Project: Buildings and Others
November 6, 2007 by Rudy Setiawan · Leave a Comment
I have thought of another project of myself. Hope to gather all the unique buildings around Seattle area. Since I work around downtown, I think this can be a good project to work on the angles and lightings during the daytime.
Oh ya,I finally got to see the light rail tram in Seattle. The route is from Downtown to South Lake Union. But why it has to be orange in color? 
UW Building
Northgate Mall
Suzallo Building of UW
Highway Project Part 1
November 4, 2007 by Rudy Setiawan · Leave a Comment
On last Saturday I thought about something on highway. Then something popped and got me thinking that maybe I should take photos of the major highways around Seattle area. Now I’ve turned it into a project – Highway Project.
The Highway Project Part 1 results:
Seattle I-90 and I-5 Intersection
Seattle-Bellevue Highway 520 Bridge
Seattle Highway 99
Seattle I-5
Night Photo Around Seattle
October 23, 2007 by Rudy Setiawan · Leave a Comment
Wohoo another sunny day today and quite clear sky. My friend, Supri, and I went to several places around Seattle – from beacon hill to pike place and to Alki. We planned to do some night photo shooting and grab those beautiful stretch lights.
and guess what happened? My tripod broke! Oh my gosh, I was so let down by it. Luckily, there was a way not to waste the night. includes putting my camera on the railing of a bridge while the strap is hanging around my neck i had to cheek the railing to peek into the viewfinder. At least I had fun. There were other photographers on this bridge and I was thinking that they might thought “what’s this guy doing?”. We met a guy who used a panaromic photo. It’s so cool 120 degrees viewed and multiple lenses and it uses not an ordinary film. We asked him how much it is and he said “It’s made from Russia and it costs about $200.00″ Not bad butI guess the film is expensive.
After that we went ahead to Pike Place market in downtown Seattle, to take the picture of the famous big sign “Public Market Center”, then went on ahead to the Elliot Bay and take the Seattle Alaskan Viaduct.
Our final stop was Alki and we took quite many pictures of Seattle from afar.
From this trip, I found out that tripod is very important, a slight wind can ruin your photo. Also I found out that during a night photo session, please use the AWB (Auto White Balance) and not any other settings. I used range of shutter speed from 1/8 to 30″. It was amazing and I learned alot from this trip. I hope to go another round with a good tripod this time
Below are some of the pictures:
Pike Market - Seattle
Downtown Seattle from Alki Beach
The Seattle Moon
Downtown Seattle Buildings/Infrastructures
October 18, 2007 by Rudy Setiawan · Leave a Comment
About two days ago, I managed to shoot some more photos of the downtown Seattle buildings. It was a cloudy day (after rain) and I set my camera to the same settings Av + ISO100. The results turned out to look alright, I think I saw some improvement on the way I took the shot. But still yet I need to get used playing the aperture more often.
Below are some of the snapshots:
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Seattle Downtown Try-out Part 1
October 14, 2007 by Rudy Setiawan · Leave a Comment
Couple days ago, I brought my camera to work and decided to take some photos around downtown Seattle. It was too bright outside and could not get the right contrast on the photos. Below is what the best I can do:
Photo at Queen Anne, Seattle
October 13, 2007 by Rudy Setiawan · Leave a Comment
Ahh this was my very first photo shots when I got my first dSLR Canon Rebel XTi.
I was using the EFS 18-55mm lens (The standard lens the comes with the body). It worked great. I think I like the photos that I have taken for these.
I think it was around 9PM in the evening and the sky was very clear. I was at the sightseeing point in Queen Anne overlooking Downtown Seattle and Alki Beach. I took quite a number of photos and only two are made it to this post hehe.
Alki Beach at night
Space Needle and Downtown Seattle in the evening
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