My Photographic Showcase 2023

 Chicken garden figurine, photographed with the newly cleaned Super-Takumar 50mm f1.4 vintage lens and Canon 7D camera. This shot was taken early afternoon, on a partly cloudy day. I do love the colors this lens makes. And this lens is sharp! 

Img_6676. New set of close-up images of a dead rose.  Shot with a white umbrella on a light stand.  Stand is located about 45 degrees of the subject, on right side of camera. The bulb is pointing away from the subject, towards the ceiling. Light reflecting down on the subject by the umbrella.  Exposure was calculated from camera's "Green A" auto exposure box, and not manual.  Exposure is ISO 12,800, F3.2 at 1/80 of a second.  All other rose exposures are manual settings.  Full house light setup.

Image_6418.  These are test shots, using continuous studio lights and modifiers.  They were photographed in my bedroom, with a single light source.  No post-processing conducted.  Shot with a softbox on a lightstand, located about 45 degrees right side of the camera.  Softbox was lowered down to the subject, with the light shining directly on the subject.  Exposure ISO 100, f8, at ¼ of a second.

Downtown Campbell held its first annual Campbell Car Show on July 8th, from 9am to 3pm.  

On July 1st, Elizabeth Morrison, Meetha Kamath and I took a trip up to Filoli House and Gardens for some flower photography.  Filoli is a massive estate, with a 54,000 square foot Georgian revival mansion, sitting on 654 acres of gardens, orchards, and natural lands.  The estate is located up in Woodside.  Elizabeth and I have never been to Filoli, Meetha has been there once, so we had to check it out.

English garden at Filoli House and Gardens, in Woodside, California. 

Canon SL1 digital camera and three lenses.  They are the Canon EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS USM, the EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS STM, and EF 40mm f2.8 pancake lens.

A vintage classic car cruises downtown Campbell in the Bunnies and Bonnets Parade, Saturday, April 8, 2023.

Photographing flowers at Coyote Hills Regional Park.  On April 29th, we had a beautiful sunshine day, which is good day to shoot some flowers.  Photographed with the Fuji X-T2 camera and XF 18-55mm lens.

Welcome to another episode of Saturday Shootout.  This shootout involves a battle between the Canon 80D DSLR camera and the Fuji X-T2 mirrorless camera--each using their own 18-55mm standard lenses.

We are back with a Saturday Shootout!  I'm comparing the Nifty Fifties--The Canon EF 50mm f1.8 lens verses the Cosina M42-mount 50mm f1.8 lens.  Both lenses are shooting on Canon 40D cameras.  The images were taken on March 11--12th.