Sunshine-Kissed Day with the ST600

Samsung Electronics has provided the author of this article with the mentioned digital imaging device.

The rainstorm has stopped and passed on. A new day with a new creed were getting together. My name is Phoebe and I lived a little bit of everywhere; love and emotions have always carried me away. What I recently needed was an empty bag and a large imagination so I left my home, and soon arrived in northwestern France where my love story coexists with its reliable convention.

After a few days, I went out for a walk on a bright day where I saw a ray of sunshine dropping down on rural roofs. My new Samsung ST600, a brilliant gold color, was impatient to be sunkissed.

Samsung NX10 │ 1/90s │ f4.5 │ 30mm │ ISO 100

La Méaugon is a small rural village in the Britanny region where the Atlantic and old Celtic forests meet. It is not only a quiet residential area but a small part of the Britannic traditional farmlands, where it was known for its milk, potatoes, cabbage flowers and beautiful hydrangeas.

Samsung ST600 │ 1/1000s │ f3.5 │ 4.9mm │ ISO 80

Samsung ST600 │ 1/125s │ f3.5 │ 4.9mm │ ISO 80

I walked along the small streets where similar houses stood until I arrived at a field area. The sky was clear with a few light clouds. The dogs guarding their house barked at strangers. The village was so peaceful I could hear birds flying and flapping their wings in the sky.

Samsung ST600 │ 1/500s │ f3.5 │ 4.9mm │ ISO 80

Samsung ST600 │ 1/750s │ f3.5 │ 4.9mm │ ISO 80

Samsung ST600 │ 1/500s │ f4.5 │ 7.8mm │ ISO 80

Samsung ST600 │ 1/1000s │ f3.5 │ 4.9mm │ ISO 80

Samsung ST600 │ 1/1000s │ f3.5 │ 4.9mm │ ISO 80

Samsung ST600 │ 1/350s │ f4.5 │ 7.8mm │ ISO 80

Samsung ST600 │ 1/500s │ f3.5 │ 4.9mm │ ISO 80

I had the chance to capture a train that was crossing an ending point of the commune. I saw a flock of goats in the distance.

Samsung ST600 │ 1/750s │ f3.5 │ 4.9mm │ ISO 80

Samsung ST600 │ 1/350s │ f3.5 │ 4.9mm │ ISO 80

Samsung ST600 │ 1/750s │ f3.5 │ 4.9mm │ ISO 80

Samsung ST600 │ 1/60s │ f4.3 │ 15.4mm │ ISO 120

Samsung ST600 │ 1/180s │ f3.5 │ 4.9mm │ ISO 80

Samsung ST600 │ 1/500s │ f3.5 │ 4.9mm │ ISO 80

Samsung ST600 │ 1/1000s │ f3.5 │ 4.9mm │ ISO 80

Samsung ST600 │ 1/350s │ f5.0 │ 9.3mm │ ISO 80

Samsung ST600 │ 1/350s │ f3.5 │ 4.9mm │ ISO 80

Samsung ST600 │ 1/180s │ f8.9 │ 4.9mm │ ISO 80

While returning, I accompanied a whole line of electric wires in the air. They seemed to be an empty music paper under the shiny sky. From afar, blue-grayed proofs were taking up the place and drawing a range of sounds. It was such a sunshine-kissed day.

Samsung ST600 │ 1/180s │ f8.9 │ 4.9mm │ ISO 80

Samsung ST600 │ 1/180s │ f8.9 │ 4.9mm │ ISO 80

Lake Gouët, My French Hometown

Samsung Electronics has provided the author of this article with the mentioned digital imaging device.

Today I decided to introduce you “Le Gouët”. It’s a lake located close to my hometown in France, where I enjoy the beauty of nature since I am a child.

Samsung NX10 │ 1/500s │ f7.1 │ 30mm │ ISO 400

Brief history

It is a drinkable water reserve for all the villages that stand around, an artificial lack; the water is maintained by a dam build in 1978. Nevertheless, it is an amazing wild place where live a big number of birds and fishes. For me, who has born in 1986 and who’s always seeing this area as a big water reservoir, it’s incredible to think that before, “Le Gouët” was a tiny river as being shown on the engraving below made in 1892.

Le Gouët in 1892, with its romanesque viaduct

Samsung NX10 │ 1/1000s │ f7.1 │ 30mm │ ISO 400

Le Gouët in 2010, the river is much more widened

Activities around the lake

At this time of the year, people enjoy to pick mushrooms, chestnut, or wild berries. With my friends I regularly have a beer by the shores waiting a fish bites our hooks. It’s a refreshing and quite place but It is also where I become exhausted trying to follow my father who is an experienced jogger. Today it becomes my favorite place to walk with my Samsung NX10 in the hand.

Samsung NX10 │ 1/1000s │ f7.1 │ 30mm │ ISO 400

Samsung NX10 │ 1/350s │ f4.0 │ 30mm │ ISO 400

Samsung NX10 │ 1/13s │ f7.1 │ 30mm │ ISO 400

I grew up with this lake

During my childhood I built many wounds on trees close to the water. Then, when I grew up I had parties on its beaches, playing guitar around a campfire and slipping in a rudimentary camp. And finally I used this peaceful and romantic place as a seduction tool by having a moment without word with a woman I’ve met, who became later my lovely mate.

Samsung NX10 │ 1/20s │ f3.5 │ 30mm │ ISO 400

Samsung NX10 │ 1/13s │ f6.3 │ 30mm │ ISO 400

I love to take pictures of “Le Gouët”

Lake Gouët has various colors depending on seasons. Spring and summer are the best period to capture bursting colors, but automn and winter are also lovely for its delicate texture. It gives me powerful imaginations with its changing tones. I just appreciate all that I see around the lake. Such a comfortable feeling, when I simply go for a walk, or even with electronic musics. Since I got the Samsung NX10, what my feelings tell can be exactly realised by images.

Samsung NX10 │ 1/90s │ f4.0 │ 30mm │ ISO 400

Samsung NX10 │ 1/40s │ f5.6 │ 30mm │ ISO 400

Samsung NX10 │ 1/8s │ f7.1 │ 30mm │ ISO 400

Samsung NX10 │ 1/50s │ f7.1 │ 30mm │ ISO 400

Samsung NX10 │ 1/160s │ f10.0 │ 30mm │ ISO 400

Samsung NX10 │ 1/640s │ f7.1 │ 30mm │ ISO 400

Samsung NX10 │ 1/1600s │ f6.3 │ 30mm │ ISO 400

Samsung NX10 │ 1/320s │ f10.0 │ 30mm │ ISO 400