Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Out of Bounds

I've seen others do 'out of bounds' images but this is the first time I've tried it.


So here is Josh going ...out of bounds.







Thanks to  Gavin Hoey for his  tutorial - he makes it all so simple!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbUgltl9DgM

Friday, June 17, 2011

Self Portrait...of a self portrait.

This is the first (and probably the last) time I have done a self portrait.
Was challenged to do one for a competition and here's the result.


click on photo to see larger


Some of you are probably saying "double trouble"!

We had to show our "very self", so here I am either with a camera in hand or relaxing with photography mag, cuppa and box of chocolates!


For the photographers:

Set up: 2 images taken with self timer and combined using mask layers in PS.

Lighting: Snooted 580Ex flash (using my trusty 'Pringle' snoot), fired off camera and a few reflectors. The light source for each photo is masked by the other photo so not seen in the final combo.
Canon 7D, 1/200s, f/8.0 at 17.0mm, iso100



Very difficult model to work with and the photographer wasn't much better either :o)



Cheers
Kathy

Monday, June 6, 2011

Pouring Wine

A sequence of still photos made into a short video. Taken at high speed continuous on my Canon 7D.

Lighting - continuous lamp with 23W spot light (old equiv 120W)
Set up - lamp behind subject shooting through diffusion panel.
Camera settings - f8, 1/1000sec, iso 800.




Well I did say it was short :o)

Kathy



Thursday, June 2, 2011

Black & White Spider Awards

I was thrilled and excited to find out this week that I had won a Nomination in the 6th Annual Black & White Spider Awards for this image in the Still Life, Amateur section.


Visit their website to see all the Nominations and Winners from Professional and Amateur photographers world wide. There is a fantastic selection of black & white photography.

http://www.thespiderawards.com/gala/index.php

Kathy