Sadly, they weren't what I was expecting, but still looked pretty interesting.
However the phone takes night photos, it layers everything in a distinct manner, so lights are bright and you'd think it was the day time in some alternate universe. Seeing these "night mode" shots, makes me respect the old videos a little more, when scenes were filmed in the daylight hours and the editors would go back in post production to adjust the light to make it look like a night scene. Pre high definition and fancy computers, there were filters used on the cameras and some minor trickery to make viewers think it was the middle of the night, but in fact, it could have been 12:30 in the afternoon. You can tell the difference in some films, if you really look and know what / where to look.
This is not the case with the photos I took - no trickery, no manipulation. It is just the phone having a setting that I took advantage of. I guess, in a way, it is manipulation because it's drawing out all the bright lights, making the sharp and clean, and allowing you to see everything in view, for having darkness around you.
I know I need to work on my Canon a little more. I've been trying to use a bounce / swivel flash for a few things lately, and seriously need to figure it out. It's something extra I've wanted for my camera and now I've got to work out the specifics of it. Do I have to use manual mode all the time, or can I have a special setting on it (one of the "scenes")? What does each thing look like?
The things I've taken so far have been portrait shots, so they're not for my blog. I've been testing it because I wanted to try to renew my passport with a digital photo and bypass going to a retail store to get my picture taken. I was able to get it partially right, except with my glasses off, I wasn't facing the camera. I also need to tweak the lighting around me because I had some shading in places. It's not the best, but I'm getting there with it; a little more fine tuning, and maybe I can submit something.
At least then, I know what settings to use for any parties I'm at and want to use the flash. It'll be awkwardly fun - all of a sudden a burst of light comes from my area and people are going to think a lamp fell on the floor. That's not what I need when I try to be stealth and unobtrusive with the photos. *Rolls eyes*.
I know this is a short weird post. I was up because I needed to do some early morning work and felt like putting together a quick check in. I'm trying to do some things lately and haven't had any thoughts to write down since my last update.
It's been cold here - reaching as low as 34°; people have been bundled up in multiple layers. I even had to pull out a down jacket I haven't worn since I purchased it almost a decade ago (to use in Chicago, and it stayed in my suitcase; I didn't need it! Ugh. Fiasco!). What happened to "it doesn't get immensely cold in Florida"??? Some parts of the state, near Tampa and further north, potentially saw snow - it got down to the 20s in those places. All the plop plops iguanas must be wondering what in the ever loving hell is going on, as we've had too many days in a row where it's 40° by 7am and 41° by 8pm. Somewhere, usually around 3, it'll reach 70, but won't stay that way for long. Even one of the gym bros I talk to, told me the other day that he didn't move from the Boston area to have days on days of excessive cold. He's freezing and doesn't like it. I agreed, and said "we could be cold and shoveling", to which he replied he didn't want either. He likes it occasionally, but not every day like this. I understand his point. I know my friends in New England are dealing with snow chaos the last couple weeks and it's been in the single digits. It's rough; I have no right to complain. Forty degrees is warm for what they're dealing with.
Which is why I have my window open right now. The weather map says we're to expect rain within the hour and it's currently 57°. I probably should go check the rest of my house and see what's going on... it's not even seven in the morning, but I need some coffee.
Until something changes / I learn more of my camera / we get a blizzard ... the crazy train will keep on rolling.
Stay warm.
Cheers;
See also
* iPhone 17 via Amazon
* Photoshop via Amazon
* Canon T7i via Amazon
* "Swivel bounce flash" via Amazon
