Urban Remains

"An Old Film Poster" by Laurence Nacario

 

" Rusted Cage door Hinge" by Laurence Nacario

 

"Half torn film poster" by Laurence Nacario

Nature ( A Dying vine)

" A Dying Vine" by Laurence Nacario

Lifeline ( Story of the clothesline pegs)

Red: "Everybody march!"

Red: " Keep your balance you fools!"

Red: "Stop shaking the line...I'm gonna fall"

Red: " It was you goofin around aye son"   Green: " Yup"

 

Depth of field exercise 1

"Succulent Desert" by Laurence Nacario - Canon EOS M, ISO 100, Shutter 1/1000, F-stop 2.0, 55mm lens.

"Succulent Desert" by Laurence Nacario - Canon EOS M, ISO 100, Shutter 1/1000, F-stop 2.0, 55mm lens.

Try experimenting with pulling focus to background,foreground or middle ground and see the differences.
Especially fun when looking at smaller objects like my miniature succulent garden. Enjoy!

" Adding depth and dimensions"

"The ball is dropped" by Laurence Nacario- Canon EOS M, ISO 800, Shutter 1/40, F- stop 2.0, Grayscale.

" Rock...Paper...Sand?" by Laurence Nacario - Canon EOS M, ISO 100, Shutter 1/800, F- stop 4.0, "Cloudy".

One thing I have noticed about having a nice focus/blurring effect is that the subject you are focusing on DEMANDS attention. It literally stands out because you directed it to do so. I also like to call it "3D" looking. If you watch the old 3D movies with the red and cyan glasses you may realize that the focus is on the object "popping out of screen". I believe having a strong focus on a subject while blurring/flattening the background, gives it a 3D like quality. It is also a good technique to use for isolating or separating objects. For example, the rock photo above is separated from the sea shells behind it because it is in focus or it is within the lens's depth of field.

Sneak Peek!

Thank you to the people who viewed my blog today. I hope that my memory dump of information will help you with your photographic endeavours. I would like to end this night with a preview of what is going to be posted tomorrow. It will be a few more images relating to " open iris" then I will show side by side comparisons of the effects we have used thus far. Thank you guys and enjoy!

Opening up your "Iris"

Have you ever wanted that soft blurry background on your photos? Well, in this post I will show you a neat trick to help you achieve that effect.

Why is your post called Opening up your "Iris"?
What is an Iris?
In our human eye, there is a part called the iris. Its function is to adjust how much light is being seen through our retina by dilating or increasing its size. Our cameras have the same function that we can use. It is called; Iris, aperture, F stop, the eye and one from my Italian friend in film school " the diaphragm".

Basically, each lens type has its own limit of how open their iris can be. The more open - the more light - the more blurry you can get the background or foreground. Here are some examples.

" Look at my foot" by Laurence Nacario

Canon EOS M-  ISO 400, Shutter speed 1/125, F stop 2.0, 22mm lens, White Balance "cloudy".

" Focus on reading" by Laurence Nacario

 Canon EOS M, ISO 800, Shutter speed 1/160, F stop 2.0, 22mm lens, White Balance "Custom"

If you look at my F stops for both images, they are at 2.0 which means I have opened them right up to its maximum. I believe it is a really good lens from Canon at least for one that came from the pack. Of course you can buy lenses that can open up to 1.8 or even more but if you don't have the money just stick with what you got.