A little Photoblogging
Chris and I went downtown to take some pictures. This time, instead of lugging around an SLR, I took my new Panasonic Lumix FZ200. It’s a 12.1 megapixel bridge camera, with a 28mm-600mm superzoom lens. I wanted to see how it would do as a walking-around camera. I think the answer is, "very well."
The Star Of India, docked in downtown San Diego.
Old advertisements
Downtown mall corridor
San Diego County Jail
A little bird
This odd building looks like an optical illusion
Chairs in a residential courtyard
A homeless man’s dog, downtown San Diego
LED marquee at the Balboa Theater
Trains at Union Station
Architectural detail of Union Station
Window reflections
Skyscraper courtyard
Architectural detail of a restored Victorian-era building
The Gaslamp District
Architectural detail, Ulysses S. Grant Hotel
Lobby, Sempra Energy building
Mosaic Wall, Horton Plaza
Park and skyline
Each window of this building has a screen that can be lowered to cover the glass
Architectural detail, Sempra Energy building
Restored Victorian-era building in the Gaslamp District
The Moon and Venus
And finally, to show you how powerful the zoom and video capabilities of this little camera are, I give you The Dog Walker.
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Price Price? How much did it cost?
$600. Not cheap, but way cheaper than a good DSLR and lenses.
And a 600mm f2.8 lens for a DSLR would run you about $4,000.
Dammit man, why is it when you take photos of plain old stuff it looks cool?
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When I take em they look like….photos of plain old stuff.
Do you think these are the images as they were actually captured by the camera?
All of them have been processed in RAW format, some of them quite extensively. Some of them are only 1/3 of the original image.
Developing the image is just as important to photography as taking it is. All of these pictures are the result of more than just walking down the street and snapping photos.
3rd lines help make photos interesting…basically if there are any natural line occurring in the shot, make them at 1/3 in the frame…top or bottom.
Its amazing what this little rule of thumb can do.
Or 1/3 on the sides…I didn’t explain that very well…
Just Google “rule of thirds”.