The difference a year makes

dkoyanagi

I finally managed to get out and do some shooting this past weekend (first time in months). I went out and redid some shots I took a year ago. That was when I first got my camera. Here are the shots from last last year:







Since then I have...

1. ...had a year's worth of practice and experience. It's true what they say. There's no substitute for experience.

2. ...upgraded to a laptop with with a big wide LCD screen to edit all my photos. Now I can see all the details that used to be too dark to see on my old CRT.

3. ...upgraded from Paint Shop Pro 8 to Photoshop CS2. There's no comparison between the two. The difference is like night and day.

4. ...started shooting in raw. I use a Sony 828, and anyone who's used Sony's raw conversion program will know that it's slightly less pleasant than shaving yourself with a cheese grater. However, with CS2's skookum raw handling I can shoot raw more often.

Anyway, you might notice a difference. Here are the photos from this past weekend.

tmlphoto

Dan,
Your composition is certainly much stronger in your recent work. The lighting is also much improved. Very strong work.

digismile

Much more powerful! It's much easier to feel the connection Emily Carr had her entire life with these majestic symbols. Your new photos "speak"

Brad

lynnesite

Love 2 & 4, composition, lighting, tones, perspective. You've learned to SEE as well as mastered the mechanical skills, congrats.

mereimage

Ain't digital great
It really ramps up the learning curve along with forums like this......


Mereimage

devbobo

Dan,

This shot is totally amazing !!!



I love it

David

Richard

That last shot is outstanding. clap Can't wait to see what you come up with a year from now.

Cheers.

dkoyanagi

Thanks everybody. I took these recent photos for the latest STF challenge. I wasn't expecting my photos to be too different from what I took last year. Only after I put them up on my smugmug site next to my old photos did I realize how different they looked. Nobody was more surprised than me.

rsinmadrid wrote:

Can't wait to see what you come up with a year from now.

Great idea, Richard. I think I'll turn this into an annual project. It would be a good way to track my progress.

Thanks

TristanP

Shot #2 really grabs me for some reason. You've done some great work there.