Experimenting

The following photos are a result of revision procrastination, and the fact that the Stark’s are always right; “Winter is coming”. Now, night arrives at 4pm; combined with school, and the only time I have to take photos is in the dark.

My first Amsterdam adventure, with the camera, was around 1am. I couldn’t sleep and my shutter finger was growing restless. I called my father who was an hour behind me back home, and we chatted as I walked the canals, discussing cars, the Dutch, and photography.

If I recall, it was the night I was meant to be studying finance, and bought a tripod instead! This was the first picture I took which made me feel like a moderately competent photographer! I have tweaked it, using dehaze to, well… you know… dehaze it.

One feature the α6000 has is applications, purchasable from the Sony website. Some are a bit gimmicky, yet some such as the ‘Smooth Reflection’ (which simulates a neutral density filter by stacking shots together, and also removes fast moving objects or walking people from the picture), are actually useful. The photo above was a product of the app.

The photo below, however, is how Amsterdam would have looked, had Drive been filmed in the Netherlands.

A week or so later I went out for a walk, only slightly earlier, to catch the offices with their lights on.

New lens

My next photography post will include more shots taken with this lens, but I thought these turned out nicely, and I wished to share them with you all. They are night time shots, so I think they qualify for this post.

I thoroughly enjoy taking portraits, luckily, my subject is a colleague. Unfortunately, I find it difficult to approach people for a photograph, I always feel like I am intruding and that people will interpret it weirdly; something to work on.

How would you approach the matter? Do you have any ideas on how to ask for portraits?

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