I have been really busy recently, but have taken some photos over the past few weeks, so thought I’d share a few of them
This little toadstool was taken with a flash each side to light it up, triggered with cactus radio triggers (flashes set to about 1/16th power i think, and quite a small aperture on the macro lens)
I have also been taking some photos of a friends’ band The rivers of sound
Also, following comments on a recent post I decided to get out in the garden and try some photos of the insect life that lives there. Most of these had an off-camera flash on E-TTL auto, though manual actually works better with a little practice (if you get the exposure wrong, the flies are gone before you get a second chance (probably cooked by the power of the flash that close) so E-TTL is easier to start with)
I thought it’s about time I mentioned the photos I have been taking recently
Some are random (as seen below)
I also snapped a close-up of some ants and other insects (aphids?)) eating at the stem of my sunflower. I was quite surprised at the detail I got, though admittedly it was with my ef-s 60mm macro lens
I also got a nice shot of a bee while on a walk one lunchtime at work
And then there is my whole set of photos from Hinton Ampner, which I realised I didn’t have the old ones from last year up, so theres a fair few in there including a whole pile trying to catch a bee flying. (click on the photo below to see the whole set)
And I recently took photos of the Hursley Model Railway (again click on the image below to see the whole set). Some of these were done with an off-camera flash with a coloured gel, which produced some interesting effects, though not very life-like.
Bert Stephani (Confessions of a Photographer) has done two very interesting posts as part of a workshop he ran titled “The Decisive Photograper” - Live Shoot Outdoor and Live Shoot Indoor make for fantastic reading if you want to know more about balancing a portable flash with natural light for that perfect portrait.
I have bee following Bert’s blog for a while now, and it really is fantastic - I strongly recommend reading through his archive, particularly for the videos he’s done during shoots.
I stumbled over these photos the other day, and decided I really liked them.
I couldn’t remember if I had posted them up here, so decided to post them anyway
On the last bank holiday I went to Micheldever to get photos of the bluebells, for which Micheldever woods is quite well known for.
A map of the woods which was quite helpful is available from the forrestry commission
This is something I plan to do every year
