The Night Shots

In the last session with Mehrane, she got me an assignment to take outdoor pictures at night using the existing lights of the street. Tonight, after about 4 weeks, I decided to do my homework. I grabbed my tripod and my 18-55mm lens and took some shots in a small park near our house. to be honest, they didn't hit the target for me! With these shots, I can't afford even a Copper Sticky Star! I just wanted to share them with you.


The last shot took 2 seconds @ f/5.6 and the water and light beneath the pool made a funny color combination.

The Manipulation

This man is the grandfather of Dorsa (Take a look at her pictures here), whose name is Mr. Nasiri. He is my colleague in ICIC. I took this picture, when I was taking pictures of Dorsa, in Taleghani Park. We call him father Gepetto in work. He indeed is our father in the company. Everyone loves him.

Well, Here is his original Picture, without manipulation in any image processing software:


In fact, I made some changes in colors of the image in Photoshop. here is the "After" image:

I know I made him looks like an old man, But I, myself, prefer the second image. which one do you prefer guys? I think the "After" image represents his character better.

Magnificent Sky

While I was taking pictures of Dorsa, (look at the previous post) I looked at the sky and I couldn't believe what I was watching! I quickly installed my polarized filter and took some shots. The result was fantastic too!

I don't know. Am I improving or the world is!

Dorsa

Today was a fantastic day for me. I was to take some shots from the granddaughter of one of my colleagues. I chose 4 o'clock for the photography, due to the sunlight condition. We were supposed to meet each other in a park near their house. I went on time. Everything was fantastic, except the sunlight! It was cloudy today, and worse than that, they came at 4:30! The sun was really going down and it was getting difficult taking pictures in that situation. So, I installed my 70-200 f/2.8 lens on the camera and turned the camera on! Oh, God, I couldn't believe it! The battery was almost empty!! I could only take 50 or more pictures. So, I started taking pictures with a lot of tension.

Fortunately, the child was very sweet and calm. Her name was Dorsa. I took some shots of her to take the necessary portraits that every customer wants. here are some of them:


Well, now I could take some shots that I wanted for myself! Here are some of them:

The sun was really down and there were a little bit of sunlight in the area. So, it was a good moment for taking some silhouette shots :)

Well, Dorsa became tired and started moaning and crying. It can be a nightmare for every photographer, but a good scene for taking pictures:

of course I made some changes to the colors of this image in Photoshop. Because the light condition was poor and the picture was a little bit dark.

It was indeed a fantastic day for me. After about a week, I finally took my camera and took some shots that I, myself, really liked.

They didn't understand anything about the battery pack!

Heaven Photography

sometimes, you overexpose your shots intentionally. I love this technique, because it make the image look like taken in heaven. when I photograph children, I take an overexposed shod too to inspire that sacred sense to the viewer.

He is Erfan, the only child of my tennis teacher:

Last month, I was in Kelardasht, a region near Caspian Sea, with my friends. I found these two little villager children there and I took some shots rapidly. here is one that I overexposed:

and also she is my mother, who certainly came from heaven: