Interesting Video

 

Been a very busy person the last couple of weeks!  I do have some new photos coming, but it will be at least a few days until I can post.

However, in the meantime, I did come across a pretty interesting video from a photographer.  Kind of makes me want an iPhone, but the bottom line is this:  The best camera is the one that you have with you!  Brilliant.

Check it out:

http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2009/09/best-camera-iphone-app-book-community.html

Also, if you haven’t looked – my new webpage is www.pjandersonphotography.com  I’d love to hear your comments.  I’m still tweaking it, but it is getting close.

A Fun Discovery

 

I was trying to remember back to my first camera – it was a hand me down that either my parents or another relative had.  I’m not sure how it came to be in my possession.  Growing up, I was very accustomed to mom taking our photos with a Kodak Instamatic with the rotating disposable flash cube on top.  I also remember her following the advice in the instructions at the time – have the sun to your back as you are taking photos of your subject (that’s why there are so many photos of squinting family portraits!)

However, the camera I was looking for was some kind of Kodak Brownie camera.  In my search, I found this neat website: Camerapedia.org, a wiki site that “is a free-content encyclopedia of camera information, a repository of information about all still camera brands and models.”

So, there I found my first camera – when I first fell in love with the media!  The Kodak Brownie Starflash.

 

Brownie Starflash, in black
by Hillary Stein (image rights)

Other significant cameras in my life can also be found there:

My first 35mm SLR – the Nikon FG – a real workhorse of a camera all through my college years and the “dark ages” where my photography was not front in center in my life.

My first semi-pro camera/modern 35mm SLR – the Nikon N80 – the re-awakening of the passion.

My first professional DSLR – the Fuji S1 – I’m still convinced this camera had the best color of a digital camera that I’ve ever owned.  New possibilities!

Followed by the Fuji S2 and Fuji S3 – my work with models expands with these cameras.

And that brings me to my current “workhorse” the Nikon D300.  A wonderful camera that brought in the sharpness lacking in my previous Fuji cameras.  That sharpness necessary for stock work – although, I just don’t think you can beat Fuji color!

My next cameras?  Who knows – but I do still want the Fuji S5 (Fuji color built on the Nikon D300 body – the only camera I don’t find on Camerapedia.org) for my work with models/brides.  Perhaps it will be the Nikon D700 for even more sharpness and resolution.  Or if I win the lottery, I’ll be able to get the flagship Nikon D3 (or whatever Nikon comes up with next!)

Not sure if this is of ANY interest to you – but it was a fun distraction for me today!  Fun to think back to the equipment on my journey.

I’ll return tomorrow with some more photos.

Until then!  PJ

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September

 

September is a month that generally makes me a bit moody.  I always live in anticipation of spring and summer as I so enjoy getting outside and photographing nature.  September is a wake up call for me.  Autumn has arrived and summer is now a memory.  Cold winter is only a short time away.

So, I’ve been brooding a bit and haven’t gone out with the camera to catch what is still out there.   Several days ago, I noticed the peas in the garden have some beautiful flowers on what is left of the plants.  I’ve put it off, day after day.  Too bright, too windy, too many other things to get done first.

The calendar keeps marching forward and it was time for me to shake it off and get out there.  So, here are a couple of photos of the flowers.  It is rather windy out there today (you might ask, when isn’t it windy in South Dakota?) so, it required quite a bit of patience to wait for a lull in the wind and capture these tiny flowers in focus!

ISO 200, f/6.3, 1/80 second, 60mm – Nikon D300

 

ISO 200, f/5.0, 1/125 second, 75mm – Nikon D300

 

I have a few more shots from the garden that I’ll post over the next day or two.

PJ