Still Life

Here is the second post as promised - just more macro pictures taken at home. Can't wait till I venture outdoors. (Just wish it wasn't so cold outside). I hope these pics don't get too boring for you! :)

I think this picture gives off a romantic feeling. :)

Wilderness in the middle of my living room.

Pine trail

Purity

Lost and found!

My New Love <3

First of all, sorry for the lack of updates! I haven't posted in 11 days. What has happened during this time? Well, I have finally purchased my first dSLR!!! =D My baby is the Canon Rebel XS and I am super happy and excited about it. I just opened it yesterday and have been meticulously searching for online tutorials and reading the manual on how to use it. I have very limited technical knowledge of cameras, so there's a lot for me to learn. I know I will need more motivation to keep on going but because I like taking pictures so much, it shouldn't be a problem! So for now, I'll show you a few of my test shots using the manual mode. Please comment - I welcome constructive criticisms and of course, compliments. ;) Thanks!

My baby ~ Canon Rebel XS
this picture is not edited at all (just resized) to show you the true quality of the camera

Playing around with the aperture

Indoor lighting

And this is my little puppet show... :)

Monkey

the Seal family

Mickey.

There are more pictures to come so stay tuned! :D

Special Effects

To make things interesting, I finally delved into the editing realm of photography. Due to my lack of photo-editing program and the lack of knowledge of it, I have never seriously made any adjustments to my photos. But I have this photoshop copycat program called Paint.net, and I played around with it a bit. It's actually a lot of fun! It turned my ordinary looking pictures into something really cool looking. :)

Oil Painting effect

Ink Sketch effect

Portrait-softening effect

and the plain old Sepia effect.

Lights

I love pretty looking lights. Lighting is such an important factor in a photo. I think I should go to Chapters/Indigo one day, grab a bunch of photography-related books, and just sit in a corner and read. I could spend the whole day there looking at photography, interior design, and cook books. This day will come.

Passage to a New Year

Happy New Year everyone! I hope your Christmas and New Year days were well spent and that you have gotten the things you wanted. I have not had much time for photos lately, hence the lack of posts and also the lack of breakthrough. I am still trying to find new perspectives--so I hope you can be patient with me as I am trying to be patient with my progress. On a lighter note, I just want to have fun with it because taking pictures is something I love doing. I feel that a photographer's feelings and thoughts could be depicted through the lens. I am hoping that with my pictures, I have somewhat achieved that.

All the best wishes in the new year.