*EDIT*

BAH! No I'm not about to say that this edit is to retract that I'll be doing this blog religiously. Nope this is a good edit. It is.... EDITORIAL!!! We've moved on to the land of editorial photography. BWAHAHA!

Now the Photographs that follow this field is actually defined as photographs that describe written word. More over like issues you see in the news paper. Photographs we see in the newspaper and on FOX NEWS, those things are all editorial. Nothing advertising is considered edit style. It has to be the issues! Like in Urban, only present more... obvious issues. Like this poorly taken picture right here!



That is the massive land mine of a night time pothole that has overtaken my driveway and parking lot. There are several of these bad boys and sadly because I have no tripod I can't just get perfectly clear night shots like I would love to have. Anyway this picture demonstrates the editorialness...nesss of potholes. This is a common issue in the news and thus means that this is yeah as I said above. Editorial. I would like to take a bow now... as editorial will require a ton of research on my part tomorrow to more properly define. I shall be using all my resources!!!

From your friendly neighborhood landmine detector,
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baggybunny

Laaaaagggg....

You know for the most part, lag is a horrible, horrible thing. We go through every aspect of life we can to avoid it. In fact, in my case, if you get lag on your computer, then you just shut off the computer manually and then start it up again. Losing everything you just worked on to avoid having to deal with the massive slowness. Well... sometimes its not all bad. In fact, in the photo world, there are many people who make their artistic living off of lag. I mean, its not like any of the things I photograph make me money, but I will say they are certainly enjoyable and the lag in this case... not so bad.

The basic idea is to capture so much light that you get a stream. Its cool looking, especially on cars. More over, its pretty darn cool if you can slow it down just enough to get pictures of people so they look like they are traveling 'Back to the Future!'

Anyway, this happens from taking your nice night time settings, mine were set somewhere as low as 80 ISO and down to 1". This was all down on the TV settings, or Shutter Speed. Basically, it was stop at a red light, point out the window, click, go, end of picture. I believe that's why you can make out the other car, but still, very cool and if I can I will take a more experimental one now that I know what I'm doing. If I'm more successful I'll stick the 'better' one down here at the bottom of the page.

Now in oder to capture lag, it doesn't take a REAL genius, just a moron who's good enough to fake it. Most lag pictures like mine are more... landscape like. They want to capture something in the picture as well that is clear, like a building or street light, this gives the feeling that the light is moving... cool I guess seeing as after the picture was taken, nothing is actually moving, but then again in 3D movies where they give you those glasses, things aren't really coming up to your face to eat you either, but... thus is the life of optical illusion. Mine not so great as others, but its a great thing to learn. Gives some... ppaatttiiieeennnceeee.... CLICK!

Hopefully this helps you out, but if you don't like the whole car thing, try glow sticks on a string, they move fast AND its indoors where its nice and warm.

baggybunny

Freeze Tag!

In the dark?

That's right all, its time for some good old fashion lowlight/night photography. I mean, basically the same thing, except that low light doesn't necessarily have to be at night. I mean for example, I did today's random photo shoot in my room at 8a.m. I mean talk about bright outside, but see I have these fantastic curtains that make it look like its constantly 2a.m. no matter what time of day it is. Glorious! Sooooo, all the lights off except a candle and then POW! Photo shoot galore. For the record though, this one is the only one that didn't come out fuzzy, sooo that leads us to lesson one about our low lighted friend.

A short a simple learning, GET A TRIPOD! Yup, and we are talking about a person who doesn't even own one herself telling the rest of the world to get one. Well, no necessarily true, I use something similar, I set the timer on the camera and set it down on this small stool that belongs to my sister. Works like a charm except on angled shots, at that point once again, use your timer because pressing the button causes a hand shake, timers gives you time to hold the camera as still as possible. Otherwise you end up with something that reminds you of the 'Blair Witch Project.'

There are several different approaches to low light photography but this one coincides with the tripod. For those of us stubborn people, well... just pick an unmoving object for your picture and set the camera down on something sturdy, problem solved and more over! Its the reason why most low light photos are done of landscapes and buildings. Not likely those are going to get up and traipse around the house if you are feeling artsy.

Soooo, for the days project, get rid of those shakey hands and turn them in for a beautiful new little tripod or handy stool to carry around with you. Fun, fun.

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baggybunny

P.S. Tomorrow we'll work on those technical things, but today I wanted to see just how well we can do with the raw talent. ^.^ Best of LUCK!