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People of the Goodwood Revival
Returned home after a week away with the start of the week at the annual Goodwood Revival, a weekend of historic cars, I didn't take many pics of cars this year concentrating on the people
enjoy13Sep 17, 2017 at 5:21 AM -
Family Portraits - A paper wasp and her larvae.
Family Portraits
1. A paper wasp tends to her children.
2. You can see from this photo that the children are sorted according to age. The sealed cells contain pupa which are going to turn into adult wasps soon.
3. Directly below those are the larger larvae, who should be turning to pupae soon.
4. Right at the bottom are the smallest larvae who have some way to go before turning into pupae.
5. Never realised this organisational structure till I got a photo of it today. What a privilege to see it, thanks to the EM-10 and 60mm.7Sep 17, 2017 at 8:53 AM -
"Karl the Fog" at the Gate
Last Sunday, I was very lucky to get to the Marin Headlands across the Bay from San Francisco to see the low fog moved in nicely.
[1] This was the first thing I saw as soon as I pulled into the second parking lot going up to Haw Hill. This was also my first time trying out the high Resolution of the my new E-M1 Mark ii. The resolution is just unbelievable even at wide open with the 75mm25Sep 16, 2017 at 4:01 PM -
Val d' Aosta
Visited the Val d' Aosta in Italy for a few days. Much more rugged than the more famous Dolomites.
NIGEL'S RAMBLES: Sun and Rain in Val d'Aosta.
Lago di Arpy with Monte Bianco in the distance
Val Rhemes.
Passo San Bernardo
Roman ruins Passo Piccolo San Berardo
Passo Piccolo San Berardo
Valgriseche
Monte Bianco
Valsavarenche11Sep 7, 2017 -
Capturing The Toronto Skyline
Shot from the Toronto Islands over the course of around 75 minutes on one evening from before sunset until after dusk. Used an ND filter at first and then the LIVE TIME feature (one of the reasons I enjoy shooting with Olympus). Just wanted to show here how the changing light over a short period of time can influence the look of the skyline. I have processed them to emphasise colour and light, since those are the most appealing facets of a skyline to me, and also to have the 'pop' consistent with my postcard style. (I never buy postcards anymore; I send out my own
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A bench in water in front of me provided a nice compositional tool in a few shots.
While I prefer the cobalt blue of dusk the cloud cover didn't allow for it but there was a nice fusion of pink and blue as sunset merged into dusk.
The first and last shots were taken from the ferry to and from the island respectively.10Apr 20, 2017 -
Black and Light
As a commercial photographer, I often find I’m switching backgrounds at a fair rate of knots. White, black and grey being the usual suspects. Not really an issue with most things, but anything that needs to be wall mounted is definitely a challenge.
Unlike swapping a backdrop, the “wall” can become peppered with holes in a very short time. And how many boards do I keep already painted, so as the time required to switch over doesn’t include drying time for the paint?
Well, to be honest, I cheat. Yeah, who’da thought it, eh? I use one MDF sheet, and staple coloured paper to it. That’s basically it. It also means I can use wallpaper if necessary, and stapling it stretched tautly would work the same. So, after shooting on white, I simply remove the light, staple black paper, and refit the light. On the light fittings that don’t weigh a vast amlount, I find I can pull the power cable through the hole and clamp it tight from behind, negating the need to drill further holes to fix it to the board. Obviously, if it has decorative screw heads, or the fixing screws are visible, then I have to fix it in place using screws. But I don’t need to do that anywhere near as often as I used to, and it prolongs the life of my “wall” immensely. Not to mention the fact it reduces the time needed to switch the background and fitting by about 50%, sometimes more.
So, that’s how the background is sorted for wall fixed items, so lets move onto the lighting.
As usual when photographing lights, it’s not just the object that’s being sold, but the ambience and lifestyle it projects. This particular light had a very ornamental filament bulb, consequently giving a very warm glow. Quite often, to combine both the ambient light provided by the bulb, and the flash light provided by the Elinchrom studio heads, I have to use a quite slow shutter speed, as explained here :...9Jun 28, 2017
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