Photos are meant to be shared
Since it is still January and winter in the northern part of the world I came up with another indoor exercise. I borrowed my son’s slinky and used all kinds of light sources and reflectors to photograph it. This is a very creative exercise and you can create great images with this one object.
In this image I used regular window light and a gold reflector to create the “early morning sun” reflection.
As always, enjoy this exercise and be creative!
I photographed this mandolin in San Francisco. Using a f5.0 aperture I got in-focus everything on the right hand side to about the left hand of the musician.
Enjoy and happy photographing!
On my exercise walk I came by a group of river rocks. In order to photograph them I had to put the camera close to the ground. I picked f2.8 to put the first rock on the right side in focus. The second rock is already out of focus.
Enjoy and happy exercising with your camera!
I saw this group of beer glasses and I used a wide open lens to get a shallow depth of field. Besides this row of empty glasses were a few full beer glasses. They were reflected as they yellow spots in the empty glasses. I thought those reflections made the image more interesting.
Enjoy and happy photographing!
I used a 50mm prime lens at f1.8 to create this image. I wanted the fence to be in focus and the trees out of focus as much as possible.
This is a prime example that you can take great images with relatively inexpensive lenses. The Canon 50mm f1.8 lens used to cost only around $50.00 a few years ago. Now you can be lucky if you get it for about $100.00. This lens is very sharp and you can create great images with it. The great French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson used a 50mm lens in almost all of his photographs!
Enjoy and happy photographing!
In August of 2010 we exercised “Depth of Field” for a week creating images with a 3D feeling. This week I like to create images with a very shallow depth of field. This will create a blurred background and a very sharp subject.
In this example below I was using a 85mm portrait lens at f2.8. I could have photographed this cat at f2.0 which would have resulted in an even more blurred background and even shallower depth of field or I could have used f4.0 which would have given me more depth of field. I suggest you try several f stops and then decide which one pleases your eye the most.
As always, enjoy your photography!
PS: This young cat is ready for adoption. If you know a good home, please email me frgolz@yahoo.com
The blue and red color contrast on a basically white background make this image. Each side fights for attention and therefor this image has two focal points. One of the key insights in composition techniques is: One focal point means “Dominance”, two focal points “Tension!”
Have a great week-end with you camera!
I turned my attention to the shower know and photographed it a few times. I looked at the images and did not like them. Then I used my spay bottle and sprayed water on it to make it look like right after someone took a shower and vola, I got the image I was looking for. Creating great images means: To prepare the subject, choose the proper background, know your camera to expose according to your vision and post process to refine the image!
Enjoy and happy image making!
This is the toilet brush container and brush. This image could be easily seen as a cup, lid and straw. This makes it interesting to me. This images is also a so called high key picture, meaning that this image consists of more than 95% of white or near white colors.
Enjoy and happy photographing!
I photographed the shower head and the light reflection of our small window including the blue butterfly decal. Having two focal points means that they eyes are constantly wandering from one to the other meaning I created an image full of tension.
Enjoy and happy photographing!
