Lights at Temple Square

POTD: Pictures of words October 15th - October 21st

October 17

Here is a sign on the side of a building close to where I work. I thought it looked cool, I really like the red brick against the white. HHCC welcome and wanted.






1/750 f/1.4 ISO 200
50mm FA 50mm 1.4

POTD: Something that gives you the feeling of warmth or cold October 8th - October 14th

October 9

Fire is something that obviously makes me think of warmth. These were taken over the summer during some campouts, so this is kind of cheating, but oh well. The last picture I don't really like, but I wanted to post it to get some ideas. How do you get a good shot of people around a campfire? HHCC welcome and wanted.




.5" f/11 ISO 200 35mm
DA 18-55mm 3.5-5.6

15" f/4 ISO 200 18mm
DA 18-55mm 3.5-5.6

POTD: Nighttime October 1st - October 7th

October 7

I decided to go downtown to take a picture of the temple here in Salt Lake and hopefully be able to get some of the fall leaves to come through as well. I was there until after it got dark, so I figured I'd post one more time for the nighttime theme. The first one is the entrance to one of the malls downtown, the rest are of the Salt Lake Temple. HHCC welcome and wanted.

30" f/22 ISO 200 50mm
FA 50mm 1.4

10" f/22 ISO 200 31mm
DA 18-55mm 3.5-5.6

10" f/22 ISO 200 50mm
FA 50mm 1.4

15" f/22 ISO 200 50mm
FA 50mm 1.4

October 5

So we have had too many clouds to get any shots of the stars, so I figured I would shoot something, here are a couple of pictures from my backyard, and yes these were shot at night, I took them around 11. Its amazing how much light you can get if you keep your shutter open long enough. Of course these were shot on a tripod. HHCC wanted and welcome.

20" f/16 ISO 200 50mm
FA 50mm 1.4

20" f/16 ISO 200 50mm
FA 50mm 1.4

October 2

Okay, so you probably know that it is pretty much impossible to get this shot, if not please tell me how, without double exposing, but since double exposure isn't possible on my camera I had to improvise with photoshop. I'm just a beginner with photoshop and I really wanted to find a way to get the clouds to stay out in front of the moon, but I couldn't get it to look very natural, any suggestions? Also any idea on any other things I could have done when combining the two images to make this look better?

Background
2" f/13 ISO 200 300mm
70-300mm 4-5.6

Moon
1/60 f/13 ISO 200 300mm
70-300mm 4-5.6


I think nighttime pictures can be a lot of fun. Some day I hope to get good at taking pictures during the night. Hopefully I will get a night without cloud coverage and some good stars before the week is over, but that doesn't happen often in the valley here in Salt Lake. Maybe I can find a night to go up into the mountains, we will see. HHCC welcome and wanted.

POTD: SOOC...from that to this(before and afters) September 10th - September 16th

September 10

Alright, I decided that I did this challenge thing to get better, so I can't just use my wife's pictures, so I decided to take a really bad shot, bad composition, horrible lighting and white balance and see what I could do to it. I am just a beginner in photoshop and those of you that know a lot about photoshop I could really use some helpful hints on how to do things better.
































Okay, for this week I am cheating a little bit, because I didn't take these pictures or touch them up, my wife did. But she has had fun playing with her fairy brushes so I just thought I had to post these pictures. Since she tried to make our daughter look like a fairy there are some drastic differences between the finished product and the original picture. HHCC wanted and appreciated.







1/180 f/11 ISO 200 50mm
FA 50mm 1.4
AF540GZ flash

POTD: Family and Friends September 3rd - September 9th

September 3

New Best Friends

Last Tuesday, August 28, we had a new addition to our family. Little Regan was born late that night and the next day she met her new best friend, her big sister Paisley. I guess this is good timing for this weeks challenge, because who can be better friends than two sisters? If you want to see more pictures and information about Regan check out my wife's blog. HHCC wanted and appreciated.



Paisley & Regan
1/60 f/11 ISO 200 50mm
FA 50mm 1.4
AF540GZ Flash

Paisley
1/60 f/11 ISO 200 50mm
FA 50mm 1.4
AF540GZ Flash

Regan
1/60 f/11 ISO 200 50mm
FA 50mm 1.4
AF540GZ Flash

Backyard Shoot

Okay, somebody on 2 peas gave a challenge to take 10 pictures in your backyard, no setup, no editing, just take the pictures and post them. I decided to give it a try. And since I just got a new really fast lens I couldn't resist using anything but the wide open f/1.4. If you are interested you should give it a shot. Click here for a link to the thread so you can see other people who took on the challenge and so you can post your pics too. Click here to go directly to my layout for the challenge.

POTD: Faith August 20th - August 26th

August 24

Praying is an important part of faith. Nothing can bring you closer to your Father in Heaven than kneeling in prayer. Again, I would love some CC to help improve my pictures, don't be shy.




Praying hands
1/60 f/3.5 ISO 200 50mm
FA 50mm 1.4
AF540GZ Flash

DD Praying
1/60 f/8 ISO 200 50mm

FA 50mm 1.4
AF540GZ Flash

1/60 F/8 ISO 200 50mm
FA 50mm 1.4
AF540GZ Flash

August 21

These are some pictures that I took a while back, but I think they are worth posting anyway, maybe I will get out and post some new ones later in the week. CC welcome and wanted. I can take whatever you have to say.









SLC Temple
15" f/32 ISO 200 55mm
DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

Christus

4" f/11 ISO 200 55mm
DA 18-55 f/3.5-5.6