First thread v. London and New Orleans

travisn

Hey everyone. Long time forum user, first time grinner.

Last October I visited an ex in London, she was studying abroad for a semester. here are my favorite pics:





















(of course I cant find a mess and not pick it up)










me!


Then I signed up for a b/w 35mm photo class so my photos improved a bit. For spring break I went to New Orleans to volunteer.









Notice the water level lines:




the "X" is from when rescuers searched the house; date on the top, agency who found the house on the left, whether they could get inside or not on the right, and number of bodies found on the bottom




















notice the beads:


house we worked on:


One of my favorites:


All of those were shot with a Cannon A560. mostly on auto. no tripod. levels messed with in pshop. (lots of noise, I know)

Shortly after that my camera and my dads old 35mm were stolen. So I recently purchased a d40.

My favorite three from the first adventure. Full manual only. (I didn't remember/know to change iso. its all 400). Levels adjusted in ps.

f/8, 1/4 sec


f/8, 10 sec (manual focus on this one. it was too dark for the AF to work)


f/5.6, 1/10 sec (my first car was an el camino just like this, lol)


Saturday my dad is getting married so I just found out I'll be participating in taking wedding pictures. (he has a d300, but I dont think he will be doing too much photograhpy), There will be 2 or 3 other people taking photos as well, hopefully I find an artistic edge. haha.

Aaaaannnnnddd next week I'll be in Italy for 11 days (Rome/Venice)(family vacation/honeymoon so the new 'fam' is all going). I'll probably shoot on automatic mostly if we are on the move and don't have time to set up a shot.

Travis

eoren1

Wow - welcome to Dgrin...I think you now hold the record for most photos in a first post
It's really hard to comment on the photos individually without a label/number on them.
I will say that I like the shot of the car (Mercedes) in the alley but think it would be better cropped at the top to remove the distracting buildings.
Some of the early shots have significant motion blur - you'll need to watch those shutter speeds and ISO on your upcoming trip
The bathtubs where you worked would have made for fantastic shots if you got up closer and took one with the 'men working' sign over it.
Enjoy Italy and post your shots here when you get back.
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schmoo

Hey Travis and welcome! This is a great first post, full of a lot of different places and perspectives and types of shots. It's awesome to see you jumping in and trying out all kinds of things as you're learning.

I'm jealous of all the traveling you've done and are doing. I really hope you keep posting them so the rest of us can visit the places, too.

Good luck with the wedding and congrats on your new camera

travisn

thanks guys. The one with the benz caused me to do a double take when I walked by, lol. and the rest before I got my d40 arent all that great as I didnt understand manual settings and was using a point and shoot. I tried messing with the benz pic again but its too grainy to even bother. f/6, 1/60, iso 250 for that one.

I'm not sure how much I'll be able to update between the wedding and Italy, but I'll try.

travisn

Wedding was a bust, there were enough people taking pictures that I didnt care to.

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That is all. Enjoy.

schmoo

Welcome back! You sure did get all over. I didn't know (but love) that Italy is full of grit and character. Thanks for sharing! I especially love the light trails on the canals.

travisn

Thanks a lot! that was basically my first time doing light trails. My dad has been doing them for years (both on his 35mm and his d300).

I was there 9 days and took over a thousand pics. these 52 are the ones I felt were worth showing. haha.