My husband gave me a bouquet of flowers, which is where these flowers came from … a nice bright spot in the middle of winter. I’m glad he likes to surprise me. I thought I would try taking some pictures of them using a DIY lightbox I made a short time ago. I found the directions for […]
We are in the middle of winter here, so … lots of snow. I haven’t been outside too much to take pictures, but last Saturday we had the chance to go for a walk on the lake, and to visit one of the rivers in our area.Snow isn’t easy to photograph. The snow can end […]
Wow! I finally managed to get a photograph of a water drop colliding with another. It isn’t as fancy as some, but I’m making progress. I’ll keep trying, and see what happens. This is the only one I managed to get. I know that if I purchased one of the kits for doing this, that […]
Hmmm … I’ve been continuing to try to get a picture of two water drops colliding. So, I thought I would show some of my attempts and then I can come back and look at my learning stages later on. When I was working on these, I used tungsten as my white balance, which gives […]
When I was going through some of my water drop pictures, I almost missed seeing this one. The drop looks like the shape of a heart, so I thought it would be good for Valentine’s. I changed the colour of the drop to red so that it would stand out, but otherwise did not change […]
I’ve been trying water drops again. I’d still like to make some with the two drops colliding, but I haven’t managed it yet. Before this, I used a plastic bag and put a hole in the bottom for the drips to drop through. However, my husband has helped me put something new together. I now […]
I’ve enjoyed putting some of my pictures into sepia … and keeping part of the picture in colour. To do this you need to work with your layers, and make the top sepia layer into a layer mask – then “paint” with black where you want the colour to come through from the other layer. […]
I took a slightly different approach with these pictures. I thought I’d try putting a vignette around them. Each of the flowers were taken with a neutral, blank background. The bottom one is actually a white rose, and was taken with backlight from a window, then given a pink tint. Still practising, still learning.I’ve learned […]
I’ve recently been using Raw Format when I’m taking photos. They do take up more space in the camera so that you can’t take as many pictures as you can when you have your camera set to Large (jpeg) for photos. It takes longer when you download and when you open the photos. The photos […]
After the Rain Lily During January, I thought I would put up a variety of photos I’ve taken over the last few years – as a record for myself of where I’ve been so that I can make comparisons as I learn and take more photographs. I hope to continue to put photos up on […]