Ramblings

Thanks to one of the vlogs/blogs that I visit, I learned an new technique for dealing with unattractive backgrounds in flower photography – or when you just want a black or nearly black background for your flower images. You can see that these were taken during the day so this technique works well to isolate the subject from an unattractive background.  So here’s how it works. Camera is on a tripod to leave both hands free.  Shutter release is either by remote or with a 2 second timer.  After composing and focusing the shot, I change the camera and focus Read more…

Flowers are both easy to photograph and hard to photograph. Easy – Hard – So, what to do. Let’s examine some of those problems. We have options. First of all, you can take flower pictures with or without using a tripod. If you do want to use a tripod (I frequently do), buy one without a center column and with adjustable angle legs so that you can get really low if you need. If the wind is blowing the flowers, you have a few options. You can increase your shutter speed (actually it is decreasing the amount of time your Read more…