My photography blog where I will be posting my exposures and giving details on how I was able to create these images. I will be showing what settings I used on my Camera and what I did in post processing.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
PALS!
Last night as I was watching TV I head Bosley and Gizmo both snoring and looked down and saw them on the same bed looking really cute so ofcourse I got my camera and got down on the ground and took this picture. Not much more to say I will let the image speak for itself.
Camera Settings:
Camera: Canon 60D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm F1.8 II
Focal Length: 50mm
ISO: 3200
Aperture: f/2.0
Shutter Speed: 1/60 sec.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Los Angeles Zoo Snow Day 2011
So I went to the zoo this morning because they were having there annual Snow Day, I walked up to the Snow Leopard which was one of the exhibits that had snow, and the leopard was hiding in the back not on the snow at all, guess LA snow leopards don't really like the cold. I walked towards the black bear exhibit and he was nowhere to be found, so I went down to the Bengal Tiger area and he was asleep in his den, that is where I got this image, right after taking this image it start to rain, a lot of rain actually, so I had to pack up and head home, figuring I could wait for the rain to pass and head back to the Zoo, good think I live 5-10 mins away, Alas the rain never stopped and I didn't have a chance to go back to the Zoo.... FAIL! I did make a little youtube vlog about this day, pretty funny check it out.
Camera Settings:
Camera: Canon 60D
Lens: Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 II EX DG APO Macro HSM
Focal Length: 91mm
ISO: 800
Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter Speed: 1/250 sec.
So I bought a new lens, the Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 II EX DG APO Macro HSM wow what a mouthful, LOL! So far I love this lens its sharp, fast and a great focal length range. Ok so this is the first image I have taken with this lens, taken from outside my house. This is the US Bank building in downtown LA and its about 1.5 miles from my house as the crow flies. I was shooting at a really high ISO because I was also doing some ISO tests on my Canon 60D, but even though the image has some high ISO noise I really like it, unlike most people I don't mind noise I actually like noise or grain in my images.
Camera Settings:
Camera: Canon 60D
Lens: Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 II EX DG APO Macro HSM
Focal Length: 200mm
ISO: 6400
Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter Speed: 1/100 sec.
Vidya & Naveed cut their wedding cake, a photo by Jorge Araujo
Ok so I was in Detroit, Michigan this weekend to see Vidya & Naveed get hitched. It was an amazingly beautiful weeding, my first Indian (dots not feathers) wedding. We had a great time and really enjoyed the weeding. I want to thank Vidya and Naveed for the invitation as well as Sonia's Parents Jorge Just and Sonia Just for everything they did to make our weekend great. Also thanks to Heather for letting us stay with her in Ann Arbor. Ok so Michigan is way different than LA, Amazing homes and yards and green as green can be, the weather was perfect.
Ok so this image, well when they said and the couple will now cut the cake, I knew I had to take a picture, so I got up moved in close enough to get the shot but making sure not to invade on this special moment and I snapped of this shot. I'm really happy with the shot they both look great and very happy, and I am so happy for them.
Camera: Canon 60D
Lens: Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM
Focal Length: 70mm
ISO: 1600
Aperture: f/4
Shutter Speed: 1/80 sec.
We had to put old Ecco down on Aug. 12th. It was a sad day and we still miss him very much, but it was the right time. He was such a strong dog and never showed any weakness until the end, he will be remember as one of the sweetest and most amazing dogs ever. Amazingly I think he knew it was his time and let us know that we were doing the right thing. We really knew it was time and we made the right choice when he stopped eating. I mean this dog would never not eat, no matter what if there was food in his plate, or anywhere else for that matter including a bag of bagels on top of a 7 foot tall rack he would eat it.... LOL! So when he stopped we knew it was really time. Again he will be remembered forever. So old friend have a safe journey and take your place with the great "Dog Lords" of the past and Rest In Peace.
So I went to the LA Zoo with Sonia and we walked around taking pictures of a bunch of animals then I saw this Big Horn Sheep... and everytime I see these they remind me of BAJA. These are native to the Sierra Nevada Mountains. But what really caught my eye photography wise was that I was on a ledge above the sheep and it was covered by trees... and I love shooting through stuff, as you can see when you focus in on something and blur everything else out using a small depth of field it almost feels like you can see through things... that is so cool. I can't wait to go back to the Zoo and find more animals to shoot.
Now for the camera settings so you can see what I did.
Camera: Canon 60D (I upgraded from my T2i)
Lens: Canon EF 80-200mm 4.5-5.6 II
Focal Length: 162mm
ISO: 400
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter: 1/400 sec
Went to the Hollywood Park saturday for the Belmont Stakes, made some bets on the ponies then played some poker, but I also knew that I was going to use this time to take a picture of the Hollywood Park Casino sign since it will be perfect for a photography competition for GOOD LA, they are looking for Vintage LA signs. Now I know there are many older signs in LA but this one is great because it really shows the time period its from can you guess? You got it the 80's I mean it belongs on Miami Vice...LOL!
