Exercises for Photographers – A new challenge is normally posted on Mondays
The Hydrangea is blooming in my front yard. Early in the morning I took only nine exposures around one blossom. When I overlaid the images I individually not only change the opacity but I also changed the blending modes to create a very vibrant image.
Enjoy and keep on photographing!
This gazebo was perfect for this exercise. Walking around it I took 38 exposures and stacked them in layers using different blending modes and filters.
enjoy and keep on working on your images!
I was photographing in the Mojave desert for a few days. Among other subjects I wandered around this Joshua tree and took 23 exposures. In post production I overlaid the images with various opacities. Finally I used the Topaz Simplify Filter for a final touch of the colors.
Enjoy and keep on working on your images!
This weeks exercise is inspired by two photographers, Pep Ventosa and Stephen D’Agostino. Simply speaking, Pep Ventosa walked around a subject and took several exposures which he combined in post production to a impressionistic looking images. Take a look at D’Agostino’s description of the “in the Round images” http://www.dagostino.ca/tag/pep-ventosa-technique/
It is important that you find a subject that you can walk around at least partially. I did a full circle around this fountain photographing it. Secondly, when you overlay your images you need to work with your opacity. So far I used opacity levels in the range of 6-50 or so.
Experiment and enjoy!
I tried to create the feeling of mystery with the help of my flash photographing through the large branches of a tree.
Enjoy and keep on working on your images!
I photographed this “Morning Glory” in my backyard yesterday morning using two small strobes. Do you have any idea where I put them?
Enjoy and keep on photographing!
Late Saturday afternoon I was photographing in Yosemite Valley when i saw a young photographer photographing Yosemite falls with a pop-up flash. I thought, do you have any idea how far your flash can reach? I thought I try to test my little Meike 320 walk-around flash. I removed the diffuser, set the lens to f3.5 and the ISO setting to 800. This is what I got. Not bad! Enjoy and keep on photographing!
I used two flash guns to create this image. One from behind on the left hand side of the leaf and one mounted on the camera.
Enjoy and keep on working on your images!
I challenge you to continue to work with one or more strobe lights this week.
I took my camera and flash with me this morning on my exercise walk. I like you to compare how much light there is on the closest tree on the right and the second and third tree on the left hand side. You can clearly see how much light one “looses” in just a few feet.
Enjoy this exercise and create some exciting images this week!
I put an umbrella and a flash behind this weed that is growing in my back yard. I also had a flash mounted with a diffuser on my camera. This is the image I got.
Enjoy and keep on working on your images!