365 Day Photo Project: Day 8

Today, November 30th.. Day “8″ of my project.. I give you two artsy shots of my roommate’s lamp!  Thrilling, I know, but I was busy today.

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS w/ 60mm lens, f/2.8, 400 ISO, 1/85th sec.

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS w/ 60mm lens, f/4.5, 400 ISO, 1/160th sec.

Hopefully tomorrow… err… today? (since it’s now 1:40 AM) will be a more exciting day photo-wise.

Good night Boston!

365 Day Photo Project: Day 7

And now for Day 7, which unfortunately is today, November 29th… but hopefully my lack of travel will get me back on track from now on…  Pearl earrings!  I decided to take this picture because the shadows looked interesting… and I love macro photography.

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS w/ 60mm lens, f/4.5, 400 ISO, 1/20th sec.

365 Day Project: Day 6

Well, Thanksgiving Break kind of threw off my project– but I will not fail!  Here is the picture for Wednesday… Day 6.  Dante, a very cool cat.

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS w/ 18-55 lens, f/5.6, 400 ISO, 1/10th sec.

365 Day Photo Project: Day 5

Well, because I was on the bus ride from hell last night, I could post the pictures that I took yesterday morning… but, here is 365 Day Photo Project Day 5– the theme: fall colors.  Boston is so beautiful in the fall!!!

More later :)

365 Day Photo Project: Day 4

Well, technically it’s after midnight, but in my world it is still Monday  (unfortunately).

Today’s shot– a simple pic of some colored sharpies.

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS w/ 18-55 lens, f/5.6, 400 ISO, 1/25th sec.

Tomorrow I’m taking the bus to D.C. for Thanksgiving, so hopefully I’ll get a lot of awesome pictures there :)

Until then, H

365 Day Photo Project: Day 3

Day 3: Today was our 5th and last day of shooting on The Long Way.  We shot in the men’s bathroom of the College of Arts and Sciences at BU.  Even though it smelled terrible, we had a great time and got some awesome shots.  So, for my photo of the day– a picture of my entire crew.

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS w/ 18-55 lens, f/3.5, 400 ISO, 1/800th sec.

From Left to Right: Me (Director of Photography), Terrence (Producer / Editor), Julian (Writer / Director), Peter (Assistant Camera), Rob (Actor), David (Sound Recordist) and Matt (Actor)

Thanks everyone for a great shoot!  I’m so excited to see the footage :)

 

365 Day Photo Project: Day 1

Many times have I tried to begin a project where I take and post a photo every day.  But, this time, I’m actually going to do it!

(We’ll see how that statement holds up in a week or two… haha)

Here we go, Day 1.  A few pictures I took messing around in my room with shutter speeds.  I have two windows facing the highway, so you can get some great looks from it.  For all you non-photographers out there, the super-slow shutter speed is what makes the streaky white and red lines from the headlights and tail lights of cars.  For all you photographers out there, here’s the trick to these type of shots:

1.  Use a tripod and set your camera to self-timer mode so your own hand clicking the button doesn’t disrupt the shot.

2.  Underexpose by at least 2 stops

3.  If you stop down your lens to a certain point (most of these were around f/22), you’ll get that great “star” effect on every light.

4.  The longer the exposure, the better the tail light / headlight streaks will be.  Most of mine were between 5 and 30+ seconds.

The cinematographer in me loves the variation in lighting in these shots.  Mmmm, juicy.

P.S.  Haven’t cleaned my room in a while.  You can probably tell.

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS w/ 18-55mm lens, f/5, 100 ISO, 6.2 seconds

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS w/ 18-55mm lens, f/22, 400 ISO, 30 seconds

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS w/ 18-55mm lens, f/36, 400 ISO, 32 seconds

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS w/ 18-55mm lens, f/22, 400 ISO, 25 seconds

That’s all for today!

Goodnight.