Eat. Sleep. Photo.

It's Been Much, Much Too Long

2009-04-09T14:43:00.000-07:00

It has, and I miss it. Unfortunately, I'm only posting a few photos I took a while back that I never had time to put up. Soon, though, school will be out, and I will be free! I am planning on a new lens, most likely the Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D AF. Can't wait!

Here's Skip playing in the sunshine.

He wasn't too thrilled in the beginning, but he quickly realized he could make a game out of it by making me chase him around with the camera.

He thought he might be able to hide in the grass...

Then came the game...

He realized I wasn't playing after I yelled at him for running around the yard like a maniac.

Then he gave up.

More Randomness with My New Toy

2008-08-09T13:01:00.000-07:00

I Heart Macro

2008-08-09T12:50:00.001-07:00

Fun in macro with my new camera!!!

New Camera!

2008-08-09T12:08:00.000-07:00

One rainy day I came home to find a small brown box sitting on the table near the door. So I finally got my new camera, yay! It's a Nikon D80 DSLR body. The lenses from my old film SLR fit the D80 body, so I got it instead of a D60 with a lens. I also got an 8GB HDMI memory card from newegg.com for super cheap, about $35. (If you ever need any electronics or computer-related items, go there, it is unlikely you will find any place cheaper, even with shipping).

That afternoon, there was a summer rain shower just finishing as I opened the box. Of course I had to play with my new camera and this offered a nice opportunity to test it out. So, here are a few of the best shots I took. It was a little dark outside, so I didn't get the depth of field I wanted on some of these. I really should have used the tripod, but I wa

s just too excited to mess around with setting it up! =)

2008-06-10T18:10:00.001-07:00

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This is what happens when I wake up at 7am on my day off...

2008-06-10T17:22:00.001-07:00

I'm so used to waking up at 5:30am/6am for work that I wake up almost that early on my own on my days off. Early mornings like that are great for photography because of the lighting as well as the wildlife out and about. This day I took skip out to the backyard, and found that the sunflowers I had planted had just opened their flowers, and the bees (which I didn't even know were existent in my developed housing area) were taking advantage of the fresh food. I took these with my trusty point and shoot. The thing I like the most about this camera is that the colors are vibrant and true to the original scene.

May 2007 Hungary Trip

2008-06-10T17:09:00.000-07:00

Whenever I travel, I definitely try to take advantage of the great photo ops while I'm abroad. These were taken with my SLR, the color one with fujifilm.

The color photo: An old shop in the town of Tokaj, where the famous Tokaj Aszu dessert wines are made.

The B&Ws: The woman in the photos is my cousin Zsolt's wife, ZsuZsa. The woman with the baby is my cousin Henni with her daughter.

My Dog Skip...Really!

2008-06-10T16:38:00.000-07:00

Here are some fairly recent photos of my awesome Skip, being silly in the back yard. They were taken with my Nikon N75 SLR with a standard 50mm lens. The crappy line through them is from my stupid scanner...another reason to get the DSLR :D

Some Background

2008-06-10T16:25:00.000-07:00

I have 2 years of college level photography coursework under my belt, and have since been passionate about photography as a hobby. I own two cameras: a Nikon SLR with the standard lens as well as a larger telephoto lens, and a Nikon Coolpix 5200 point and shoot. They've both served me well through the years, as you will see by the older photos I will post, but I am ready to step up (or over?) to a digital SLR. They've become affordable in the past few years and I've been looking at a Nikon D40 DSLR, and more recently the D60 since they have stopped producing the D40. I plan to buy one of them in the next few months. I am leaning towards the D60 because it has a built in autofocus motor, meaning I can use my existing lenses with it. The D40 does not have the internal motor and therefore requires special lenses that have built-in autofocus motors.