Posts marked with the tag “Technique”
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Strobism isn’t everything
Geek stuff / Photography / Technique
Monday, 7th June, 2010 • No comments
I’ve learned a lot about artificial lighting over the past few years and invested a great deal of time to hone my skill. However, I feel that it’s time to put the equipment to one side for a while and focus on using more natural light.
Diffused directional light
Geek stuff / Technique
Saturday, 27th February, 2010 • No comments
A technical explanation of how do make the light from a softbox more focused, whilst retaining the soft light through the use of a secondary light on very low power to fill in any unwanted shadows.
Open air studio
Friends and Family / Individual photographs / Photography / Portraiture
Wednesday, 17th February, 2010 • No comments
After trying out the lighting technique I mentioned yesterday, of a large diffused light source right above the subject, I wanted to apply the technique to an outdoor location. When we set up the shots under cover in Interlaken (but outside), the first problem was that there were no suitably white walls to hand. If you ever find yourself in this situation, there’s an easy solution: simply expose your shot for the person you’re photographing and then over-expose the background of the shot by at least three stops.
Niels and the Showgirl
Friends and Family / Individual photographs / Technique
Wednesday, 11th November, 2009 • No comments
An unplanned shot, taken of volunteer Niels for the One Frame Movie set of photographs I was working on a few weeks back.
Subtle lighting
Friends and Family / Portraiture
Friday, 7th August, 2009 • No comments
A new colleague joined our team at the day job this week, so as usual, I was called into service to take portrait shots for our team’s blog and website.
“Kelbification”
Geek stuff / Individual photographs / Technique
Thursday, 23rd July, 2009 • 1 comment
After seeing a few shots around the internet in a certain darkened, de-saturated style, I asked around to see if anyone was familiar with the post-processing technique which is used to create it.
Stay away from the “Delete” button
Friends and Family / Geek stuff / Photography
Thursday, 7th May, 2009 • No comments
By whittling down pictures while you are still shooting, or when you are trying to assess their merits on a tiny little screen, you always run the risk of deleting a shot which later turns out to be one you really like.
Winter vines
Geek stuff / Landscape photography / Photography
Wednesday, 18th February, 2009 • 2 comments
An exercise in depth of field with my new 50mm/f1.8 lens.
