Novice from the Midwest

NathanKing · Jun 6, 2013

My grandfather was an extremely talented amateur photographer, unfortunately he passed away when I was three years old. As a young teenager I remember using my grandfather's 35mm CANON with many specialty lenses to create some interesting photographs. I played with f-stops, focal lengths, and aperture sizes learning by trial and error but grew weary of having my film developed only to find a few good shots that weren't blurry, underexposed, or overexposed. After a while I gave up, and the camera never loaded another roll of film. There was always something exciting about capturing a fleeting instant of beauty in everyday life through the use of artistic techniques that kept photography in the back of my mind. Now, as an adult, I recently decided to get back into the hobby. After much research and picking the brains of my local camera shop employees I purchased an Olympus E-PL5 micro four-thirds camera along with the very fast 45mm ⨍/1.8 prime lens. Here are a few photographs I have taken. Please excuse the not-so-artistic nature of the pictures, I am a social media specialist and many of my practice pictures have been work related.

45mm - ISO 250 - ⨍/1.8

45mm - ISO 200 - ⨍/2.2