Entry 10 - Fireworks!

Oddly enough, the tip I'm going to give you for shooting next years fireworks, is the exact opposite of what Scott Wittenburg will tell you to do in his podcast, Photography 101. Now, I love Scott's podcast, and that's exactly why I followed his advice at the beginning of this years fireworks. Let's just say it didn't work for me.
So I'll give you some alternative advice. Scott says to use a shutter speed around 7 seconds. You can watch Scott's podcast if you want to, but I'm gonna tell you to use 1/10th of a second, and play around with ISO and aperture so you get the brightness you want. I used ISO 400 and f/4.5/

Entry 6 - Nearing Apocalypse

If picture editing was a sin, I am certainly a sinner on this one. I took this picture yesterday as a storm rolled in on may while I hiked in a nearby park. Although it was a neat picture to begin with, a heightening in shadows and saturation (I used Picasa 3) takes this picture on a near apocalyptic turn.


Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS
Shutter Speed: 1/125s
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 18mm
ISO: 200