Feed my Nikon Addiction, Seymour!!! Or is it SEE-MORE... :P

My wife's and my Nikon gear. And more to come...down the road. Yeah...not the most artistic shot. Oh, well...feeling under the weather today. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Aged Photo Effect - 88th Avenue Barn.

Walked down to 88th Avenue today and shot the barn I'd been meaning to. The snow was the catalyst for doing it today.

Equipment: Nikon D300s/70-200mm f/2.8 G ED
Shutterspeed: 1/100 sec
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 80mm
Metering: Center Weighted Average

PP: Post processed the living bleep out of it to the point where PSE8 said "WTH...let's lose the camera data."

Snowfall...

I thought spring was around the corner.

Equipment: Nikon D300s/50mm f/1.8

Stop Building

So many people in Surrey and the entire Lower Mainland are wondering if the current trend of building new homes is going to drive housing prices through the roof. Well...it's happening according to the REBGV.

Vancouver Sun: Metro Vancouver Housing Market Balanced - January demand rising

Which means that people like us who are lower-end income aren't going to be able to own a home in our lifetime. No matter. I've never been one for being saddled with a mortgage or having to take care of home repairs when it cuts into photography shooting time. Maybe that's a hedonistic way of looking at things, however, I like the idea of being able to rent a place...and only have to worry about keeping it tidy for landlord inspections. Am I unhappy with the prospect of a life without a home to call my own? No. Given the choice between owning my own home and owning $30,000 - $50,000 (the average cost of a 10% downpayment on a $300,000-$500,000 home nowadays) worth of lenses that won't depreciate in value like a home could potentially do in a volatile market such as Vancouver, I'd take the lenses any day of the week.

Sun Through Clouds

Just a sunrise through thick clouds spotted this morning as I took my kids to school in the AM.

What Is That Thing???

Macro Landscape - Ice Puddle.

On my way home from dropping off the "not sick" rug-rat to school, I came across this rather interesting puddle with a bunch of asphalt stuck in it. Decided to do a macro-landscape of it.

Macro-Landscape (Driveway)

A Macro-Landscape of our home's driveway.

Koi Flag Pattern

My Koi Flag which I have had since I was a young child.

Equipment: Nikon D300s/50mm f/1.8
Focal Length: 50mm
Aperture: f/8
Shutter Speed: 1/60 sec
Exposure: Aperture Priority (A)
ISO: 400
Metering: Center Weighted Average
Date Photo Taken: February 20, 2011

PP: PSE8
Brightness: +50
Saturation: +27
Exposure: +0.95
Vibrance: +17
Contrast: +32

Flower Engraved in Wood

The grain of the wood and the engraved flower in the rocking chair that my wife bought from London Drugs gave me some inspiration today in doing a close-in shot.

Equipment: Nikon D300s/70-300mm f/4-5.6 G
Focal Length: 250mm
Aperture: f/5
Shutter Speed: 1/60 sec
Exposure: Aperture Priority (A)
ISO: 800
Metering: Center Weighted Average
Flash: Fired
Date Photo Taken: February 19, 2011
PP: RAW (NEF) adjustments
Saturation +60
Exposure +21
Blacks +25

Abandoned

On my route back home from dropping off the kids, I noticed this rather forlorn grocery cart just left in the alley.

Equipment: Nikon Coolpix L11
Shutter Speed: 1/300th of a second.
Aperture: f/5.2
Focal Length: 18.2mm (compact)
Flash: Fired
Date Taken: February 18, 2011
PP: Urban B&W w/warming filter PSE8

Firefighter Statue Portrait - B&W

This shot was of a firefighter statue located in Holland Park. I converted it to a black & white shot. The statue was placed and commissioned by the City of Surrey and Mayor Dianne Watts in order to commemorate the service of all firefighters in service.

Equipment: Nikon D300s/70-300mm f/4-5.6 G
Focal Length: 300mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/200 sec
Exposure: Aperture Priority (A)
ISO: 800
Metering: Center Weighted Average
Date Photo Taken: February 17, 2011

PP: Conversion to B&W (Newspaper-style)

Right Angle Turn

After dropping off the kids to school, I was pondering, on my walk back home, just what sort of photo I could take. Well...considering metaphorically speaking, you can say that life is full of twists and turns. I don't know how many of us remember our plans that the we had in high-school, and how many of them came to fruition. Life is full of right angle turns...and this picture plainly symbolizes them. There's a clear chalk outlight indicating what they thought they were going to paint and the set road marker is completely different from what was planned. Sort of a metaphor for life, ain't it?

Equipment: Nikon Coolpix L11 (the best camera for the shot isn't the most expensive camera, it's the one you have on you at the time)

Stormi Smile

This is today's photo because if there is anything that cheers me up in the morning, it's seeing my baby girl smile. This is a portrait shot that I took this morning. I love my baby girl.

Equipment: Nikon D300s/50mm f/1.8
Focal Length: 50mm
Aperture: f/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Exposure: Aperture Priority (A)
ISO: 800
Metering: Center Weighted Average
Date Photo Taken: February 15, 2011

Bearing My Heart

This was done for Valentine's Day. Simple, straight-forward and effective.

Equipment: Nikon D300s/50mm f/1.8
Focal Length: 50mm
Aperture: f/8
Shutter Speed: 1/60 sec
Exposure: Aperture Priority (A)
ISO: 800
Metering: Center Weighted Average
Date Photo Taken: February 14, 2011
Post-Processing:
Saturation: +21

The Leash

What prompted me to shoot this was that it feels like the past few days with this project, I'm tied more to the laptop than I was in the past. But it's worth it because it makes me think of what else to take pictures of.

Equipment: Nikon D300s/50mm f/1.8
Focal Length: 50mm
Aperture: f/8
Shutter Speed: 1/40 sec
Exposure: Aperture Priority (A)
ISO: 800
Metering: Center Weighted Average
Date Photo Taken: February 13, 2011
Post-Processing:
Saturation: +21
Black: +11

Pink

Since it rains a lot in Vancouver, I figured I'd take an abstract of the rain falling and what better than to do it on a surface.

Equipment: Nikon D300s/50mm f/1.8
Focal Length: 50mm
Aperture: f/8
Shutter Speed: 1/50th sec
Exposure: Aperture Priority (A)
ISO: 800
Metering: Center Weighted Average
Date Photo Taken: February 12, 2011

Wet Synchronicity

I have no idea why I took this photo other than the fact that I wanted to show the parallel lines of both the water on the road as well as the painted lines.

Equipment: Nikon D300s/70-300mm f/4-5.6G
Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 800
Focal Length: 240mm
Metering Mode: Center Weighted Average
Date Photo Taken: February 11, 2011