original doesn't look much different to this! I was there at a hard time of day to shoot - the sun was low in the sky on a cloudless day which resulted in full sun coming in directly on those huts. But this resulted in being able to get good exposure for both the huts and the vibrant blue sky :)
There were very harsh shadows in the sand so I upped the fill light, and also increased the clarity and the vibrance. Also I cloned out some annoying bushes above the first hut on the right, and to the side of the far hut.
I love it! So bright and vibrant and almost surreal!

I like Big Butts

Camera: E-1
ISO: 200
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f3.3
Shutter: 1/800
Focal length: 123mm

Deer Park

Camera: E-1
ISO: 200
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias -0.3)
Aperture: f5.6
Shutter: 1/60
Focal length: 23mm

Yes this is a lounge in a field. The story behind this is quite funny but I won't go into it here.

Melbourne Marathon

Camera: E-1
ISO: 200
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias -0.3)
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter: 1/640
Focal length: 200mm

On the Road to Gundagai

Camera: 1050SW
ISO: 100
Program: Auto
Aperture: f3.5
Shutter: 1/30
Focal length: fixed
Direct built-in flash


Only got the camera out this once - 14 hours of driving all up today.

Q is for Queen

Camera: E-3
ISO: 400
Program: Manual
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter: 1/60
Focal length: 52mm

New Haircut

Camera: 1050SW
ISO: 1600
Program: Auto (exposure bias -0.3)
Aperture: f3.5
Shutter: 1/20
Focal length: fixed


Just showing off my new haircut. Not that you can really see it! I converted this to sepia... I usually hate sepia but thought I'd try it. Lots of noise at ISO 1600.

A is for Apples

Camera: E-3
ISO: 400
Program: Manual
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter: 1/80
Focal length: 60mm


Another image for the alphabet book.