Monday, January 31, 2011

Portraits at night












Taking portraits at night-time can be achieved by using nearby lighting and a flash as a fill light. By using both these lights together your subject will not be washed out by the hardness of the flash.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Sunset









Sunsets always make beautiful photos. The warm glow and the silhouette.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

On the stairway to where?













I always find stairs very interesting, they are always leading to somewhere. They can be used to direct you to where you want the eye to travel.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Who are the heroes Australia Day?




 Who are the Australian heroes? Well I think that they are everyday people who just try to get on with life. They try to be part of the community doing ordinary things that make that little bit of difference to someone else. They are the unsung heroes.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve ACT








Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve ACT
We spent all afternoon waiting quietly, hoping to spot a platypus in nature but it was not to be today.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Flooding on Yass River Road

If you live on the other side of this road than you have will have to back track the long way.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Setting up a product shot with artificial lighting







 Requirements for this shot.
  • A light box for underneath the product.
  • A soft box light positioned above the product
  • A table with perspex (white) in a concave shape
  • Camera
  • Product


A light was positioned underneath the table illuminating the product, creating a seamless background, and another light slightly above the product, giving it definition.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Photographing birds behind wire fronts

These scalies are actually behind a wire cage front. To be able to emphasize the birds and not the wire front, I focused carefully between the wires and focused on one of the birds.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Saturday, January 8, 2011

A little touch of magic with dappled light

Natural light can be magical. I found this mushroom underneath a large fir tree. The fir tree branches produced the beautiful dappled light on the mushroom. It reminds me of fairies in the garden. Just magical.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Natural lighting with macro photography













Here I have used a macro lense with no flash. I opened the aperture up as wide as possible, using only natural lighting giving it a warm natural feel.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Designing a layout for a poster



Here I created a poster to promote the National Poultry Show.
I divided the poster into 3 sections.

  • The top section for the banner. This encompassed their logo and scenic views of Canberra. 
  • The middle or content section contains a picture of some show Pekins. 
  • The bottom or footer section shows the information on time, dates, contacts and venue

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

The Devon Rex











 Meet the Devon Rex. This young cat was extremely active at the time of the shoot. A lot patience was required. As you can see this is a very alert feline, she just wanted to play.

Monday, January 3, 2011

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Photographing birds

Here I photographed a Sun Conure in the morning. I used a macro lens enhancing the fine details in the bird and it's feathers' whilst blurring the background.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Creating a photo a day the challenge

I have taken on the challenge to create a photo every day. I will be exploring the different forms of photography. Please feel free to make any comments or suggestions. 
Thank you.