Camera: Canon EOS Rebel XT
Lens: Kit Lens (18-55 mm)
f/4
Exposure: 1/60 second
ISO: 400
Mine is the empty chair, because as soon as we started praying I jumped up and pulled out my camera that I had stashed on a stool, and turned to snap the picture as quickly/quietly as possible.
-Joe Huber
Canon EOS 7D
EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM
Focal length: 24mm (38.4mm APS-C)
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/1000
ISO: 400
My submission is a candid shot of my friend Evan up on a fire escape taking candid street shots in the Georgetown area of Washington, D.C. I guess you could call it ironic that I took this picture, as we were both there to take candid street shots of strangers not each other. Still, none the less, the shot reminds me of the snipers we see a lot of here in D.C. Except, in this case, he’s wielding a Canon 70-200 instead of a rifle.
-Daniel McEnrue
Teen Afternoon Priorities
Canon 7D, EF-S 17-55mm at 17mm, f/2.8, 1/13 sec, ISO 3200
– David Lee
Camera: Samsung NV11 (point-and-shoot)
ISO: 400
F-stop: f/4.4
Exposure: 1/160 sec
I went out to dinner with my family to Jinbeh (Japanese hibachi grill), sort of a tradition in our family. I was taking video and pictures of us until my dad decided to threaten me to put away the camera. Since our meal was over and we were leaving soon I was going to pack it up, but I noticed the chef making the signature “onion volcano” across from us. I pulled it up just in time to get the flames, but unfortunately not enough time to get some good settings. Brightness, contrast, etc. were fussed around with in Photoshop; other than that no alterations.
-Joel Armstrong
Camera: Pentax 6×7
Lens: smc Pentax 105mm f2.4
Aperture: f2.4
Film: Fuji Provia 100F
Scanner: Epson Perfection V700 Photo
Not so much candid as they are oblivious of me; this was shot at a birthday party of two my son’s friends. I’ve been shooting a lot with medium format film these days because of the extreme shallow depth of field that you can get with them that even my 5D Mk II can’t reproduce (let alone my K-7 or GF1).
-Rawhead Rex
70mm
1/200
f/4
ISO200
Taken on Canon EOS Rebel XS with Sigma 70-300mm
from inside the car.
Adjusted blacks/contrast and cropped on Lightroom,
then a bit of toning and framing in Photoshop.
-Taishi Matusmoto
Canon 7D
Tamron 18-270 VC
Aperture Priority
55mm, f/11, 1/80s, ISO 640
This was shot along the Scioto River in Columbus Ohio. I was walking around taking pictures of downtown and this homeless man was sitting on the bench staring over the river and onto downtown. I watched him fiddle with a tear in his bike tire for a little bit, then sit down looking exhausted. I decided to snap a couple pictures, and then asked his permission afterwards. I used a Canon 7D with a Tamron 18-270 VC lens.. walking away I felt that I spend way too much money on gadgets and not enough on helping the needy.
-Irfan Khan
camera: Canon 40D
lens: Canon EF 50mm f1.8II
ISO: 400
I took this picture of my roommate at a hipster themed party. After I
got tired asking people to pose for pictures, I started taking
candids. This one was my favorite. While she was mid-conversation I
was able to snap this- she still has no idea when I took it.
-Kristin Howell
Canon rebel XT ISO 100
f6.3, 10mm, 0.3 shutter
I was eating dinner with my family one night and to them it appeared like I was just shooting the glass but my wide angle lens was on so I was able to shoot the whole table without alerting the other diners.
-Noah Garbarino
Nikon D90
50mm f/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/125
ISO 200
Shot a coworker packaging up an amp to ship to a customer. I was crouched behind a counter, and all he heard was the shutter going off, hence the confused and slightly angry look on his face.
-Jonathan Greco
Nikon D90
My Gran, in Nürnburg – Germany.
It was Dark, High ISO was used, ISO3200.
This was a family reunion and she was looking at some old family photos.
-Nils Rohwer
Canon S90, F3.2 ISO 80 1/125sec. Imported, edited, sized, and emailed from my iPad, MBP is in the shop (faulty nvidia graphics card).
Taken Saturday night in Boulder Colorado at the 1940’s WWII Ball at our local airport. 800+ people staring up at the sky watching a trio of skydivers descend with huge American flags hanging below them. I just happen to be standing next to these two.
-Teryn Wilkes
Shot with a Canon 5dii using the 24-105mm F4/L lens at 105mm and ISO 500, with minimal photoshopping.
I took this picture at 5:30 AM Saturday morning just north of downtown Chicago. I had gotten to this pier at 4 AM to catch the sunrise; one of the only other people out at that hour was this forlorn looking girl watching the sunrise alone. After the sun was up a tiny bit, I was able to catch a picture of her still sitting there without her noticing.
-Charlie Dwyer
Taken with my Nikon D40, ISO-200, with an 18-55 mm camera
My brother came in to visit, thus opening up plenty of photo ops. He was seated in front of the window, allowing the nice silhouette, while he was booming stories about football and government conspiracies. Gotta love him.
-Ashley Bagley
Nikon D90
105mm VR f/2.8 lens
Set on aperture priority
1/200 sec.
f/8
ISO 200
This was shot at the Fremont Solstice Parade on Saturday.
So, I put it on f/8, and didn’t think about needed faster shutter for moving objects. In retrospect, I should have set a minimum shutter of 1/500, and adjusted the aperture and ISO around that. This is a fast lens that looks good open, so it is extra silly I forgot that.
-Kuroda Tadayoshi
Taken with a Canon 5D, EF 25-85mm, 1/50, f4.5, ISO 1250.
While our gbaby (grandson) was visiting today, my husband taught him how to use the dog door. He put it to immediate good use when his mom told him it was time to go. He ducked in as she went around the house; and he ducked out when she came back in the laundry room. It took two people to corner him, just like one of our dogs.
-Susan Sabo
he Shot was made with a Canon T1i… Recorded as a RGB – JPG… Shutter Speed was 1/200 sec. @ f:5.6, using a Tamron 28 – 75 mm Lens
This was taken at the O’Malley School Athletic Field in Gloucester MA
-Charlie Carroll
Armed with camera and paper bag libations, this shot was taken at
Awesome Number One Big Fun Group Show, a collective gallery exhibit in
San Francisco. Photo was taken with Nikon D90 + 50mm @ f1.8, 1/125,
ISO 1000.
– Nick Sprankle
After much running around after her, I got this shot of my beautiful 18 month old niece Rhian looking thoughtful. It was taken with a Canon 550d, standard kit lens, manually focused, settings if I can remember properly were 800 ISO, F/5.6, Shutter 1/20.
-Paul Lowry
Canon Xti
50mm 1.8 II ( which is my new favorite)
exposure time: 1/25
iso 800
played with colors just a bit in PS
While at a restaurant in Campbell, the waiter got yelled at by his manager for messing up some credit cards and charging them too much, poor guy was embarrassed and looked so sad. good thing we left him a decent tip…
-Ali Samieivafa
Shot with a Canon EOS 550D and a EF-S 18-55 mm in the early eve
Well, while we killed thirty bottled of vino in the process I took some nice shots of the juiced up masses and went along with this early shot taken before the party really started. It’s just a sincere smile captured during conversation. And it really conveys a better impression than all these great and interesting dialog-pictures of my tipsy friends along empty bottles.
-Andreas Trapper
“Bright Light Bridge”
Camera: Canon 7d
Lens: Sigma 30mm 1.4
Shutter Speed: 1/50th sec
ISO: 6400
F-Stop: f/1.8
This is a shot of my friend walking across a bridge during our recent
pubcrawl as cars drive towards us. I set the camera to continuously shoot
at 8 fps while walking, hoping that I’d eventually hit a nice focus and
frame.
-Ryan von Kunes Newton
Canon t2i with 35mm f/1.4L
f / 1.8, 1 / 50s, ISO 200
I was a bit afraid I wouldn’t be able to participate in this week’s challenge considering the longest/only lens I own, a 35mm, would force me to get awkwardly close to strangers. I decided to try something a little different by yelling at my roommate who was focused on reading. This was his interesting, albeit calm, reaction.
– Daniel Hooper
Nikon D700
ISO 500
1/1000 sec
Nikkor 50mm 1.4 at f / 3.5
My wife and kid were goofing around in the river on a hot hot day, and I snuck down and stole some shots of them enjoying the water.
-Adam Hilliker
Shot with a Nikon D90
18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 Nikkor Zoom Lens
shot at ISO 400, 105mm, f/5.6, with a shutter speed of 1/100
I was walking around NYC earlier this week with my camera, pleasantly enjoying the summer weather when I decided to sit down and take a break from so much walking. I forget specifically where it was that I took this, but there were a lot of tourists around and with a small group there was this very shy looking girl, curiously looking at people around me.
-Alex Lordahl
Shot with Canon XTi and Canon USM 55-128mm Lens at f/4.6 1/500 and ISO 100.
Just a nice father’s day in the backyard pool. Out of all the pictures I shot, this one captured the relaxed mood and tone of the afternoon best!
-Jonathan Harrop
This I snapped at work passing a conference room on Friday evening with the CEO doing the budget for next year. About 6pm. The guys yawning about summed up 6pm meetings on Fridays! Glad I wasn’t in there.
-John Murray
“Explaining the World Cup to Disinterested Souls”
Taken with a Nikon D5000 with the Sigma 10-20mm at 20mm and f5.6, ISO 3200.
-Dean Carter
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: 55-200 mm
Aperture: f9
Shutter Speed: 1/50
ISO: 320
This is my first submission to Gizmodo. Taken during Father’s Day BBQ this afternoon.
-Michael Jansen
I put on my banana costume and busted in on my friend shaving. He was quite surprised.
-Aaron Lovell
Photo shot at f/4.8, 1/200s, ISO 250, with an 18-105mm @ 45mm mounted to a Nikon D90.
I set up a flash to camera right for a bit of a fill, but I sat waiting. Waiting for that opportune moment. My girlfriend is the one in the picture. She is a singer/songwriter which suddenly had the urge to breakout in song. In an “ode to summer” type mood, she sang her heart out by the fireside. Luckily, i was able to get a few good shots in while she sang a few tunes. This shot, hopefully shows a taste of things to come and a small sample of the good times this fine summer.
-Avinash Patel
Camera: 10D
Lens: Canon L Series 24-105
ISO: 200
Focal Length: 65mm
Aperture: F4
Shutter Speed: 1/2500
This picture was shot in the Monte Bello Open Space Preserve in the Palo Alto hills. It was a chilly, windy day and the lush green grass has turned to it’s typical summer gold. The shot is of my son running down the path.
-Aaron Schurman
I shot this with my Canon 30D at ISO 1600, 28mm, f/3.5, 1/60 sec.
I was at the right place at the right time. This picture is of my little cousins whispering secrets to each other.
-Ken Tran
GE X5 1/125s F 5.8 ISO 64
Sitting in the back seat of my girlfriend’s Bug on the freeway. Note the hands ever-so-slightly placed at 5 and 7.
-James Murray
Gear: Canon T1i, BG-E5 Battery Grip, Canon 18-55mm f/3.5 – 5.6 IS
Taken at 18mm 1/30 sec at f/3.5 ISO400
At a family BBQ. There were a lot of kids so it was the first time for me to shoot from the hip so I can see what they see.
-Henry Wu
