Day 107 #Project365

April 16, 2012 by [ayu]

I don’t get my kids’ excitement over playgrounds.I understand that playing at the playground is mighty fun and all, and I love to see them active in the playground (all that jumping, swinging, climbing, spinning etc) but really, aren’t they like waterfalls? You see one you’ve seen them all? I don’t have any childhood memories of being super excited about a playground. Not in my home town (maybe back in the day it was non existent), nor when we went […]

Categories: Learning Photography, Project 365 - 2012 • Tags: being parents, kids, playground, projrect 365, school holiday, shallow depth, sydney

Day 105 #Project365

April 14, 2012 by [ayu]

I am still in the mood for shallow depth photo today. I actually started taking photos of a bowl of fruits that was sitting in my friend’s brand spanking new buffet table. The spot light fell on the fruits just so making the normal looking objects suddenly looked quite attractive. And the new buffet table has a special texture as well I thought I’d try to capture it. But then I got distracted. What else is new. Oh, the photos […]

Categories: Food & Delicious Things, Learning Photography, Project 365 - 2012 • Tags: apple, fruit, Project 365 - 2012, shallow depth, wide aperture

Day 104 #Project365

April 13, 2012 by [ayu]

I read an article about shooting with aperture wide open this week. The shots were amazing (you can see them here). Dreamy, as the writer suggested. And it is true that if you get it right you can have brilliant shot, but it is easy to get it wrong, especially if you use the auto focus. Well, that’s my biggest problem anyway. I find it tricky sometimes to “lock in” a focus point, because then just a slight movement to […]

Categories: Animals & Pets, Learning Photography, Project 365 - 2012 • Tags: aperture wide, dog, Golden Hour, Nikkor 50mm 1.4G, Project 365 - 2012, shallow depth