A bit of warning here, these are all Black and White only. I don't know much about B&W, it is a bit of a grey area for me.
But really, I was just playing with lighting today. Colour sort of gets in the way of light, shapes and other photography things. Just plain distracting and sometimes even taking away from a shot. Going Black and White is the easiest way to get away from bad coloured lighting or white balance. No colour means no colour balancing(sort of), I mean you still gotta pick how your B&W B&W's.
Today was kinda interesting cause I had left the campus later than I was thought I would be. Slight scheduling issues, just totally read test time wrong and it was an hour later than expected. To the point, I left campus thinking there was no way I could take photo's in this light without a tripod. Kinda need it to take long shutter speed, to get decent quality shots without blur.
Then it happened. Yes, I took photos, no tripod. To my finding, Wellington City has built in tripods EVERYWHERE. Long shutter speeds were coming. Paring meters, fences, seats, just surfaces where you can put stuff, and even those cone tops are perfect to sit your camera. Of course there is some risks involved when you have your camera on the edge from a deadly drop, one bump and the camera could be going to the grave, so always be very careful. Try to avoid very long shutter speeds(15+ seconds) in extra risky areas by bumping up the ISO or opening the aperture a bit. Is a better quality shot really worth the risk(the ground is not the only thing your camera can land on) ?
Another trick to angle a camera is prop it up with items you might find in pocket. Things like a wallet, cellphone, lens cap, camera bag(well that's in pocket but very useful). Only thing you can't really do in many situations is angle the camera down.
This is getting confusing and badly written, I'm referring to my self then using words like "your", then I just speak about things in general. This ain't some sort of tutorial, just a blog about my own photos. So I'll speak from first person in a story-past-tense type deal.
Also I didn't know there was a tunnel than ran under the terrace, just random, but it made some interesting lighting situation.
Walk down this pedestrian street all time, most because of the very nearby fast food restaurant. It is a Burger King of course. There has been plenty of work(construction/trade type) done on this little stretch too. This shot is simply called "Path" because you are set into one path coming out and it gets a bit crowded sometimes.
These are some seats. Not much to say about it. Just some seats, I've done plenty of these photos already. (But this is Black and White, surprise)
Old Buildings, and jumbled letters. Something here. Yeah, this is about the time I realized I truly missed my train, but I didn't really want to miss it. Just to get shots down the last stretch of road before I get to the station.
These shots kinda made up for it though. I just like this photo, The sharpness of the scaffolding. To be perfectly un-perfect, I have a feeling the previous photos weren't in focus because of this shot which is using the same focus and is really sharp with a closer object.
Another scaffolding image. I find looking up at something tall-ish that just goes straight up to be quite freaky. Like I just look up and there is height. This photo doesn't quite describe how I feel, maybe a wider fish-eye might, but you can see that height effect(which is one of the reasons I bought a wide angle lens to begin with.
Photos like this make me more confident I made the right choice instead of getting that 14mm prime me forgets the brand. That 4mm makes a huge difference in FOV. 10-20mm Sigma is great for me. I once said I could never go back to zooms because primes are usually sharper, but the Sigma lens is pretty damn sharp. The only major draw back is it is only for APS-C format cameras so upgrading to a Full Format may be a difficuit choice for me. Especially since I was eventually planning on getting the Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 which also has the same restrictions. Maybe I'll just get an 80D ?
More wide-ness, wide angle lenses were made for street corners. Well probably not, they are useful for many applications.
This is the place I probably walked past the most in Wellington ever. This very corner. Even last year when I was on my gap year. Well besides the train station duuuh.
Oh there's that place. Oh I must be off now, train station, check, yeah, this is the end.
This is the first time I've taken photos on my actual walk to the train station. That meaning, the walk I do most days on the way home. These are places I see on my normal efficient walk to the train station. Not diverging to the Waterfront or Newtown. These add a lot of time to the walk.
I probably won't be diverging so much especially with Daylight Saving, and by the time I get home, have dinner, edit photos, blog post, get ready for bed, it is already super late, and I have another 9am start the next day. It is really the worst of situations. I feel like it is a routine that I started. Probably start week-long blog shoots. Just for a change of scenery. I do shoot during the week but just don't post them onto the blog. Holiday shoots are definitely going to be heaps of fun. Actually being able to dedicate a whole day to a shoot sounds amazing.
I'm surprised this shoot got this far though. In fact, most of my shoots I only come up with after I start my journey to the train station. Some weeks have honestly been bad but just my opinion.
I enjoy writing in the blog, like actual writing. Well bad writing but writing still. It gives content to the photos.
Have a good week people that don't read, I really think no one reads this crap so that's why I write in a blog lols.
GG
VanSanDam outta here
vansanity checking out
Very Fast Van blasting off (worst nick name ever)
The Van has left the building
Writing my own name heaps just feels weird, I'm gone, not forever, for this week though. BYE
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