I’ve gone through my library looking for some gems. Some of them are new and some not so hot off the press. But either way, I printed them so I can see for myself and I must say…They look fantastic BIG!! Two different formats for your walls…a 20″x60″ and a 32″x48″. That’s up to 5 feet of picture over your hearth, bed, or any wall that needs that little (big) touch.
I’ve been shooting for several years now and have always know using a tripod is one of the keys to a perfectly sharp image. Sure, mount the camera to the tripod. Check. Take picture. Check. Perfect sharpness. Not. Say what? When I take my pictures to the computer for viewing and post I find them to be OK but not with the sharpness I’ve always wanted and a little fuzzy. Did I move the camera? Did that building move? It better not have. And most importantly, I enjoy processing my images using HDR techniques. If the camera moves, then the shot is ruined. If the subject moves then the shot is ruined. So after these years of shooting I finally put a couple of brain cells together and decide to use my computer as the remote cause adjusting my settings between each HDR exposure was causing slight changes to the image captured and affecting pixel registration. My computer allowed me to capture each exposure and change the settings without touching the camera at all. I used SOFORTBILD to tether to the camera. It’s free and simple to use. I also found that a little sharpening doesn’t hurt either. Go figure.
Ok, so these pictures are a little bit old but I had just gotten a new ring flash and I needed something to shoot. This flash was totally different, a Ring Flash by AlienBees and oh so much more power than my Nikon SB-800. What I liked about the ring flash was it’s ability to soft look to the subject by eliminating any shadows. This was cool. So I ended up shoot a messy table in the kitch area of my house. (my brother is doing some remodeling and he left his tools out). Ironically, this first foray with off-camera “ring” flash didn’t result in any pictures shot through the flash. Instead, I pointed the flash at the white ceiling. This created a very large light source from the perspective of the table and also created very soft shadows. They all have a Dave Hill look; whom by the way, I think is an amazing photographer. Very creative and knows his end-game.