My Nikon N75 35mm SLR Camera w/ 28-80mm Nikkor f3.3-5.6 G AF lens
I recently purchases a camera, which I have been wishing for a while. I'm trying to expand my hobby/interest as well as improving my photography skills. I've never taken a photography class, but that's no reason why I can't take good pictures.
The following are some of the pictures I have taken so far, and I scanned them. You can notice some dirt on the picture as the scanner glass was dirty. Overall, the camera/lens are good and the pictures are clear. The night time pictures look a bit overexposed. With experience, I'll be able to know which settings to use.
Wrigley Building 1
This picture of Wrigely Building by Chicago River was taken with 4 seconds exposure and a camera-indicated aperature. The yellowish look might be overexposure. But the 4 seconds exposure caused the river to become smooth.
Wrigley Building 2
As a comparison to the above pictures, I used the landscape/nighttime preset on the camera. I believe this is a 1/8 second exposure. You can note the ripples in the river and that the overall building is more white/bright. And yes, the time is about 5:30pm.
Downtown Chicago
I took this picture of downtown Chicago from Shedd Aquarium. I was trying to capture the skyline, but a little too much light got onto the film. I was also trying to get the contrast between red/green on buildings' top, instead of the yellowish color from the street light. I'll probably have to tone down the aperature.
Field Museum
Here, I was standing in front of the Field Museum of Natural History. I wanted to capture the tree lights as well as entrance to the Field Museum/totem pole/marqee. This is using a flash to highlight the subject (me) and also allow the background lights to enter. I used a tripod and the camera self-timer to take this picture.
Field Museum 2
I was suppose to be in the picture in this last exposure of the roll, but the self-timer went off before I could get to the backpack and be in the picture. I was trying to use the red-eye reduction when the flash is activated to brighten the subject.
My Parents
Here is a picture of my parents. I used the auto exposure setting, where the camera automatically sets everything. This is the easiet setting one can use. With the flash, everything looks bright.
Falling Jenga Blocks
While my sister was playing Jenga with my dad, I took a picture using fast motion setting. I focused on the Jenga blocks, hoping that it would fall when the wrong block was removed. I wanted to catch the falling in stop motion. Luckily, I was able to catch my sister's facial expression, which was out of focus because the blocks were the center of focus.
I recently purchases a camera, which I have been wishing for a while. I'm trying to expand my hobby/interest as well as improving my photography skills. I've never taken a photography class, but that's no reason why I can't take good pictures.
The following are some of the pictures I have taken so far, and I scanned them. You can notice some dirt on the picture as the scanner glass was dirty. Overall, the camera/lens are good and the pictures are clear. The night time pictures look a bit overexposed. With experience, I'll be able to know which settings to use.
Wrigley Building 1
This picture of Wrigely Building by Chicago River was taken with 4 seconds exposure and a camera-indicated aperature. The yellowish look might be overexposure. But the 4 seconds exposure caused the river to become smooth.
Wrigley Building 2
As a comparison to the above pictures, I used the landscape/nighttime preset on the camera. I believe this is a 1/8 second exposure. You can note the ripples in the river and that the overall building is more white/bright. And yes, the time is about 5:30pm.
Downtown Chicago
I took this picture of downtown Chicago from Shedd Aquarium. I was trying to capture the skyline, but a little too much light got onto the film. I was also trying to get the contrast between red/green on buildings' top, instead of the yellowish color from the street light. I'll probably have to tone down the aperature.
Field Museum
Here, I was standing in front of the Field Museum of Natural History. I wanted to capture the tree lights as well as entrance to the Field Museum/totem pole/marqee. This is using a flash to highlight the subject (me) and also allow the background lights to enter. I used a tripod and the camera self-timer to take this picture.
Field Museum 2
I was suppose to be in the picture in this last exposure of the roll, but the self-timer went off before I could get to the backpack and be in the picture. I was trying to use the red-eye reduction when the flash is activated to brighten the subject.
My Parents
Here is a picture of my parents. I used the auto exposure setting, where the camera automatically sets everything. This is the easiet setting one can use. With the flash, everything looks bright.
Falling Jenga Blocks
While my sister was playing Jenga with my dad, I took a picture using fast motion setting. I focused on the Jenga blocks, hoping that it would fall when the wrong block was removed. I wanted to catch the falling in stop motion. Luckily, I was able to catch my sister's facial expression, which was out of focus because the blocks were the center of focus.
