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.
It’s day 34 and in three days I’ll get 10% of my Project 365 done. I’m sort of lacking ideas for photos at the moment. Especially on work days it’s difficult to be innovative because when I get home, it’s already dark outside. I’m hoping to improve my project quality next weekend. Here’s today’s photo which was inspired by my lack of inspiration.
Tonight, while making evening tea, I tried the high key style (see Wikipedia). I took the photo with digital SLR, Nikon D80, and a manual Nikon Series E 50mm f/1.8 AI-S lens. Aperture was f/5.6 and exposure time was 1/200. In addition I used two flashguns: Nikon SB-28 at 24mm on camera, firing @ 1/32 upwards to the ceiling, and Nikon SB-80dx with a diffuser behind the table, on the floor at 14mm, firing @ 1/4 upwards.
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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