Adventure world – my first short clip

Recently I got my hands on the Canon 60D. On the second day after it arrived I was asked to photograph a kids fest called “Adventure world”.

This was a very good opportunity to test the 60D in action. I am keen on making photos, but I was more exited to check the video recording. As this was my first video clip ever, I made a lot of mistakes – some overexposed shots, some that were not framed correctly …. long list :) Continue reading

My first Time Lapse

Hey guys,

This is my first post here. Since English is not my native language please accept my apologies for the writing and grammar mistakes I will make. This is one of the reasons I created this site, to practice! :)

After watching some very inspirational and visually stunning time lapses from Philip Bloom and Co I decided to try creating one by myself.

I did a research. What I needed was a camera and an intervalometer. Since I have a Canon 350D, but I don’t have an intervalometer, I searched for an alternative way. I discovered that the camera module on my Nokia E55 has a sequence mode which allows me to capture a picture every 10 seconds. The quality of E55’s camera is not good in general, but this was my only option. One good thing is that it has a fixed focus so I was not worried about getting a lot of unfocused pictures during the time lapse sequence.

The next “problem” was “What to shoot?”. For good or bad, on the other side of the street where I work, there is a major bus stop. A lot of movement … and noise. They would be my target.

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