"No, [blowing out your highlights] is not your style. You did it wrong." - 365 Project, Day 99

I never generally look at the histogram for any of my pictures, but I definitely see the use for it.  The screen on the back of the camera is an okay tool, but it's never particularly accurate.  It's just part of the camera's personality.  That's not important, though.  The histogram, for those who don't know, tells you the strength of the colours and highlights, and how bright and dark the photograph turns out.  It's a simple little graph, and pretty useful, but not many people seem to use it.

The quote for today comes from Gavin Seim, and he is a crazy person when it comes to getting the best picture quality out of the camera.  He also doesn't like the idea that everybody with a camera calls themselves a photographer.  The use of histograms is a small thing, but it can definitely help one get better photographs.  It takes a master to look at a picture, and its settings, and know how it'll turn out.

For now, here are a bunch of pictures with no histogram use.  We're not masters, but they turned out well regardless.

Frank

His note: Vinnie [Frank's son/my brother] and I spent the afternoon making a shelving unit for his mother's garage. Here he is measuring cross pieces.

Shannon

Her note: Went to Wakefield today on an old steam train. This was part of the view.

(For those who care, parts of Grey Owl were shot in Wakefield.)

Pat

The light at the end of the tunnel, is two people talking.  Walking around today, I found a lot of people waiting for the bus.  This, though, is the most interesting picture I took today, in the insane heat and humidity.

Tomorrow will be more of the same from today.  I'm pretty sure the pictures will be different, though.