Sunday, May 13, 2007
digital imagery with the panasonic lumix dmc-fz50
i finally got a nice digital camera, a panasonic lumix—and even better, i finally started shooting with it. i really like the flexibilty of not having to pace myself and shooting whatever catches my eye without the worry of cost or limitations of a roll of film (which consists of 36 exposures that costs about $45 to process/prints made and scanned to become digital files) then deleting it if i ended up not liking it. plus, night photography without a flash is no longer snowy or a cloudy black as it is with film. the advances in camera technology all but eliminate taking sloppy photographs that are blurry or unfocused. my only nitpick is that the images are too perfect. the focus is tight throughout (like one’s eyesight if 20/20) and the colors are uniformly even. so, if every photo taken looks like it’s by a professional, how does a photographer find a way to express his/her personality through a digital camera? based on no experience with a digital camera, i ended up softening the focus by either shaking the camera by my hands being unsteady when pressing the shutter button, or selecting focus and then zooming in or out to change the composition, which fouled up the sharp focus of my original point of focus. i am sure with more practice and expertise, i will be able to shoot photos with finesse that express my personal style.
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where are those pics from?
good point; sometimes i prefer things which are flawed to things which are technically perfect.
btw, i added some new ones to the set, which are from the ferry building, one market restaurant, the san francisco bay, the bay bridge, at&t park, and java house, so check them out again. the initial batch of photos are from a martin luther king, jr. memorial at yerba buena gardens, and all photos are in or around san francisco.
that’s why i still love to shoot with my film camera because sometimes my eye can’t quite focus, so the subject is a little soft. if you push the processing, the colors pop out. and finally, the most exciting thing is having to wait for the pictures to come back and be amazed at either how well they turned out or how badly. nonetheless, it’s exhilarating to live and die by sword, shooting with a film camera.
cool pics. the behind center field one and return trip pictures are awesome.
and that happy hour is one i like too.
oh thanks… i just updated with some more and put those at the beginning of the slideshow.
awesome pics. zoetrope studios? totally awesome. does ffc ever show up there?
yes, he does… he has a restuarant below the studio called coppola niebaum, i think. you can catch him in the middle of the day chillin’ with a latte on one of the sidewalk tables.
i know i am gonna drive you crazy with the photo updates on this blog entry rather than posting a new one. but here are some more new pics!
nice self portrait
i like the pic of the metro. reminds me of a film i just saw recently, kontroll
thanks… it wasn’t the way i intended the self-portrait to come out, but it works fine the way it is now.
the metro photo is one of the ones i like that i have taken with the new digital camera. and, i am going to checkout your write-up on ‘kontroll’ from your blog.
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