PhotosByTheo » Action http://theojohnson.net Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:29:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Nice Day for Basketball http://theojohnson.net/blog/2010/05/07/nice-day-for-basketball/ http://theojohnson.net/blog/2010/05/07/nice-day-for-basketball/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 12:14:42 +0000 theo.johnson http://www.theojohnson.net/?p=377 It was really nice outdoors yesterday, so I decided to take the boys to the park after school. My oldest son is showing some interest in playing basketball and I wanted to give him a little practice time. Whenever I see either one of them interested in something sports or arts related, I try to find ways to slowly expose them to more of it.

While he was shooting, I decided to get some shots of my own.

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The two black & white photos are some I took while we were out for another day at the park. In these economic times, the park is a great way for them to have fun and stay out of my wallet at the same time.

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The more photos I take outdoors, the more I see the need to use a flash to get rid of shadows. I still need a course on flash photography.

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The biggest thing I had to remember was to decrease the aperture because my first set of pictures came out all white. I thought my camera was on the fritz, but realized I had it set to 2.8 for some indoor shots I was taking earlier. I lowered it to 8 and everything was all good. I also threw in some black and white shots.

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Here’s what I learned:

  • Don’t go to a crowded park if you want them to focus on you. The playground was packed and my youngest was all over the place.
  • Make sure you have plenty of daylight and a fast shutter to prevent blur. I couldn’t set my shutter speed too high as the sun went down, which caused some of the pics to come out dark.
  • Make sure the camera focuses accurately on the subject. Moving targets can be hard to get in focus.
  • Take plenty of pictures. With digital you can always delete the ones you don’t like.

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BTW: For those wondering, I know pumpkins is spelled wrong in the title. That’s how the boys say it.

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Despite a few little meltdowns and a fire ant attack, he did good. But most importantly, he had fun.

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]]> http://theojohnson.net/blog/2009/08/04/gone-fishing/feed/ 2 DIY T-Ball Photos http://theojohnson.net/blog/2009/07/19/diy-t-ball-photos/ http://theojohnson.net/blog/2009/07/19/diy-t-ball-photos/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:48:54 +0000 theo.johnson http://www.theojohnson.net/?p=187 This year my oldest son played his first team sport. We had to buy all the equipment he needed and also got some parent team shirts made. We were excited to see him play and he really enjoyed himself. As parents we had a lot of fun watching the team play and I honestly have to say it was the most comical thing I’ve seen in a while. After the season, they took a group team and an individual photo. I thought the photos game out nice, but the different packages were a grip and I wanted to see him in some more poses. So, I did my own baseball photo shoot and got what I wanted.

Here are a few of the pictures I took:

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]]> http://theojohnson.net/blog/2009/07/19/diy-t-ball-photos/feed/ 1 First Photo http://theojohnson.net/blog/2009/07/05/first-photo/ http://theojohnson.net/blog/2009/07/05/first-photo/#comments Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:24:22 +0000 theo.johnson http://www.theojohnson.net/?p=33 This is one of the first photos that I took with my D80 that I thought came out pretty good. I was just snapping pictures of my son playing in the park and I caught him just before he started rocking back and forth. It just so happened the sun was in a good place and didn’t affect the lighting. I did crop and add a soft glow in Gimp during post-processing.

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