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I photographed these Spring flowers outside right before sunset yesterday. I put the camera on a tripod, used the timer and handheld a black reflector right behind the flowers. In addition I put a frame around the image using blue as an additional colors. You decide which one you like best!
Happy photographing!
It was raining in buckets last Friday in Walnut Creek, CA. My wife was shopping and was looking for a dry place to photograph “something.” At the parking place under an overhanging I discovered some flowers and started photographing. At the end I was happy with this image.
Enjoy and go out photographing!
Sometimes it feels that a week is not enough to photograph on a certain subject. If one wants to get good at almost anything in life one has constantly improve and practice, practice, practice. Therefor I would like to shoot flowers for a second week. If nothing is blooming in your neighborhood go out and purchase a few flowers and again practice, practice practice.
I photographed this group of flowers in Carmel, CA yesterday. I loved the red brick side-walk and used it as a background. In order to blur the background I opened the lens up to f2.8. I also underexposed the image purposely. In post production I refined my digital image using a relatively high contrast in the high key colors (white) and a softer color rendition in the low key colors. Take a close look at the white tones how the higher contrast brings out the detail in the flower.
Enjoy and keep on photographing!
I saw this flower yesterday on my morning exercise walk. It was a cloudy day meaning the skies acted like a giant soft-box. I almost overlooked this flower in one of my neighbors front yard. I had perfect light, leading lines and a single subject. Great conditions for a shot.
Happy Friday and keep on photographing!
I photographed this flower on a white background. Many times I also use a black background and compare the result. Here the blue and and yellow colors compliment each other nicely on white.
Enjoy and happy photographing!
This image has a great dynamic. The center of the rose is on the upper right side and still my eyes normally go to the brightest spot which is on the lower left side. My eyes wander then along the circular lines to the upper right. The large dark shadow right below the center of the rose and the water drops add to the dramatic of this image.
Enjoy and happy photographing
I photographed this image outside. I used a 400mm lens wide open to blur the background as much as possible.
Enjoy and happy photographing!
Today it is Valentine’s Day, a great opportunity to photograph flowers. Buy your loved-one some flowers and before you give them to her/him, photograph them. What a great exercise for this week!
I bought 12 roses and a friend of mine created a wonderful arrangement. I decided to start out with one rose. In order to add a nice touch to the photograph I used my sprayer to create some mist. I used one strobe light from the left, the light softened by an umbrella, and a fill in reflector on the right side.
One more tip: If you use Photoshop, duplicate the original image. Use “Gaussian” blur on the the duplicate layer to blur the image at a radius around “4 pixels” and the use “overlay” to create your image.
As always: Have fun with this exercise!
This is also an image I took at the ocean. There is no clear subject and the eyes just wander around looking for something interesting.
Good to have you on board and I hope my photographic exercises help you to grow in your photography.
Happy Friday
