Video — Shaved Ice
Found a sweet WordPress utility that will insert flash (flv) files into posts. I’m planning on adding my recent video work to the blog this way as soon as I figure out the upload file size issue.
This little project began because I needed a video and I thought it might be fun to do a little bright of a piece. I really worked the sequences and overlapping actions in the editing for the piece.
Katie and Ty
This past weekend had the pleasure of being a part of Katie and Ty’s wedding at The Falls in Lincoln. It was a wonderful day all the way around. It seems I can’t help taking pictures, even when I’m not working.
The Lily Lessons — ISO/ASA
Whether using a film or digital camera a photographer needs to understand how to manipulate ISO/ASA. The ISO/ASA number is a reflection of how sensitive the film or digital sensor is to light. The lower the number the less sensitive a medium, while the higher number reflects a greater sensitivity to light. This basic scale of ISOs is 100. 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200. Each whole difference in setting is equal to twice or half the sensitivity difference depending on which way you are going. For example ISO 100 is the most common low setting which means it is not highly sensitive to light. ISO 1600 is a common high setting. ISO 1600 is sixteen times more sensitive to light than ISO 100. ISO 200 is half as sensitive as ISO 400.
This understanding is important because it allows you to chose the right ISO for any given situation. If you are at a dinner party you can set the ISO to a high number which will allow you to take images at a high shutter speed to avoid blurred images. If you are outside, you can use a less sensitive setting because there is plenty of light to capture an acceptable image.
Now choosing an ISO is pretty simple, but you need to know one more thing. The higher and ISO (i.e. the greater the number) the more noise in the picture. If your using film this is grain on the negative from large silver crystals. Noise is the same idea. It makes the image look blocked up through pixel distortion.
In this image I used an ISO rating of 200. Notice that despite the tight cop, you can see the detail pretty well and the shallow depth of field, especially at the top, make the cloth appear smooth.
In this image with the same aperture but an ISO of 1600, the sensor is 8x more sensitive to light. You can see the noise in the darker area and at the top, where the pixels look gritty as opposed to the smoothness in the other image.
Lucky at Baseball
This was from a couple of weeks ago during the Legion baseball tournament. The catcher missed the tag and the runner missed the base on the first go around and so they both dove back to home plate to finish out the play. The catcher won.
Big Changes Coming
As you can tell I’ve been tweaking the blog a bit. It’s coming together and will be live to the rest of the world soon. Aside from finishing this up and starting a new section called Lily’s Lessons, I’ve been busy redesigning the Kingsley Images website. The design is similar to the current version, but has improved navigation, slides shows, a video section and more. Stay tuned.
