Highly Subjective

This image is what I originally planned to do for our latest weekly photo assignment. Although I liked this image, I thought the other one better suited the topic.

Photographers:
Anne Marie, Paul, Robert, Stephanie

Here's the photos from our Fifth weekly photo assignment. The subject for this one is, "Art is Science made clear", which is a quote by, jean Cocteau. Click the photographer's names (above) to view the images.

If you're not sure what this weekly assignment thing is, check out assignment #1 for a little explanation.

Remember... comments, critiques, and constructive criticism are always welcome.

I've been super busy with work lately so I haven't had much time to go out and shoot, but we did manage to make it over to The Mission last night for drinks and dinner. Of course, I had my camera with me.

We went to a place called, Double Dutch, on 16th Street. While I was outside on a smoke break a bus pulled up, and I noticed this guy. The first thought that came to me was Bon Jovi...

"I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted dead or alive
I'm a cowboy, I got the night on my side
I'm wanted dead or alive"

Although, I don't think he was singing about public transportation. :)

This image is very similar to the one I used in our Weekly Photo Assignment #4, but I thought it was a good image to show while talking about a lens I bought recently. It's the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II. It's the cheapest (and lightest) lens that Canon makes. You can easily find it for about $80 USD.

I originally bought the lens because I needed something that would give me more options in low-light situations. This lens opens up to f/1.8, so it's considered to be a pretty 'fast' lens.

Although I bought this lens for speed, I've actually been having some fun playing around with depth-of-field. When shooting with the aperture all the way open, you get a pretty limited depth-of-filed, especially if you get very close to your subject. The image above only has about 1/4 inch depth-of-filed. I really like the effect.

I would personally recommend this lens. In addition to the extra speed, I think it produces very crisp images (assuming you're not intentionally limiting the depth-of-field). And, you just can't beat the price.

If you're interested in seeing how this lens stacks up against some of Canon's pricier options, check out this review on The Digital Picture.

Photographers:
Anne Marie, Erik, Paul, Robert, Stephanie, Todd

Here's the photos from our 4th weekly photo assignment. The subject for this one is, "Green". Click the photographer's names (above) to view the images.

If you're not sure what this weekly assignment thing is, check out assignment #1 for a little explanation.

Remember... comments, critiques, and constructive criticism are always welcome.

Last night we went to a little get-together at a friend's house. This is their little girl, Allie.

A couple of weeks ago I participated in a weekly photo assignment, with a topic of, "Snake Like" (link). This was an alternate image I shot for that project. It's seaweed down on Fort Funston Beach.

Location: San Francisco, CA - Union Square