I was sick for most of last week, which had me laying in bed watching re-runs on Netflix and Hulu Plus. I stopped with my photography altogether, but I have decided to begin again even though I’m coughing like a dog.

After months of mulling, I took a shot at Trey Ratcliff’s Free HDR Tutorial. Got some of the necessary equipment (thanks for the coupons, Trey) and got to working. I probably chose the worst image to practice HDR on but it was night out and I didn’t have anything else in hand but this old, battered Kodak camera. The point of this was to learn the steps and for me to get the hang of the program so when I have an actual, HDR-workable image I could use it. I liked the process, loved the program. I need to get out there and find images that could work in this type of field.

I took my new camera out for the first time in my backyard. Didn’t take too many photos because the wind started picking up and didn’t my dust on my lenses. I’m being overly cautious.

I played with different settings and mostly used my 55-250mm lens. The photo above was my favorite one out of all.

Click here for the whole “Backyard” album.

Tomorrow.

In 1975 Kodak invented what was then referred to as a “film-less” camera.

Kodak researcher Steve Sasson, who later received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation for invention, explains how the world’s first digital camera worked.

And now digital is what has driven Kodak to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

mattmichalak:

There’s a whole other world within that bulb.

What if there was a magic camera that froze the real life scene it takes a picture of, and the real world continues on living within the bulb/ photo. 

I’d buy one.

(Source: cuntlery)

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