Yesterday, I posted some thoughts about my photography skills or lack thereof. Specially around the true way of black and white photography. Although there’s probably no such thing, right.
I guess what I was trying to get at was, how can I go about taking black and white pictures without resorting to filters of any kind with my current camera? Today, I went down a rabbit whole, “there has to be a way I can do this with my camera”.
And there it was, I had forgotten there is an option in my camera under “Picture Mode”, for Monochrome. Like I said on my previous post, a camera like the Olympus PEN-F, has a manual switch for this instead of going into the settings. What I did is that I basically mapped it to one of the dials settings, so I can switch back and forth.
Having rediscovered this, I took my camera, put on the 45mm lens, simply for no reason, I don’t know. I am working from home today, so I started going around the house taking random pictures, just like the day I got my camera for the first time.
Now, in the excitement, I don’t know how, but I’ve lost my lens cap 😅
I’ve to go find it.
Here are some random pictures I took, using the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III with the m.zuiko 45mm f 1.8 — unedited.
I have been a photography enthusiast since my early years of college, and never really knowing what the fuck I am doing. Fast-forward fourteen years or so and still don’t know what the fuck I’m doing, but I do it anyway. I truly enjoy whatever form of photography I’m doing. And in the recent years, I have been enjoying black and white photography more and more.
The same way I don’t know what I am doing with my photography, I also have no idea what I’ll be talking about here, so bare with me here.
I often wonder, how “true” black and white photography, is done… Well, I know that with film there are specific films for this purpose. But what about digitally? I know pf monochrome cameras, I know the Olympus PEN-F has a manual switch to change from “regular” to monochrome. What about regular cameras, like mine? I currently have and Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III that I snap my pictures with. I know it has some black and white grainy filters, which they feel fake in a way, so I don’t use them. If I want a black and white photo I take the normal, in-color, RAW picture and use a filter to make it black and white, Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo!
Is that cheating? Or that’s how most people do it anyway? Is it all in-camera editing? Is there a secret legit editing magic I don’t know or haven’t learned about?
This also sounds like a lot of impostor syndrome 😅
Regardless of what the true way is, if any at all, I will continue with my way of doing it until I learn otherwise, I guess. 😎
Always wanted of those one-handed straps to hold my camera instead of the typical around the neck strap. So, I sort of made one up 😅😎🤷🏻♂️
It is not a good sign when you open the garage door early in the morning and it feels hot outside already. Today the high is 96 degrees, it is a little overcast and humid. It kinda feels gross inside the office trailer today.
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Yesterday, I had to make a pit stop at my local Albertson’s for some beverages. I felt like the odd-man-out by wearing my facemask. The place was packed with people and I only encountered one individual besides me wearing a face covering.
My daughter, Marley, is the true definition of altruism. She’s being a good sister by eating her sister’s chocolate even though that — according to her — her body doesn’t like to eat two chocolates. But since we insisted, she will sacrifice herself and eat a second chocolate.
Now, how was my overall experience with all three games? I can say that, I had a great time!
When I first talked about starting this collection, I had mentioned that I watched one or two YouTube videos to see if it was worth my time getting this collection. What I was looking for specifically was if they had anything to say about the game’s difficulty. My past experience with these games is that they are pretty difficult. It turns out that the added a new Hero difficulty that, as I had mentioned before, makes the game much more approachable. At this point in my life I am not up for challenges, I just want to enjoy the game in my own way, and it makes me happy to see the toned down difficulties for players like me.
Having finished NINJA GAIDEN SIGMA 2, I was browsing the YouTubes there and came across this video, Before you buy. And boy was that a mistake.
Usually, when I look for a YouTube video on a specific game, usually is to find out specific things, usually gameplay, I don’t necessarily carafe for the YouTuber’s opinion much. And even if they have a bad opinion, I don't affect me much — most of the time. However, every once in a while, it might.
Specifically with these games, I believe that the general consensus is that, the first Ninja Gaiden is a cult classic, the second one is good, and the third is the weakest one. Kind of like with the Blade movies. Or according to this video review mediocre at best. Furthermore, it seems like in this collection, we got the “lesser versions”. These games have been redone a few times for different reasons, and the reason they didn’t remaster the “Original” and apparently “the good versions” is because the lost the original code for them.
Whatever!
I hated myself after watching this video. Why? Because then I had some influenced misconceptions about the game. I started approaching the game in a critical way. I am not a critical person when it comes to games, movies, etc. I just enjoy stuff but yeah, every once in a while my opinions can be influenced — a little —, it happens. This is why I try my best to not read reviews, I try to judge for myself. Because of this, I tend to be a fan or enjoy games and movies most people would probably hate.
That being said, here’s what I think of these games.
NINJA GAIDEN SIGMA: A cult classic! It is a fantastic game, and you are into puzzles, this is the game for you.
NINJA GAIDEN SIGMA 2: It’s good, not many puzzles and less exploration, but still a lot of fun.
NINJA GAIDEN 3: RAZOR’S EDGE: Slicing and dicing! Hack and slash, whichever way you might call it. Much more linear story, no puzzles whatsoever and lots of blood. My kind of game. I had a fucking blast with this game, I might even replay it, it's an action adventure joy of a game.
The first one, won't probably play it for another few years, played it, beat it, done. The second and third game, they might have much more replay-ability value — for me.
Now, how was my overall experience with all three games? I can say that, I had a great time!
When I first blogged about starting this collection, I had mentioned that I watched one or two YouTube videos to see if it was worth my time getting this collection. What I was looking for specifically was if they had anything to say about the game’s difficulty. My past experience with these games is that they are pretty difficult. It turns out that the added a new Hero difficulty that, as I had mentioned before, makes the game much more approachable. At this point in my life I am not up for challenges, I just want to enjoy the game in my own way, and it makes me happy to see the toned down difficulties for players like me.
Having finished NINJA GAIDEN SIGMA 2, I was browsing the YouTubes there and came across this video, Before you buy. And boy was that a mistake.
Usually, when I look for a YouTube video on a specific game, usually is to find out specific things, usually gameplay, I don’t necessarily carafe for the YouTuber’s opinion much. And even if they have a bad opinion, I don’t affect me much — most of the time. However, every once in a while, it might.
Specifically with these games, I believe that the general consensus is that, the first Ninja Gaiden is a cult classic, the second one is good, and the third is the weakest one. Kind of like with the Blade movies. Or according to this video review mediocre at best. Furthermore, it seems like in this collection, we got the “lesser versions”. These games have been redone a few times for different reasons, and the reason they didn’t remaster the “Original” and apparently “the good versions” is because the lost the original code for them.
Whatever!
I hated myself after watching this video. Why? Because then I had some influenced misconceptions about the game. I started approaching the game in a critical way. I am not a critical person when it comes to games, movies, etc. I just enjoy stuff but yeah, every once in a while my opinions can be influenced — a little —, it happens. This is why I try my best to not read reviews, I try to judge for myself. Because of this, I tend to be a fan or enjoy games and movies most people would probably hate.
That being said, here’s what I think of these games.
NINJA GAIDEN SIGMA: A cult classic! It is a fantastic game, and you are into puzzles, this is the game for you.
NINJA GAIDEN SIGMA 2: It’s good, not many puzzles and less exploration, but still a lot of fun.
NINJA GAIDEN 3: RAZOR’S EDGE: Slicing and dicing! Hack and slash, whichever way you might call it. Much more linear story, no puzzles whatsoever and lots of blood. My kind of game. I had a fucking blast with this game, I might even replay it, it’s an action adventure joy of a game.
The first one, won’t probably play it for another few years, played it, beat it, done. The second and third game, they might have much more replay-ability value — for me.
