Sami Serola (inactive)'s photos with the keyword: vessels theme

...can be an intellectual or spiritual enlightenment. But it may cast a shadow.

...can be useful when there's nothing else to shoot. For The Sunday Challenge this week's challenge was to shoot a "photography prop box". However, I don't have such stuff for several reasons: 1) Everyone and everything are stars in my pictures =D 2) I don't often arrange anything but shoot things as they are. 3) I try to find a new subject or at least the point of view for every day, and therefore everything that would look as a prop in my shots would no longer fit into any box =P But then I remembered an old DFAS series of mine, photographed in 2010. During that year I participated into a "365 group" where the task was to take and post one picture per every day during one year. In that group then someone introduced the concept of "Desperate For A Shot" (DFAS). Pretty soon the acronym DFAS became a smallish meme among the people who had been members of that 365 group at that time. As far as I can remember, the very first DFAS shot was an image of some mask, and was titled as "desperate for a shot monster". And from there I got the idea to illustrate my "DFAS monsters" and make a series out of them. So, in 2010 I was still very inexperienced photographer, often running out of ideas. Therefore I actually did quite many arrangements and settings at that time. And then it also of course means the "secondary items" on my shots are more or less "props". On this picture you can find some notes to show how I used the contents of this tool box, as a main subjects on my DFAS series, but also as a prop to arrange the stage.

...for next couple of weeks. Therefore I may be absent (not online) or not... But I promise, not totally missing like I were earlier this year =D Thank you very much peeps for all the moments and pictures you have shared and will share here at Ipernity =) And thank you for your valuable comments and feedback. @ TSC folks - I will be posting my challnege shots on time, and try to comment as many of yours, as possible ;-) @ S&T folks - Keep the group active, please! @ Everyone else - Keep the good stuff coming =) And here's something fun: youtu.be/IqdtzJvliMk

...in a cookie jar. In the middle of my red period , I remembered the "vessels theme" we have at S&T *. I had a look inside the cookie jar, which we have on our kitchen table, wishing to have a cookie with my morning coffee, and found it empty, except few crumbs and Little My 's captivated head. * I hope it is allowed to post SPAM on one's own captions.

...and a cup. I had difficulties to decide which camera function to test for the Sunday Challenge, to use a camera setting one has never before used. I had two choices. Either I use 'Full auto' or 'Low light'. 'Full auto' has a disadvantages of not giving almost any manual adjustments. Only the electronic flash could be turned off. Things important to me, like EV correction, are disabled. Good thing is an automatic macro and a 'Multi-segment' metering, which makes shooting of something like flowers very quick. EDIT: Example on 'Full auto' image here www.ipernity.com/doc/serola/33107663 'Low light' mode on Canon G12 allows to use very high ISO 12800, which is +2 EV more than normally (ISO 3200). Disadvantage is the picture size reduced down to 1824x1368. I was very skeptic first, especially because the reduced image size makes it somewhat impossible to make decent prints. But since this is only a hobby to me, I decided to try what the 'Low light' mode is worth for. I immediately noticed two things. I was able to use ambient light and shoot without tripod, and then I got an interesting graininess into shots. This somewhat took me back to 2010 when I used 3MP mobile phone camera, and tried to find what it is good for. There are certain subjects where the graininess looks good. This is one example of it. It kind of ages the image a little, and gives a nice dreamy touch. And here are the camera specs for this shot: ISO: 12,800 Aperture: 4.00 Shooting Mode: Low Light Shutter Speed: 1/125 Post processing: None

"The majority of photographers focus on the obvious. They believe and accept what their eyes tell them, and yet eyes know nothing." - Duane Michals