Like most people, I've been taking pictures for years. But recently, I've started trying to make photographs. The way I see it, it is easy to get the camera to see what you see... but it is hard to get the camera to make you feel the way you feel when you see it.
Out of hundreds of pictures I've taken over the last 4 months, here are a few that I think came out well, starting of course with my favorite. Any post-picture editing is limited to clicking "auto-correct". These are taken with a G9.
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I actually have one of this where I edited out the dent in the first post:
I like the colors in this one:
This one is "artsy-fartsy"... looking up through the skylight. I had to try a few different white balances, this was the closest to what it actually looked like.
I remember that I screwed up the camera settings on this one, but I forget how. I think it was that I had the resolution too low, and it was not sharp when I printed it out. I still like the way it looks, though:
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I got frustrated fiddling with all the menus on the G9, so I bit the bullet and upgraded to a 40D. I took a dozen shots and then my 17yo daughter borrowed it, and I didn't get it back for 2 days! Here is her first picture, of the neighbor's pup. I have to say, she takes a nice picture:
Criticize constructively, please. Although I like the way the pictures appear, I still consider them the equivalent of juvenalia, and I am thirsty to improve.
