A new week ahead

Late autumn view, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Today was a mostly clouded day, although there were occasional glimpses of the blue sky. Most of the autumn colors have fallen to the ground, but some are still remaining, as shown in this photo.

This evening I read Freeman Patterson's book "Photography for the Joy of It". It contains many deep thoughs about photography, especially the discussion on how a photograph reveals both the subject and the photographer, however abstract the subject. The book also includes all manner of interesting hints, such as photographing snow (I hope we will have some this winter), use of multiple exposures, deliberate use of out-of-focus, breathing to the lens to get "smooth" halos around bright lights etc.

I did some experiments with multiple exposures with the LX3, and even though they weren't great as photos, they showed that it is quite easy with the LX3. You can shoot the same scene with different settings, exposure and focusing, or you can combine difference scenes in one photo, or you can do both a still and panning version of the same subject in one photo.

Lots of possibilities there, and with the LX3 it is quite easy, as the camera shows a preview of the multiple exposure while you are shooting. This is certainly something worth exploring futher. Also, night photography (long exposures) need to be tried out a bit more that I have done. So much to learn...