The Mission at San Fernando
Aiptek DV-STILL Camera Image
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Location
The San Fernando Mission In San Fernando CaliforniaTime
late afternoonLighting
Natural late afternoon sunlightEquipment
Aiptek 6800 Digital Video/6mp Still camera ISO 100 Auto exposure 1/11 sec. F/3.0 focal length ? bracket exposures +2/-2 in 1 F-stop increments this one was at the "normal" exposure hand held (leaning against the wall (use what you got !) Image stabilization on white balence "Cloudy" flash offInspiration
I just love the location for its beauty and its long history (circa 1797) and its everchanging dramatically different lighting opportunities on different days or time of day or time of year I have returened again and again sometimes taking the same shots under widly varying lighting contitions and mood imparted thereby yielding dramtically different resultsEditing
I Adjusted contrast saturation and the pixel Radiace and brought out the roof by selecting just it and Adjusting it separatelyIn my camera bag
At the time this photo was taken a polorizing filter and the Aiptek ...thats it! However.... I am a retired Pro I sold almost all of my cameras and related equiptment before Digital really caught on I worked Freelance for the most part before I did Catalogs, "How to" manuals, weddings,local newspaper,corporate award cerimonies and conventions Pet and People portraits and fine art photography ... I also shot a very large format commercial litography Gallery Camera fulltime for 5 years in-between my freelance work I used to shoot with a Medium format Hasselblad 500CM,Ziess CF 80mm and CF 150mm lenses A-12 back, penta prisim ,speed crank 35mm: Canon A-1, Ae-1 with 28mm ,200 2.8,vivitar seris-1 80-180 flat field zoom, 50mm 1.8lenses Soligar 1 degree spot meter Minolta Flash Meter 3 Reflectasol umbrellas 2 vivitar 285 Flashes driven by 2 Quantom battery packs Star D and Velbon tripods in addition to a complete black and white darkroom lately I have been using a Sony SLT Alpha 58 and fuji fine pixFeedback
This photo was taken with a simple inexpensive auto exposure Aiptek Digital Vidio/6mp Still camera and is a good example that spending big bucks on a camera is not always necessary in order to get great photos .I belive that once you are familiar with a camera use can learn to use its streangths and weaknesses to your advantage, Being there at the right time of day was key in getting this one with that camera. I guess that could be said with any camera, but with the Aiptek's limitations this is especialy true
