got intentionally lost on a trail

im gettin kinda good at manual focus

in the span of 7 days I photo'd a rave, a noise show, then helped a friend tour, driving 5 hours there, photod that show, now im home and editing all my shots for that rave cuz I told em I'd be done this weekend hehe.

here's another out of focus type shot, but a different vibe from the last

took a couple trips in college where i shot only jpegs because i was worried about not having enough storage space for the raws… one of my biggest regrets! still got good shots, just more limited in my editing options.

diversion

i got an autofocus lens to make my life on the job easier, the nikon 35mm f/2D.
I'd say like, 10-20% of the time the autofocus noticeably failed, but for the rest of the time it's really made my workflow easier. I can actually shoot at wide apertures and have people in focus! No more guessing my focus in the darkness and no more tight apertures resulting in high ISOs!

In hindsight, I realized I should be shooting with autofocus on shutter disabled and just use the AF button and take over the focus with manual at the soonest sign that the AF was crapping out. This is the theme of my rave assignments, it's 5 hours of grinding photos, I learn a lot fast both during and after the shoot.

Luckily, a few of the times AF failed me turned out to be fun shots, like this one.

Not settled yet on a consistent editing theme for em all so this one is edited pretty neutrally.

underexposed night sky photo i blasted to hell

i messed with the channel mixer a lot then canceled most of it out with white balance. not really sure what that achieved but the image is bright and colorful

downward composition

dont overthink it

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I like phone camera apps that just give you what they give you, kinda like film. this is HUJI for android

this is a square composition

i forgot that i could switch my camera to live view for shots that point at the sun lol

i was at my parents house and my dad told me that the sunshine looked awesome thru the sprinkler but his phone camera just couldn't cut it