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During a recent trip to St. Louis to visit with friends and their nine month old twin boys, I managed to get some pretty nice photos, shooting 100% candid with flash.
Most of the time I was working with bounced light from a camera mounted speedlite, but I found that many of my favorite shots from the trip were made with the Neewer 16" speedlite mounted "softbox", hand held off camera on a 3' ETTL cord.
All flash work was done manual. (no ETTL "auto" flash shooting)
It was a great exercise in working with light in candid settings with subjects that never stop moving!
On this particular dogwalking route we always pass this apple orchard. And there are 2 trees that are still surrounded by all the apples - as if creatures do not like them. I wonder why? A mystery.
Inspiration wire as of October 25, 2009.
left to right:
flickr image from jek in the box printed out
tab from red velvet art planner kit
leaves from campus
Toast catalog page
paper doily
label from milkshake
Starbucks pastry wrapper
First macro experiment with an iPhone 3GS (Gorillacam) + Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II (reversed), handheld under a desk lamp with a compact flourescent bulb. I just read about this technique and reached for the closest item to try it out--my everyday Waterman fountain pen.
I mixed all the paints directly on the paper. I wanted to get that wet into wet look and also have the high contrast. I have spent a lot of time learning color, but I feel a desire to spend more time with technique, especially wet into wet. I can see that technique and brushwork are like handwriting, making it a personal "note".
El arte de una foto macro o closeup para nombrar a las que tiene un foco muy cercano es dificil, al menos para mÃ. Sin trÃpode aun más. comenzamos a jugar a ver que sale :)