A Nikon D7000 was used for all the images. The lens was so close to the subject that it was sometimes difficult to avoid the shadow of the camera in the shot. |
THIS SITE IS MOVING TO ANOTHER LOCATION:
This site has moved to another blog called, ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY. There will me no further posts to this site. The new site will continue so show my regular shooting progress, but will also contain other topics on photography, such as hands-on equipment and software reviews, historical information on photography, and much more.
When it was set up, the DAILY STOCK SHOT PROJECT was supposed to be a one year project. Last year I extended the project another year due to the popularity of the site, but now it is time to move on.
If you wish to continue following, please visit my new blog at ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY and save it as a new link.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Here are two shots of the same object, a computer keyboard, done with two extremely different focal length lenses. The photo above was taken up close with a 10.5mm Nikon fisheye lens on a D7000. |
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Whenever I find an old statue of a famous person I capture it for stock. These two statues of George Washington are part of the arch that is in Washington Square, New York. |
Both photos were taken with the Leica M9 and 50mm lens on one of the many walks I take around the city. I always have a camera with me, and almost always pick up a stock shot or two. |
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
A blog shot from last week was a test from a flash setup I was preparing to do some splash shots in the studio. Here are two samples from the final shoot. To learn more about how to take photos like these and see more samples, click to visit my DSLR learning blog.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
I love blueberries. At the local farmer's market the blueberries are at the height of their season. I visited several farm booths to taste their crop and brought home quite a few planning to use some for a blog photo. I got a bit carried away and wound up with well over twenty variations of stock shots. Some are included below. All photos were taken with the same camera outfit, the Nikon D7000 with Nikon 60mm macro lens, and were back lit with a soft window light augmented by two small, silver, cardboard reflectors from the front.
Here I just wanted a very simple, straight-forward, stark photo of a single blueberry. The softness was due both to a shallow depth of field and some further processing in Photoshop. |
With the preponderance of internet image usage these days, I always try to take a long horizontal for banner placement. |
Best of all is when you have a friend like my friend, Marg, who can turn those blueberries into a delicious blueberry tart. Thanks Marg! |
Saturday, July 16, 2011
I was out taking sample images for my other blog on learning photography when the sun went behind a cloud momentarily and lit up only part of the Empire State Building making it stand out dramatically against the deep blue sky and interesting clouds. Nikon D7000 with new Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 lens and polarizer to deepen the sky and enhance the color on the building. |
Friday, July 15, 2011
For this shot, I wanted just the lips to be in focus and saturated, while everything else would be soft and bright. |
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Here I wanted to capture more of a panoramic vista by using a 24mm lens and cropping to accentuate the horizontal.
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A telephoto shot from the same viewpoint taken with the Nikkor 80-400mm zoom set to a 400mm focal length just as the sun finally went down. |
Hundreds of photographers and tourists were out to view the sunset from points along 42nd Street and other major intersections. |
A fisheye view of photographers waiting for the sun to appear from behind a distant building. Makes you wonder how anyone could capture an image at all. |
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
I grabbed this night shot of a highway while riding as a passenger in a car last night. The light streaks were caused by shooting through the windshield. Photographed at ISO 3200 with the Nikon D7000 and 24-70mm f/2.8 zoom. Normally I do not like to use an ISO this high, but it did clean up very well after using the Neat Image noise reduction program. |
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Tonight I photographed the fireworks with a silhouette of the rooftops of New York. |
The photos were shot on the Nikon D7000. This one was captured with the 70-200mm lens zoomed to 155mm (232mm equivalent on this camera), and an exposure of 8 seconds and f/10 with ISO 100. |
That should be it for photographing fireworks for another year. |
Monday, July 4, 2011
Happy 4th of July! |
PHOTOGRAPHING FIREWORKS.
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