Not really WRITER’S block, more like photographer’s block. Next weekend I will take photos of my friend Cintia, it will be fun. Not really sure what to ask of her. I was thinking some photos around the Carlton Gardens: on the benches, the grass, close to the Royal Exhibition Building… maybe in the Melbourne Museum […]
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So I started looking at doing a bit more progress with the What the Eyes Can’t See. With a new IR filter that arrived, I decided to give them a try. Not particularly happy with the results. I struggled with the IR photos as I needed a slow shutter speed for me to be able […]
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So, I decided to plan the upcoming weeks. I’m really looking forward to taking more photos, especially after the studio photos and the Bollinger. Here is what are the pontente all upcoming photo opportunities: Lights of Melbourne: Old Treasury Building – maybe this Friday Portraits: Cintia Chen – 25/05 Dean and I are planning to […]
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And having afternoons/evenings free (although I should be going to the gym), I decided to do a bit of experimenting with my flashes. Following the advice provided by the flash books I purchased, I decided to take it to my own hands to do some photography around other things, i.e. not humans. I looked around […]
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Now that I’ve posted all the related material, thoughts and lessons learned, I can now post the photos gilt free. Also, I wanted to get the post done as quickly as possible and take my time to edit the photos. And that’s exactly what I did. So here are the ones I considered came out […]
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Last weekend I rented out a studio to take photos of one of Dean’s friends, David. The studio rental was more aimed at having an private place to take photos as well as learning how to use studio lights (which are different than speedlights – aka off camera “flashes”). David is a natural model, as […]
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During my week off, that spanned from Easter all the way to the following Sunday, I was able to do an “impromptu” photo shoot with my friend Lucas. I thought he was just a friend reaching out to help, and it was, but I later, during the session, discovered that he has done modelling before. […]
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A big part of portraiture is making sure the lighting is right. As such, I have invested in a decent set of speedlights, aka flashes. It came with 2 flashes and a remote to control them from my camera. It is a Yongnuo YN560IV and the appropriate transmitter. So far, I have not had the […]
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Easter weekend was great. Even though the house was ‘slightly’ less fancy than the one from last year, it was still a great house. The most important thing was that it fit everyone that was going on the trip, this year we had a bigger party at the house: 3 couples, 1 single adult and […]
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So my Easter weekend away has been great so far. The house we’re staying at is very nice but isn’t as nice as the one from the previous year. At the end of the day, it satisfies our sleeping requirements/arrangements. Our days have been filled with activities, including calamari fishing (on/for Good Friday), walks along […]
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I decided to take some photos today, especially because my friend of whom I was going to take a photo of bailed out on me. As a result, I decided to start looking at what to do with the “What the Eyes Can’t See” project. I know I’m not ready to take photos for it, […]
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Because I have my Portraits project I have been looking at how to improve my model directing skills. This is required to help get the subjects of my Portraits project in an interesting pose and still look relaxed in front of the camera. This is, by no means, an easy feat. A lot of people […]
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