My Project 365 (also in Flickr) has not gone as I planned. I haven’t had the time to plan my daily photos nor the time or energy to go out to look for photo opportunities. So far I’ve missed only 4 days (out of 59) until yesterday but most of my (recent) photos have been snap shots at home. I’m so glad that spring is nearly here. The day is getting longer and soon there will be lots of colors and photo ops outdoors.
Here are two most recent Project 365 photos (Saturday and Sunday). Photo enhancement was not on my…
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On day 10 of my Project 365 I took a photo of our kitchen. I don’t have a proper wide angle lens (yet) so I had to be creative. Here’s our white renovated kitchen from a special point of view.
Speaking of wide angle lenses… I currently have a Nikon kit lens (18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR) with a widest angle of 76 degrees at 18mm. I would like to get a wider lens in the near future for interior and scenery photographs. I have a few options which fit into my strict budget. At the moment it’s quite difficult to say exactly…
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On Friday I set up a tabletop studio and took a photo number 6 for Project 365. I set up my Nikon D80 on a tripod with Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D lens and Nikon SB-28 flashgun. The flashgun was bounced from the ceiling @ 1/2. I also had a Nikon SB-80dx on camera left and it was triggered @ 1/16 using flashgun’s built-in wireless slave. A black/dark grey A3 cardboard as background.
Nikon D80 and Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D, SB-28 on camera (bounced from the ceiling) and SB-80dx on camera right with diffuser
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For someone like me who is usually taking dark and melancholy pictures, food photography is challenging. Food will look good if it is photographed correctly but it is very easy to screw up the photo. We have all seen those gloomy photos of not-so-pretty meals. Food photos need to be bright, glowing and colorful. While preparing some Christmas treats, I took a few photos for practice.
Because there is not much natural light in December, I lightened the compositions with on-camera Nikon Speedlight SB-28. Flash was bounced from the ceiling. I had to do only minor adjustments in post-processing.
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The writer is a Finland (located in northern Europe) based freelance web designer and photography and technology enthusiast. Sipping Designs is noteboard for ideas, discoveries and implementation.
