2009 March Project: Open

[Alison]

Well here we are at the 1st of March already!!! Where does the time go?!

I'm leaving this month's project "Open".

Let's see your style. Let's see what you love to shoot the most :thumbsup:

I'll start the ball rolling. This one pretty much sums my style up I think.

[shootme]

OK Alison, I hate to be the one to have to follow you, but this is a shot I took last week of a busker in Geneva, pritty much straight from the camera outside cropping. Yep, I like street photography. Shootme

[starriderrick]

WIDE OPEN. I like the challenge of Night Photography.

Rick

[jdbettes]

Two of my loves, the third never stands still.

[Alison]

WOW shootme! That's an amazing shot! I never knew you liked to shoot street photography :thumbsup:

It's going to be hard for me to show anything you haven't seen. I shall have to try shooting some new stuff. Although, my heart hasn't been in my photography recently.

I have been spending alot of time with my kids and capturing family moments so most of my recent shots are simply that, family snaps.
Maybe that's what I like to shoot too

Capturing my kids, being natural and having fun.

[shootme]

Great shots, I love B&W as well the last one is super.

Rick I know you like night shots, I still remember the 4th of July shot that you posted last year looking up the flag pole at the American Flag with the fireworks going off overhead, a very impressionable shot, that I still remember.

Here's a couple more:-

[Old Timer]

Anyone that has followed my post over the last few years knows that a large percentage of the photos I take are of the grandsons. Most are just snap shots, but I hope that my candid images hold up to some amount of scrutiny.

[shootme]

OT, lovely shot, you must be proud, the lighting is great. I guess you're spending some of your time on your knees if not belly then? S

[Old Timer]

OT, lovely shot, you must be proud, the lighting is great. I guess you're spending some of your time on your knees if not belly then? S

Thanks shootme. Yes your right I was flat on my stomach for this shot and for many of the ones I do of the boys. You need to get down to their level. AS for lighting this was done with the SB800 fitted with the Gary Fong tubberware.

[mjs1973]

Here's one I took just a few minutes ago.

[Alison]

Lovely shot jbettes. Welcome to the project.

OT, as always, your grandchildren are gorgeous and you shoot some lovely portraits of them. :thumbsup:

[jdbettes]

[QUOTE=Alison][SIZE="3"]Lovely shot jbettes. Welcome to the project.

Thank you, I'm so new to this stuff. Soon I hope to know what I'm doing, I think this place will help. Just hobby for me, but I love it.

[Frog]

Well, I haven't got one I'm totally happy with yet but double exposures are fascinating me as well as b/w.

[shootme]

Great shot Frog, scary though. So how do you do it? S

[Frog]

Great shot Frog, scary though. So how do you do it? S

Tripod, timer, set double exposure, shutter, run, stand still, walk back, shutter.
Next time I'll use my rf release instead of the timer.

[shootme]

Tripod, timer, set double exposure, shutter, run, stand still, walk back, shutter.
Next time I'll use my rf release instead of the timer.

OK thanks now that doesn't sound as difficult as I thought it would be, now that I've said that I'm sure I have difficulty, probably the running part (must lengthen my timer or remote control as you suggest). Cheers.

[Frog]

Yeah, I missed a few by not running fast enough,(hard in the snow), and being half in and half out of shot.
Come to think of it its hard to run without snow anymore too.

[Axle]

[shootme]

Axle, I really like the last one in this string, nice capture. S

[Cathathome]

Hmm, finding the things that I like to shoot most & "personal style" are not easy for me, as I'm still discovering both. But here's one I liked because of what always catches my eye: long shadows and contrast between hard and soft (surfaces/textures).

As luck would have it, I took this one yesterday - March 1st! In that spirit, I happily submit it to this project thread

[Cathathome]

Axle, those shots are great, and I like the "opener" ;)

Cheers,

[gracie_r]

Shootme, I love your shot. Did you know the guy? He looks like an interesting fellow.

[shootme]

Shootme, I love your shot. Did you know the guy? He looks like an interesting fellow.

Hi Gracie, no I didn't know him unfortunately and yes he was very nice and amenable. He was busking on the sidewalk and I asked if I could take some photos of him, he said yes so I dropped some money in his can and took about 8 or so shots. He was moving around in different ways and when he looked to the lens I was lucky enough to shoot.

Side note: 5 minutes after I was pulled over by the Geneva Police as I took a couple of shots of them booking someone who was skateboarding on the sidewalk. They said it was illegal to take photos of police without a press ID and made me delete the shots. Cheers S.

[Axle]

Axle, I really like the last one in this string, nice capture. S

Thanks, the last one is from an Abandoned Prison in Ontario the building is "Camp Bison" the last building standing of the once sprawling Burwash Correctional Center.

[pafindr]

All of you have some great photos. :thumbsup:
I'm almost embarrassed to post one of my own. :blush2:

This was taken at Viscaya in Miami