week 5 - I don't like studio portraits...

... but I like little babies and Cowgirls.



My sister visited us for a couple of days and I took some pictures of my little nephew and his Dad. I wish I had a real studio, at the moment I have to use blankets and white paperboard...sigh...no money to buy all the stuff I need...damn it, Photography is a expensive hobby.
I'd love to buy the 70-200 4L lense, but have you seen the price? I also really wanna buy Photoshop, right now I'm working with Picasa and Gimp. It's alright to do the basic stuff like cropping, brightening the pictures up, but Photoshop has more options in terms of retouching, color adjustments, sharpening and softening selected parts of the picture and so on. Well, I'm just gonna keep putting money aside.

Well, so the conditions in my self made studio were pretty bad(bad light, not enough space and not enough white blankets ;) ), I tried my best and here are the results. What I don't like is the perspective. Janto looks a little unproportional because I used a focal lenght of 18mm because I didn't have enough space... good to know for next time.

Oh, and I know, my editing in the next three pictures is terrible. I told you: I really need Photoshop :D




And Janto makes really funny faces.






I also took a picture of a friend of mine. I really like it, I just love her blue eyes, the cowboy hat.

week 4 - monkeys and other animals

Have you ever thought about what animals in the zoo could be thinking? When they get caught and then get penned in a tiny enclosure? How do animals feel when they get born in the zoo? Do they know that this is not their real home? Do they miss something, do they miss the wilderness, even if they've never seen it before? I'm just wondering...Monday I was in the zoo (Saarbruecken) and took some pictures of the monkeys...well, I tried...Seriously, they just couldn't keep still,were running and jumping around like crazy...it was really hard, every time my camera focused one of their faces they turned around and jumped away and I just got a nice sharp bottom, not really what I wanted.

week three - just a normal busy work day

I'm not late, no, I'm not. It's still Sunday and pictures of week three are follwing. I've been a little down the past days and just didn't wanna take pictures... It sucks not to have a reason to be sad.

From Monday, when I visited Camila, a friend in Paris (which was awesome! I already miss her.)
I was trying to emphasize the speed of the subway by using a long shutter speed. I didn't have tripod with me (a little stupid of me) and I know there are so many photos showing a blurry train or subway, but anyway...

week 2 - a boy and his dog

Hi yall.

I was afraid I wouldn't be able to take any pictures this week, because I just wasn't very creative and didn't have any ideas. Today I took a walk with my little brother and a friends dog, an 12 year old Irish Setter. He's pretty much deaf and when I call him I have to scream so everybody who lives a mile away can still hear us. Oh well.
But he's a really nice dog and my little brother loves him.

I know most of you guys are not really interested in dog photos, but I know the dog owner is gonna be happy about some pictures that show his dog and his personality. At least that's what I tried to show. I don't know if it worked.

week one - looks like it's gonna rain...

Hi there,

here we are: week one. All week the sun was shining and partially it was really hot(about 30 C and about 85 F, I know, that's nothing compared to Texas). Sunny days are really not the best days to take landscapes pictures, that's why I got so happy when it started raining this afternoon. I love the feeling of raindrops on my skin and the noise on the ground when the drops fall on it.
But I was worried about my camera, so I waited until the rain stopped for a while and went to this field. It would have looked so boring with a nice blue sky, but I think it doesn't look too bad with these dramatic dark clouds.
What do you think?