Photo A Day

Welcome to my Photo a Day Challenge

I purchased a Nikon D80 back in November 07, and have been reading all I can about the Nikon and about photography in general, as I am a total beginner to photography as well as to Digital.

In fact I have probably done a little to much reading and not enough photographing, so I have set myself the challange of taking a photo a day for a year, which will hopefully encourage me to start actually taking photographs.

I hope some of the photos will be good, but I know a lot will most likely be bad, but I hope to recieve comments from other photogrphers which should help me improve my techniques over the year and hopefully I will see an improvement.

What really interests me are photographs which portray everyday life, so hopefully I will get round to taking plenty of photographs from the streets of Sheffield which is where I live.

I hope this might help other beginners to digital photography as I will post any problems I have had and any solutions I have found, or solutions that others may provide.

I am going to shoot in Manual mode although this will slow me down, I feel that this is the best way to understand the basics of photography.

Brigha's Shelf

Lens: Nikon 18-200mm
Focal Length: 35mm
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure: 1/125
Apeture: F/8.0
ISO: 100
Flash: Fired

This will be my last post for a couple of weeks as I am away on holiday to Florida, so should have some good photos when I come back, which I will back post when I am back.

This one is of my daughter Brigha's shelf, didn't have much time so not the most inspiring of pictures.

Tilly Hiding

Lens: Nikon 18-200mm
Focal Length: 75mm
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure: 1/60
Apeture: F/5.3
ISO: 100
Flash: Fired

Taken while our cat Tilly was cleaning herself, but it looks like she's a little shy.

Brigha

Lens: Nikon 18-200mm
Focal Length: 200mm
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure: 1/125
Apeture: F/4.5
ISO: 200
Flash: Did not fire

Another one of my daughter Brigha, playing around on the floor, converted to Black and White in Lightroom.

Golf

Lens: Nikon 18-200mm
Focal Length: 200mm
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure: 1/250
Apeture: F/5.6
ISO: 100
Flash: Did not fire

Took the children up to the local driving range, took a few photos of which this was the best.

Blue Door

Lens: Nikon 18-200mm
Focal Length: 48mm
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure: 1/125
Apeture: F/4.8
ISO: 200
Flash: Did not fire

Taken at an old factory in Loxley (I think it was called Hepworth Refactories, i will have to check), they are about to knock it all down for housing, it looked like someone was spying from behind the door.

Tree

Lens: Nikon 18-200mm
Focal Length: 35mm
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure: 1/100
Apeture: F/5.6
ISO: 100
Flash: Did not fire

I thought this was an interesting looking tree, with the leafs just starting to appear out of the buds.

Sky

Lens: Nikon 18-200mm
Focal Length: 50mm
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure: 1/125
Apeture: F/4.8
ISO: 200
Flash: Fired

Taken of out dog Sky, I'm quite pleased with this one as for once I have maanged to get the eyes in focus.

Pot Doll

Lens: Nikon 18-200mm
Focal Length: 65mm
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure: 1/125
Apeture: F/8.0
ISO: 100
Flash: Fired

One of my daughter pot dolls, a bit scary looking really, I'm surprised she can sleep at night with those eyes looking at her.

Water

Lens: Nikon 18-200mm
Focal Length: 56mm
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure: 1/200
Apeture: F/8.0
ISO: 100
Flash: Fired

Taken of water flowing down out of the sink, using a shutter speed that shows the water realistically, I am going to try one with a slower speed which should give me a softer look.

Buddhas

Lens: Nikon 18-200mm
Focal Length: 38mm
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure: 8s
Apeture: F/20
ISO: 100
Flash: Did not fire

Playing around with adding light using a torch, this was the best one. I shined the torch at the back of the figures for about 5 seconds then brought it round to the front for the final 3 seconds.