Fall is in Full Swing

Taken with the iPhone traveling on NC Highway 70

Bokeh

Out of focus photographs are starting to interest me a great deal. I shoot my digital Pentax primarily with a fixed 50mm manual focus lens, which happens to be of my first and oldest lens. It is still my favorite lens to use on most subject matter. But something that happens, especially when I am just goofing off is a horridly out of focus shot or two.  For the most part I have always loved these shots. Sure I force the frame out of focus on purpose sometimes, which I believe is techically referred to as bokeh.  Up until this past year I have been hesitant to post these images on my photoblog.

But the fact is I keep going back to those out of focus shots of mine. I normally give the out of focus shots my attention while I browse through my LightRoom collection.  I feel there is a kind of beauty to out of focus shots. Something that you can refer to in your sub-conscience, a memory (hazy), or some moment in time you remember from the past but it just wont come into focus in your mind.  But just the same, you remember the moment even though the photo is not crystal clear. That is how I view these out of focus shots. I do like crisp clear focused shots as well, but the blurry out of focus shots with splatters of colors or shades of black and white always make me look twice.

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iPhone Camera

Last weekend we were in Charleston and I took some snapshots with my iPhone of all things.  The iPhone camera is not spectacular, but it does the job. Most importantly it is always available. Some people say the best camera, is the one you have with you when you need it.  I find this to be very true as I don’t always carry my big SLR on all my outings. There are some pretty cool applications for the iPhone camera. I prefer the one called “Old Camera” which basically has many settings in various tones of black and white.  For most shots I find the iPhone camera requires you to have a steady hand and plenty of light. Given those two conditions with a dash of interesting subject matter and some luck the photos don’t come out half bad.  I hope you enjoy this selection I picked from some of my Charleston iPhone shots.

HalfLight

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John’s Not So Perfect Picture Redux

My photoblog John’s Not So Perfect Picture is in the process of being revamped.   I still am busy re-posting my old photographs so be patient while I do this. I should be able to finish by this weekend and then I will be able to post new pics soon. I hope  you enjoy and have a great weekend.

John

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