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Happy new year! 12 photos from each month of the year 2014. February was my least active month once again (for some weird reason). We'll see if 2015 changes that :)
Cheers! :)
Looking back at 2014
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Head uut aastat! Tagasivaateks 12 fotot igast kuust. Veidral põhjusel jäi veebruar taas kõige tagasihoidlikumaks perioodiks. Eks näis kas uus aasta toob teised tuuled :)
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Happy new year! 12 photos from each month of the year 2014. February was my least active month once again (for some weird reason). We'll see if 2015 changes that :)
Cheers! :)
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Happy new year! 12 photos from each month of the year 2014. February was my least active month once again (for some weird reason). We'll see if 2015 changes that :)
Cheers! :)
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Mõnikord kirjutan pikemat teksti ka. Täna hakkasin mõtlema, mis vigu/veidraid perioode olen pildistades läbi teinud ja miks mitte need kirja panna. Eks ma mõningatele praegustele piltidele vaatan ka mõne aja pärast tagasi ja mõtlen: "oh õudu!", kuid mis teha - on see ju arengu/õppimisprotsessi üks osa.
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Today I started thinking about all my mistakes/strange eras I've gone through in photography during my time shooting thus far and thought of creating a list of them. I'm sure I'll be looking back at some of my current photos sometime in the future and thinking: "Oh wow, that's horrible" but then again, it's part of a learning/development process.
1. Kui ma peegelkaamera sain, siis hakkasin päris algusest manuaalrežiimis pildistama. Sellest sai küll hea harjumus, kuid esimesed paar aastat pildistasin seetõttu natuke tühja. Nimelt tegin kaamera funktsioonid endale selgeks vaid osaliselt ja üheks tõsisemaks veaks sai maastikufotode tegemine suurima apertuuriga. Häbi tunnistada ja ise ka ei tea, kuidas nii juhm olin, et ei mõistnud, et see oligi põhjus, miks säärased pildid kunagi eriti teravad polnud. Mõni selle nahka läinud fotodest kummitab siiani.
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When I first got a DSLR, I developed a good habit of using it in manual mode but for that reason the first few years of shooting most of my photos didn't turn out that great. I didn't learn all the functions of the camera properly and as a result I shot landscape with the biggest aperture. Quite a shame and I'm not even sure how I couldn't realize that that was the reason why those photos were always blurry. Some of those "almost there...but not sharp enough" shots haunt me to this day.
2. Valge tasakaal pidevalt "cloudy/pilvine". Endalegi müstika, miks see mind nii väga paelus. Pole just väga suur prohmakas (erinevalt eelmisest on see järeltöötluses põhimõtteliselt parandatav) ning õigel ajal õiges kohas kasutatuna on sellest ka kasu, kuid minu puhul oli see lihtsalt veider maitse/stiil, mis enamus fotosid lihtsalt veidi ära rikkus.
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White balance always set to "cloudy". It's quite a mystery to me why I was so infatuated with that mode. It isn't that big of a mistake than the previous one (somewhat fixable in post production) and using it in the right time/way is sometimes useful, but in my case it was just a weird taste/style choice which slightly ruined some of my photos.
3. Pisikesed fotod. Tegin (liiga) palju sarnaseid pilte ja seetõttu pidin resolutsiooni arvelt ruumi kokku hoidma. Kvantiteet oli kvaliteedist toona kahjuks olulisem. Samuti postitasin üliväikseid pilte, 600px oli vist suurim.
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Photos in the smallest resolution. I took way too many similar shots of the same thing and for that reason I had to cut back on space. Unfortunately quantity over quality was more important to me back then. I also posted tiny photos, 600px being the largest in width.
4. Kaamera sisesätted. Üks jubedamaid asju, mis umbes poole aasta jagu pilte tuksi keeras, oli mu lollus kruttida kaamera saturation maksimaalse peale. Vaat seda ei jõua ära kiruda, sest isegi järeltöötluses oli seda kohati võimatu eemaldada. Kuna värvid olid üleküllastatuna üles pildistatud, siis originaali taastada polnud enam võimalik. Esialgne detailsus oli kadunud. Hea õppetund, et sellist nalja ei tasu teha.
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Internal settings of the camera. One of the most dreadful things that I did, which resulted in ruining approximately 6 months worth of shots, was setting my camera to oversaturation. That was a very dumb mistake because even in post production it was nearly impossible to undo the damage. Since the photos were already shot overly saturated, there was no way to recover the original scene, detail of the colours was lost. That was a good learning experience that you shouldn't mess with those settings without thinking.
5. Vintage everything. Fototöötluse prohmakas. Mingi periood möödus ainult "add layer: "sinine", layer mode: exclusion" stiilis. Circa 2006-2007, mil selline töötlus oli suhteliselt levinud. Iseenesest pole sel ju (olenevalt pildist) väga viga, aga kuna see muutus juba nö konveiertöötluseks, siis lõpptulemus jäi üksluiseks. Vähemalt selline on minu arvamus.
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Vintage everything. A blunder in photo editing. Circa 2006-2007 was a time when all I did was "add layer: blue -> layer mode: exclusion". Back then it was quite a popular style. It might look nice sometimes, but when every single photo has the same look, it becomes quite boring. Or at least that is my personal opinion.
Kindlasti olen veel paljude asjadega ämbrisse astunud, kuid päris kõigel ei jõua lähemalt peatuda. Hetkel tõin välja need, mis mul endal kõige eredamalt meeles on.
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I'm certain there are more things to add to this list but that would take forever :D. Here I just named a few prominent ones that came to mind first.
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Today I started thinking about all my mistakes/strange eras I've gone through in photography during my time shooting thus far and thought of creating a list of them. I'm sure I'll be looking back at some of my current photos sometime in the future and thinking: "Oh wow, that's horrible" but then again, it's part of a learning/development process.
1. Kui ma peegelkaamera sain, siis hakkasin päris algusest manuaalrežiimis pildistama. Sellest sai küll hea harjumus, kuid esimesed paar aastat pildistasin seetõttu natuke tühja. Nimelt tegin kaamera funktsioonid endale selgeks vaid osaliselt ja üheks tõsisemaks veaks sai maastikufotode tegemine suurima apertuuriga. Häbi tunnistada ja ise ka ei tea, kuidas nii juhm olin, et ei mõistnud, et see oligi põhjus, miks säärased pildid kunagi eriti teravad polnud. Mõni selle nahka läinud fotodest kummitab siiani.
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When I first got a DSLR, I developed a good habit of using it in manual mode but for that reason the first few years of shooting most of my photos didn't turn out that great. I didn't learn all the functions of the camera properly and as a result I shot landscape with the biggest aperture. Quite a shame and I'm not even sure how I couldn't realize that that was the reason why those photos were always blurry. Some of those "almost there...but not sharp enough" shots haunt me to this day.
Suure ava kasutamine toob kaasa ka intensiivsema chromatic aberrationi, mida vasakul on päris hästi näha. Seega lisaks ebateravusele oli fotodel ka see viga juures // Larger aperture also increases chromatic aberration which is pretty visible on the left in this photo
2. Valge tasakaal pidevalt "cloudy/pilvine". Endalegi müstika, miks see mind nii väga paelus. Pole just väga suur prohmakas (erinevalt eelmisest on see järeltöötluses põhimõtteliselt parandatav) ning õigel ajal õiges kohas kasutatuna on sellest ka kasu, kuid minu puhul oli see lihtsalt veider maitse/stiil, mis enamus fotosid lihtsalt veidi ära rikkus.
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White balance always set to "cloudy". It's quite a mystery to me why I was so infatuated with that mode. It isn't that big of a mistake than the previous one (somewhat fixable in post production) and using it in the right time/way is sometimes useful, but in my case it was just a weird taste/style choice which slightly ruined some of my photos.
Sellised oranžid/soojad olid kunagi kõik mu fotod // All my photos used to look the same - warm&orange
3. Pisikesed fotod. Tegin (liiga) palju sarnaseid pilte ja seetõttu pidin resolutsiooni arvelt ruumi kokku hoidma. Kvantiteet oli kvaliteedist toona kahjuks olulisem. Samuti postitasin üliväikseid pilte, 600px oli vist suurim.
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Photos in the smallest resolution. I took way too many similar shots of the same thing and for that reason I had to cut back on space. Unfortunately quantity over quality was more important to me back then. I also posted tiny photos, 600px being the largest in width.
4. Kaamera sisesätted. Üks jubedamaid asju, mis umbes poole aasta jagu pilte tuksi keeras, oli mu lollus kruttida kaamera saturation maksimaalse peale. Vaat seda ei jõua ära kiruda, sest isegi järeltöötluses oli seda kohati võimatu eemaldada. Kuna värvid olid üleküllastatuna üles pildistatud, siis originaali taastada polnud enam võimalik. Esialgne detailsus oli kadunud. Hea õppetund, et sellist nalja ei tasu teha.
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Internal settings of the camera. One of the most dreadful things that I did, which resulted in ruining approximately 6 months worth of shots, was setting my camera to oversaturation. That was a very dumb mistake because even in post production it was nearly impossible to undo the damage. Since the photos were already shot overly saturated, there was no way to recover the original scene, detail of the colours was lost. That was a good learning experience that you shouldn't mess with those settings without thinking.
Otse kaamerast. Kohutav // Straight out of a camera. Horrible :(
5. Vintage everything. Fototöötluse prohmakas. Mingi periood möödus ainult "add layer: "sinine", layer mode: exclusion" stiilis. Circa 2006-2007, mil selline töötlus oli suhteliselt levinud. Iseenesest pole sel ju (olenevalt pildist) väga viga, aga kuna see muutus juba nö konveiertöötluseks, siis lõpptulemus jäi üksluiseks. Vähemalt selline on minu arvamus.
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Vintage everything. A blunder in photo editing. Circa 2006-2007 was a time when all I did was "add layer: blue -> layer mode: exclusion". Back then it was quite a popular style. It might look nice sometimes, but when every single photo has the same look, it becomes quite boring. Or at least that is my personal opinion.
Kindlasti olen veel paljude asjadega ämbrisse astunud, kuid päris kõigel ei jõua lähemalt peatuda. Hetkel tõin välja need, mis mul endal kõige eredamalt meeles on.
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I'm certain there are more things to add to this list but that would take forever :D. Here I just named a few prominent ones that came to mind first.
Falco - Der Kommissar
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Häid jõule/pühi!
Veidi lähivõtteid meie kuusepuust, kasutatud objektiivi Industar 50 ja Nikon D80.
KUMUs kestab 11.10.2014-18.01.2015 näitus "Pidu sinus eneses. Art déco mood Aleksandr Vassiljevi kogust" ning kes veel pole käinud, siis julgen soovitada. Väärt elamus!
Eelmisel aastal KUMUS
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Merry Christmas/Happy holidays!
Some closeups of our Christmas tree using Industar 50 lens and Nikon D80.
I'd recommend visiting an exhibition in KUMU called "The Moveable Feast. Art Deco Fashion from Alexandre Vassiliev's Collection". "The exhibition is comprised of 80 costumes and more than 200 accessories, as well as photos and paintings, all illustrating the development of European fashion in the inter-war period (1918–1939), when Art Deco was the dominant style."
Last year's visit to KUMU
Veidi lähivõtteid meie kuusepuust, kasutatud objektiivi Industar 50 ja Nikon D80.
KUMUs kestab 11.10.2014-18.01.2015 näitus "Pidu sinus eneses. Art déco mood Aleksandr Vassiljevi kogust" ning kes veel pole käinud, siis julgen soovitada. Väärt elamus!
Eelmisel aastal KUMUS
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Merry Christmas/Happy holidays!
Some closeups of our Christmas tree using Industar 50 lens and Nikon D80.
I'd recommend visiting an exhibition in KUMU called "The Moveable Feast. Art Deco Fashion from Alexandre Vassiliev's Collection". "The exhibition is comprised of 80 costumes and more than 200 accessories, as well as photos and paintings, all illustrating the development of European fashion in the inter-war period (1918–1939), when Art Deco was the dominant style."
Last year's visit to KUMU
And a classic!
Wham! - Last Christmas
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Linked photo credit: http://facebook.com/melinahollwayphotography & http://melinahollway.deviantart.com/
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I still like to use LR3 because most of my presets are there. It has been well over a year since I last uploaded anything, not because I wasn't creating new presets but because I just haven't felt like "yes, this is good enough to share". This time I thought I'd just do it. Hope you enjoy :)
Monday, December 1, 2014
Täna oli küll krõbe, aga see-eest imeilus ilm. Kõik, kel kaamerad ja kel vähegi võimalik oli, said täna kindlasti häid pilte :) Endal ei tulnud kahjuks pähe hommikul kaamerat kaasa võtta, hiljem loomulikult kahetsesin. Õhtupoole sai väike tiir kodukandis siiski tehtud.
Ühtlasi tegin omale viimaks instagrami konto. Ei tea, kui aktiivselt seda kasutama hakkan, aga proovida ju võib :)
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The weather was crisp but beautiful today, it definitely feels like December here now. I think everyone who have cameras and had the slightest chance to go out, got wonderful photos today :)
It didn't occur to me to take my camera with me in the morning, but later in the day I still had some time to get some shots of my neighbourhood.
I also finally made an instagram account, not quite sure how often I'll be posting...but I thought it was worth a shot :)
Ühtlasi tegin omale viimaks instagrami konto. Ei tea, kui aktiivselt seda kasutama hakkan, aga proovida ju võib :)
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The weather was crisp but beautiful today, it definitely feels like December here now. I think everyone who have cameras and had the slightest chance to go out, got wonderful photos today :)
It didn't occur to me to take my camera with me in the morning, but later in the day I still had some time to get some shots of my neighbourhood.
I also finally made an instagram account, not quite sure how often I'll be posting...but I thought it was worth a shot :)
ELO - Here is the news