Week Four: Sapphire

Week Three: January 22nd-28th, 2010

I had fun with this one.

Originally I had an idea to have a photo titled "indulgence". I collected a month's worth of chocolate wrappers, and I was going to shoot them on the floor by my bed, with a bottle of some sort of alcohol, and fashion magazines. I wasn't really thrilled with the results. Maybe I'll try something like that again in a few weeks.

Anyhow, I really liked the look of the gin bottle, and started to experiment. This was taken on my nightstand with the lamp on the floor behind it.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.167 sec (1/6)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Week Three: Hoar Frost

Week Three: January 15th-21st, 2010

I really resented having to work on Tuesday- thanks to lots of fog overnight, my city was coated with hoar frost (more than I've ever seen before!) and all I wanted to do was hang out with my camera. Oh well. As I was substitute teaching, I was able to sneak out for five minutes at recess and take this.

As a photographer, I probably shouldn't admit this, but the photo doesn't do what I saw justice. There was no way to capture all of the bright whites (without overexposing), and how, well, fake, the whole city looked that day. Kind of reminded me of this:


Anyhow, for the photo...

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/5.3
Focal Length: 42 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Week Two: Diana

Week Two: January 8th-14th, 2010.

This is one of the gifts I was most excited about Christmas morning: A Diana (Holga) lens and Nikon adapter (so I could use it with my DLSR). The store my mom ordered it from (I emailed her the URL in November) also sent a plastic toy dinosaur with the package- a cute touch, and probably the subject of another photo down the line.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 1/8 (.125 seconds)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO: 400

Week One: Ice Box

Week One: January 1st-7th, 2010.

The exit to the stairwell at the top of a parkade in Winnipeg, MB. The windows and door are completely covered with frost. It was -22 Celsius.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 1/4 (.25 seconds)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 32 mm
ISO: 800