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| Tye (the birthday boy) and my darling Lilly enjoying the late afternoon glow of the Autumn sun |
Showing posts with label lighting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lighting. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
An Afternoon in the Park
Always have your camera ready; you never know when energetic subjects - aka kids - and wonderful light come together!
The occasion? Tye-man's first birthday and what better way to spend a glorious early Autumn evening than with friends and a bunch of crazy kids!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
52 Weeks Lit Up
Inspired by a personal photography project (The 50mm Experiment by Matthew Korinek) I wanted to undertake a similar sort of project so that I had a motivator to push my boundaries and present me with a challenge (because being a first time Dad, with a full time job isn't challenging enough!).
In deciding on the subject of my project two things were of utmost importance:
It had to be achievable - aforementioned fatherhood duties and full time work are both a priority and setting myself goals that would take me away from these two aspects of my life simply wouldn't be healthy and would no doubt lead to a premature end for the project.
The second was that it had to push me in an area outside of my comfort zone. There would be little point in setting a subject that I already know like the back of my hand.
My hope is that by the end of this I will have a sound understanding of an aspect of photography that I currently know little about and that I'll have a new bag of tricks to draw upon. Oh and to bring a whole lot of people along with me for the ride!
So, what did I finally decide on?
Artificial light. Every week I will produce a photo (unfortunately I can't always guarantee it will be of an interesting subject...) utilising artificial light as a key ingredient. In putting together the blog, I will include some commentary on how I developed the look and a sketch of the set-up as well as some pros, cons, improvements on the shot and anything of particular interest that I've learnt.
So, 52 weeks lit up, it should be interesting!
In deciding on the subject of my project two things were of utmost importance:
It had to be achievable - aforementioned fatherhood duties and full time work are both a priority and setting myself goals that would take me away from these two aspects of my life simply wouldn't be healthy and would no doubt lead to a premature end for the project.
The second was that it had to push me in an area outside of my comfort zone. There would be little point in setting a subject that I already know like the back of my hand.
My hope is that by the end of this I will have a sound understanding of an aspect of photography that I currently know little about and that I'll have a new bag of tricks to draw upon. Oh and to bring a whole lot of people along with me for the ride!
So, what did I finally decide on?
Artificial light. Every week I will produce a photo (unfortunately I can't always guarantee it will be of an interesting subject...) utilising artificial light as a key ingredient. In putting together the blog, I will include some commentary on how I developed the look and a sketch of the set-up as well as some pros, cons, improvements on the shot and anything of particular interest that I've learnt.
So, 52 weeks lit up, it should be interesting!
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