DidIHearYouRight
Boo has grown into her ears since. ;)
Boo has grown into her ears since. ;)
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Mar, 2017Views
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Location
I took this photo in our dining room next to my husband's makeshift "home office."Time
I took it in the late morning. That's when Boo likes to lay in the sunlight that comes through the window.Lighting
We have a small ranch house, but at the front there are two nine foot picture windows, one in the living room, one in the dining room. Any time I am going for a natural light photo indoors, I take it in one of these two places.Equipment
I took this with my Samsung WB110. It's a point and shoot camera, but it does give you options under programming for Macro and Super Macro, and it's got a fairly decent zoom range. It's not my go-to camera now, but it did the job prior to me getting my Canon 60D. I was laying down on the floor in front of her.Inspiration
We adopted Boo from an animal shelter a few hours away from us. She was a happy accident that was meant to be. It was right around Halloween when we found her (hence the name) and we were told she was a Chiweenie. We had never even heard that name for a chihuahua/dachshund combo before. Her ears have always seemed disproportionate to her head, and when I took the shot I laughed at how much more exaggerated the perspective seemed. She's also a bit of a diva, and you can tell she wasn't thrilled I was putting a camera in her face while she enjoyed her toy.Editing
I am still an amateur photographer and am just in the baby steps portion of post-processing. The most I will usually ever do is adjust saturation or change the midtone levels of brightening and contrast. I am in awe of some of the work by other Viewbug users and the things they can do in post, but it's just not in my skill set yet. I didn't have to do any with this shot.In my camera bag
Now that I have entered the world of DSLR, I always have my Canon 60D. I carry my 18-55mm and my 75-300mm with me, and depending on what I am shooting that day, I will go back and forth between the two lenses. I also bought a filter set online that I've been experimenting with that I carry. I always, always have a lens cleaner because nature shots are my passion and nature can be dirty. My husband has an old 200mm/macro film camera lens that I bought an adapter for that I carry on occasion. Without chip communication though, my focus and steadiness have to be spot on. I recently bought a more portable mini tripod with bendable legs, because my large tripod was cumbersome to carry through the woods and creeks.Feedback
I am too early in the game to think I can advise others, but I can tell you what I do. I try to capture things that I love and things that bring me joy. It seems simple, but passion is that intangible that makes photos come alive. I see beautifully taken architecture pictures on Viewbug, that I wouldn't know for a second how to capture, because I'm not passionate enough to know what focus on. I think if you try and make the world see what you love the way you do, and you use composition rules as guidelines, but not walls; you will be surprised at how quickly you step up your game. I also take several shots of the same subject with different shutter speeds and F-stops. It helps those of us who are self-taught learn what the equipment does and why. It also can lead to some beautiful "moody" shots that you wouldn't get if you were just trying to take the perfect picture.
