UMW Clock Tower

UMW Clocktower
Originally uploaded by stylonp

A shot of the clock tower at the Mississippi University for Women.

Taken with the GF1 and developed with SilkyPix

Dr. Church

Dr. Church
Originally uploaded by stylonp

Mr. Charlie (otherwise known by many at FUMC as Dr. Church) is the longest term employee at our church. He is one of the most beloved people in Columbus.

I had just been talking to Mr. Charlie about how there are times when everywhere you look there's something beautiful to take a photo of... then there are other times when look and everything looks the same. He said "That's what happens... it's just you've been looking at something for so long... and you get tired of lookin' at it."

This photo was shot in RAW format on the GF1 and developed with SilkyPix.

7th & Main

7th & Main
Originally uploaded by stylonp

I shot this with the GF1 last night while waiting at the traffic light at 7th and Main. It features Main St. Presbyterian and the mini-Statue of Liberty. The star effect around the lights is exaggerated by shooting through my truck windshield.

This shot was handheld (which you can tell if you look closely at the full size image). But to be fair, it was at ISO 100 / .5 sec shutter... handheld at night. :)

Different Day, Different Camera

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Originally uploaded by stylonp

This shot was taken with my LX-3 on the day before the earlier posts. I know I didn't upload them in order, because I just started this Lumix Photo Blog when Fedex brought the GF1.

I added this photo to compare the quality, color, and metering of both my Lumix cameras. This is really not a fair comparison because this photo was shot RAW and was developed in Silky Pix. The GF1 photos were straight from the camera JPGs, while the "developed" RAW photos from the LX-3 were adjusted with the exposure bias tool.

Extreme Pencil

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Originally uploaded by stylonp

Here is one of the first shots with the Panasonic Lumix GF1 / 20mm f1.7. This photo is direct from the camera with no editing.

Portrait Depth of Field

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Originally uploaded by stylonp

Here's another of the John photos I shot this afternoon... direct from the camera. The 20mm f1.7 Lumix Micro Four Third lens should be good for portraits, maintaining a shallow depth of field at relatively low light. The DOF is so shallow on this shot that John's left is in clear focus, while his right is soft. The camera has a portrait mode, but this shot was taken in program mode.

Quickly Impressed

I just picked John up from school and when we got back to the church I quickly took a few shots. This one was the 15th photo taken with the camera. Already I can say that I've never had a camera ... and I've tried more than a few... that would allow me to get highly defined, saturated portraits of John without a flash. This shot is straight from the camera.