14. September 2010 by Friedhelm.

I could have given this image the title “Being outside - looking inside.”

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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13. September 2010 by Friedhelm.

This weeks exercise is about being inside a building and looking outside. You have to deal with two completely different light situations. Usually the light on the outside is much for bright and you get some sort of silhouette of the subject on the inside. There are different methods to solve the problem. You can use a flash to brighten up the inside of you can take two shots, one exposed for the inside and one for the outside and combine them in post-production.

Another issue is focusing and f stop. Do you focus for inside or outside. Do you take two image and combine them in post- production. Do you know the hyper-focal distance of your lens? These are all issues that you have to deal with if you want to create a great image.

As always, have fun with this exercise!

What do you think? Did I use a flash or did I expose twice?

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10. September 2010 by Friedhelm.

I used a wide open lens focusing on the raspberry. The spoon suggests that you pick it up, grab the yogurt with the raspberry and eat it. Enjoy and happy week-end!

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9. September 2010 by Friedhelm.

My breakfast this morning! I picked a read plate, have read jam and a red peach. I picked yellow orange juice and a table cloth with green and blue colors.

Enjoy and happy photographing!

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8. September 2010 by Friedhelm.

Several of my photography teachers pointed out numerous times how important the background of an image is. I photographed this bowl of soup on a blue table cloth. Then I changed the color of the table cloth to red. Watch the difference!

Enjoy photographing and have a great day!

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7. September 2010 by Friedhelm.

How about a glass of cranberry juice? I photographed the cranberry juice in an “antique” red glass which I put on a blue  place-mat. I added a cup of tea into the background.

Enjoy and happy photographing!

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6. September 2010 by Friedhelm.

Photographing food is not an easy task and not everyone can create images that make the viewer want to eat what he/she sees in an image. I suggest we start this project easy by photographing your daily meals for a week. Have fun with this exercise!

Our dinner salad. I photographed this image using a single umbrella light which was positioned right above the salad bowl. Enjoy and bon appetite!

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3. September 2010 by Friedhelm.

Again, this in an image of my fantasy. I photographed the sunset and I photographed the curved tree and combined them into one picture. I thought the curved tree wonderfully frames the right part of the sunset.

Enjoy and happy photographing!

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2. September 2010 by Friedhelm.

Here is another good example of curved lines that divide the image. The line starts and ends at the corners but the majority of the space is with the grapes. If I would have used a straight line the image would have looked totally different.

Enjoy and happy photographing!

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1. September 2010 by Friedhelm.

These are bubbles in my ice tea. The line in the cup separate the bubbles from the background. Somehow I spilled a few drops on them which actually act nicely as a straight implied line.

Enjoy and happy photographing!

PS: I shot this image with my new little Point and shoot while I was bored in a restaurant. There are always opportunities for creating images.

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