On Focus Photo Blog http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog New photos posted Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 en <link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OnFocusPhotoBlog/~3/473756813/</link> <comments>http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog/2008/12/03/284/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:35:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category> <category>Photography</category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog/2008/12/03/284/</guid> <description><![CDATA[I apologize for the sporadic posts. I just haven’t been too inspired to take photos — so I decided to do something about it. I bought a new Nikon camera body and it should arrive tomorrow. I’m very excited to own this particular model and I can already feel myself looking at the world differently [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I apologize for the sporadic posts. I just haven’t been too inspired to take photos — so I decided to do something about it. I bought a new Nikon camera body and it should arrive tomorrow. </p> <p> I’m very excited to own this particular model and I can already feel myself looking at the world differently again. By that I mean, when I’m not actively looking for shots I tend to walk around head down, not noticing my surroundings. It is a waste of eyeballs. But when I have that camera in reach and I seek out scenes to capture, it’s a different experience. I frame whatever I’m seeing mentally, I calculate the exposure I would like to try, I imagine what it would look like after a color boost in PhotoShop or with a specific filter. </p> <p> To me, cameras are a way to focus on a world outside my head. Does that make sense? Sometimes the strain of seeing the world that way is too much, and I reject it. Like when I’m on vacation, where the unfamiliar heightens perception in a totally different way and it can be overwhelming. Sometimes I HAVE to put the camera down and just experience life already. But when I’m in a rut, able to predict my movements to work and from work, to bed and to the bus, I need something like this camera to remind me how unimportant my routine is against the bigger backdrop. Then I want everyone else to see exactly what I see. Apparently I am a photo-exhibitionist. Is there such a thing?</p> <p> Well, that was long-winded. </p> <p> All of this is to say, I am excited to announce that tomorrow I should be receiving my <a href="http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5iaHBob3RvdmlkZW8uY29tL2MvcHJvZHVjdC81NzAxNjItUkVHL05pa29uXzI1NDQ0X0Q3MDBfU0xSX0RpZ2l0YWxfQ2FtZXJhLmh0bWwvQkkvMjczNi9LQklELzM2NDk=" >Nikon D700</a>. If that’s an unfamilar model then let me just say this camera is very very fancy and a huge upgrade to my Nikon D70. I am looking forward to what we can make together.</p> <img src="http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?view=1&post_id=284" width="1" height="1" style="display: none;" /><p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog/?p=284&akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_284" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow" >Share This</a> </p> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/OnFocusPhotoBlog?a=1gbRG7"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/OnFocusPhotoBlog?i=1gbRG7" border="0"></img></a></p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog/2008/12/03/284/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog/2008/12/03/284/</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>Exhaust Trail, Sky http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OnFocusPhotoBlog/~3/470997941/ http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog/2008/12/01/exhaust-trail-sky/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +0000 admin Photography http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog/2008/12/01/exhaust-trail-sky/ Rocket trail thumbnail

I shot this odd cloud formation over Santa Barbara, CA. I believe it is an exhaust trail from something launched at the fairly close Air Force base.

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]]> http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog/2008/12/01/exhaust-trail-sky/feed/ http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog/2008/12/01/exhaust-trail-sky/ Woman with Stroller, Alcatraz http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OnFocusPhotoBlog/~3/465881323/ http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog/2008/11/26/woman-with-stroller-alcatraz/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:00:27 +0000 admin AlcatrazbenchescafeteriapensivePhotographyprisonStrollertouristwoman http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog/2008/11/26/woman-with-stroller-alcatraz/ Woman and Stroller at Alcatraz thumbnail

On a trip to San Francisco with friends, I visited Alcatraz. I saw this woman with her stroller in a pensive moment, and wanted to capture it.

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This is a picture of a classmate at photography school. We were practising overexposure techniques this day.

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Have a great weekend!

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Daffodil in a field, golden sky afternoon, Skagit Valley, Seattle, WA.

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]]> http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog/2008/11/19/daffodil-field/feed/ http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog/2008/11/19/daffodil-field/ Don’t Let Poetry Die, Pioneer Square http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OnFocusPhotoBlog/~3/455674470/ http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog/2008/11/17/dont-let-poetry-die-pioneer-square/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:00:59 +0000 admin brickdoorgraffitiPhotographyPioneer SquareSeattleWA http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog/2008/11/17/dont-let-poetry-die-pioneer-square/ Graffiti in Pioneer Square thumbnail

“Don’t Let Poetry Die,” graffiti on a door in Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA.

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Outside Harajuku Station, Tokyo, Japan. August 2008.

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Entrance to the Meiji Jingu Garden, Tokyo, Japan. August 2008.

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Pyramid and advertising outside of Shinjuku Station, Tokyo, Japan. August 2008.

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