15.11.12

Portrait photography course pt. 2


For the last weeks I've had an astrofever, but today I give you something else just for the change. Deep down in my hard drive I still got dozens of portraits from portrait photography course, and here is one of them. This is just one preview of what is about to come. It is really hard for me to choose the best photos, because honestly I got like 1500 photos to choose from. In future I got a few portrait photography sessions incoming, but they are not scheduled yet. 


14.11.12

Red Moon Architect

As you all know it is cold and dark outside now because of autumn, so the theme for this post is perfect. Couple of my friends play in a band called Red Moon Architect. Few weeks ago they released their debut album, which has been receiving really positive feedback from many reviewers, and they were playing in Rytmikatti Kouvola last weekend. In case you happen to like doom- / death metal I can honestly suggest you to buy their awesome album or at least like their facebook page.



11.11.12

Milky waaaaayyyyy!

Here is an another photo from previous star hunting. This one is processed with more time and effort given. And as I personally like more of vertical astrophotos this one looks lots of better than the previous one to me even though this one is without shooting star. 

Day after this photo we went to photograph nearby, and I managed to capture something beautiful as well, but I will post them later. Next photos will be something different than astrophotos I PROMISE :D My nemesis (clouds) have returned to the sky, and next clear night won't come soon if you believe the forecast.

EXIF:
exposure time -  30 sec
aperture - f/3.5
iso - 640
focal length - 8mm 


8.11.12

Milky way, nothern lights and shooting stars

As I said yesterday, fuck the portraits, it’s time for another astrophoto! It was freezing cold outside, but what wouldn’t an astrophoto addict do for a proper shoot. There are better photos as well but I decided to post this one as it has the shooting star in as well.

In this photo, I managed to capture many exciting things. My main goal was to take a picture of the Milky Way but just because I am so pro, I managed to capture the northern lights as well. And if you watch carefully enough, you might also the shooting star I mentioned. At first I corrected the barrel distortion caused by the lens but after all decided to let it be. What do you guys think, should’ve I corrected it after all or not? While I was taking these photos, I actually managed to lose one of my lenses. The 30mm lens was lost for an hour but I luckily found it. It lying between the rocks just 10cm away from the freezing cold water.


EXIF:
exposure time -  30 sec
aperture - f/3.5
iso - 1000
focal length - 8mm



7.11.12

Attention

Allright everybody, fuck the portaits it's clear sky here tonight!

edit: Just to mention you guys, I captured milky way, nothern lights and shooting star all in the same photo.

6.11.12

... Astro pt.5

Here we go again. Another astrophoto, but this will be the last one for a while before these annoying clouds decide to leave my sky. I got plenty of material from portrait photography course, so I will post some portraits next (if the sky won't clear up soon). I guess I should buy wider lens for this astro thing, because I have problems fitting enough stuff in the sky. I've been looking for tokina 11 - 16mm, samyang 14mm and nikon 14 - 24mm, but at the moment I'm too poor to invest to that nikon lens at least. Which lenses do you use for astro photography?


EXIF:
exposure time -  20 sec
aperture - f/5
iso - 640
focal length - 30mm



5.11.12

Astro pt.4

I'm really hooked up with astro photography. This photo is taken from the same spot with photo in previous post. Except this one is vertical. In my opinion it makes huge difference after all. The reason for posting a photo similar to the previous one is to show you the the difference between horizontal and vertical landscapes. Compare this one to the previous photo and let me know which one you like more. Personally I like more the vertical one in this scene, because I can fit more stuff into photo, like the rocks in the bottom and I have more space for the stars. Horizontal view is pretty much all the same, woods and a few cottage, so there is no reason extend it.

EXIF:
exposure time -  30 sec
aperture - f/5.6
iso - 400
focal length - 30mm



1.11.12

Astro fever pt.3

Once again I was freezing out in the forest chasing stars, but my arch enemies (moon and clouds) were polluting my precious sky. I didn't capture too many stars, but I got couple of decent landscapes. It was definetely worth catching a cold last night.

EXIF:
exposure time -  30 sec
aperture - f/5.6
iso - 400
focal length - 30mm