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katiefoolerySometimes, work comes with that most delightful concept known as “perks”. Not always, of course. Previously, my perks involved a great long list of nothing much at all. Now they involve being able to take home the resident Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ30 in the name of, uh, learning how to use it so I can instruct staff and students on said use in the future.
*grins like a loon*
It was practically work.
Really it was.
Oh, how arduous and time-consuming it was, working on my long weekend by playing around with... um, I mean, concentrating workfully on this camera with its generous amount of pixels, spectacular zoom and manual focus. If there’s one thing I’ve dreamed of since owning my first digital camera, it’s manual focus. And it was lovely to have it, even just for a weekend.
Since my attention was recently alerted to the fact that I have no music-related icons whatsoever, I decided to make that the subject of my photo shoot. The resulting icon is up there near the title, but here are some left-over shots. (Oh yes, that would be my lovely new iPod video, that I bought mere weeks before the new ones were released. I don’t care, though; I still love it dearly.)
I like so many things about this shot: the slight graininess, the shadows, the softness of it. (Never mind the bit where the two pieces of paper join together.) Bonus points go to the person who used the camera before me and who left it set on black and white. Thanks so much for that, idiot. Because when you’re photographing a black iPod on a white background, you don’t really notice that the colour’s been turned off...
This one I like for the swirling reflections. Those headphones may be the best headphones ever, it's hard to tell. I like my music sharp and defined and I like my public transport sounds muted out, and they provide both of those functions.
Pickle was incredibly unimpressed by the fact that I was paying more attention to the little black thing than to her. She was actually asleep on the chair in the lounge room five minutes prior to this photo, as you can tell by her ruffled fur. I guess some sort of “Egads! Someone’s ignoring me! Me! A cat!” sense must have kicked in, causing her to wake up and demand appropriate attention.
And this would be a flower. I ventured outside after the iPod shoot to have some fun with manual focus and ended up having extra bonus fun with the white balance. It’s still way too dark in this pic, but it’s better than the auto setting.
I love this camera. Does anyone think work would mind if I just... kept it safely at home for the next five years or so?
*grins like a loon*
It was practically work.
Really it was.
Oh, how arduous and time-consuming it was, working on my long weekend by playing around with... um, I mean, concentrating workfully on this camera with its generous amount of pixels, spectacular zoom and manual focus. If there’s one thing I’ve dreamed of since owning my first digital camera, it’s manual focus. And it was lovely to have it, even just for a weekend.
Since my attention was recently alerted to the fact that I have no music-related icons whatsoever, I decided to make that the subject of my photo shoot. The resulting icon is up there near the title, but here are some left-over shots. (Oh yes, that would be my lovely new iPod video, that I bought mere weeks before the new ones were released. I don’t care, though; I still love it dearly.)
(All pics are links to larger images.)
I like so many things about this shot: the slight graininess, the shadows, the softness of it. (Never mind the bit where the two pieces of paper join together.) Bonus points go to the person who used the camera before me and who left it set on black and white. Thanks so much for that, idiot. Because when you’re photographing a black iPod on a white background, you don’t really notice that the colour’s been turned off...
This one I like for the swirling reflections. Those headphones may be the best headphones ever, it's hard to tell. I like my music sharp and defined and I like my public transport sounds muted out, and they provide both of those functions.
Pickle was incredibly unimpressed by the fact that I was paying more attention to the little black thing than to her. She was actually asleep on the chair in the lounge room five minutes prior to this photo, as you can tell by her ruffled fur. I guess some sort of “Egads! Someone’s ignoring me! Me! A cat!” sense must have kicked in, causing her to wake up and demand appropriate attention.
And this would be a flower. I ventured outside after the iPod shoot to have some fun with manual focus and ended up having extra bonus fun with the white balance. It’s still way too dark in this pic, but it’s better than the auto setting.
I love this camera. Does anyone think work would mind if I just... kept it safely at home for the next five years or so?