3.0 Photographing Kids

Smile! Your on Camera.

Kids love to be photographed. In my recent vacation on my hometown I got a change to do a solo photowalk. In turns out to be photographing kids! Here are my tips on photographing kids on street.

1. Approach the kids and talk to them. Kids are afraid to talk to strangers but if you have a camera on your neck, they will approach you.

2. Took some shots and let them see themselves on your camera.

3. Tell them to do some pose and gestures. Do not direct them what to do. Kids are always beautiful in pictures whatever pose they make.

4. Take a photo of solo or group.

5. When taking pictures don't forget to ask them to say "cheese"!

6. Finally thank them and wave goodbye!

2.0 Waves of Freedom

Waves of Jose Panganiban Camarines Norte- My hometown.

Waves are commonly captured in long exposure to achieve the smooth and foamy effect of water in motion. This can be done using a Neutral Density filters. What I am trying to capture on below photos are the actual behavior of waves in the sea, rough, spontaneous and unpredictable. Without using a long exposure technique and ND filter waves are fun to photograph. Why? because you need timing and a lot of patience.

1.0 My Nikon D40

My baby-Nikon D40.
There is the old saying that a good painter doesn't need a good brush to create a masterpiece. I strongly believe that this is also true in photography. My belief is that a good light and a great mind create a good photographs.

The camera is a mere tool in creating an image but the real developer is the one behind it.
My Nikon D40 is not my choice because of its features over other brand of cameras. My camera is Nikon D40 because it is cheap. My idea is that any SLR can produce a good quality photographs as long as you know the ins and out of the camera.
I started with my kitlens 18-55 for two years then shift to 18-135 for a more versatility and lately (about a month ago) I purchased the 35mm f1.8 for photographing my family.

"The more you know the more you don't know". I don't know who said that but that is also true in camera. The camera manual is the most important tool in learning the basics of your camera. It tells you everything about the camera. So I recommend to read the manuals 10x or as much as possible to maximize the potential of your tool. The more you read, the more you understand the different features and capabilities of the camera. The more you know the features, the more you shoot, the more you shoot you become good!

I love my Nikon D40. Again, its not in the camera, its who is behind the camera.

0.9 Incident Light - A Photography Blog

 

Incident Light - A photography Blog

I created this blog to share my experience in photography. I'm not a professional photographer and I don't have a high end camera, as a matter of fact I only have a Nikon D40 and 2 lenses (nikkor 18-135 and 35mm). I just want to share everything that I've learned from my experience as a hobbyist.

I started taking pictures since I'm in high school using my minolta point and shoot camera. When I got into college I got a chance to borrow a Yashica SLR camera from my landlord, but the problem is since I'm still a student I don't have money to support my hobby. So I gave up. :-). After graduation I ended up working in a manufacturing industry and to my surprise the company is using photography to analyze and solve problems related to semiconductor. Cool! I even got the opportunity to use an electron microscope. To make the story short my passion as a photography was revive.

Year 2007, the price of electronics are starting to decline. That is the time when I purchased by very first SLR, the Nikon D40. Coming from a point and shoot camera the dSLR is something new to me. So I started to study the art of photography.

Photography is light + art for me. Creating images by light and imagination using the camera as a tool.