Recap

As usual, consistent blogging comes to me about as easily as a good Idea does to George Bush. However this time I do have a justification if not a reason for not excusing myself in advance. Febuary ended for me with a rather pleasant surprise resulting in me taking an extended 3 week trip. Unfortunately at present I am not able to divulge the details of said trip, however let me tell you the revelations I will make upon the declassification of said trip, will leave a few of you with eyebrows raised! Fortunately this gives me time to process the Images to a T.

However just because any images I might have taken in said trip might be delayed in making themselves online, doesnt mean I dont have material for the present.

Presenting the last of my 2009 Images (finally!) some pictures from a family dinner we had, during X-mas. Now I hadnt originally planned to upload these, however being the strobist nut that I am, I felt they had some value to my fellow strobist's out there, particularly as one set involved the mixing of ambient lighting and flash photography. Something I have been eagerly working on as of late.





Unfortunately the Images arent as great as they could have been. I was still at the time getting accuainted with my new nikon gear. The goal was to shoot the candle holders with the light of the candle oozing thru the gaps, whislt lighting them externally with the flash. Something I did manage to do, however at present I fail to understand the blurry nature of the Images. I can only assume I miscalculated my shutter speed making it too slow in an attempt to fill in some ambient lighting where the flash did not whilst still attempting to achieve some detail in the candles, whilst lighting the candles with an off camera SB900 with a warming gel to give it some ambience. Whilst the Images came out nicely, I find the fact that I used a high ISO and the blurry touch to detract from what I was aiming for. Just goes to show how much I've learned since then, as I'm quite sure I could presently retake the images with considerably better results. Hopefully I'll soon get the oportunity to play with a similar scenario and see if thats true.

My Images dont often get to tell a story. This is one of the reasons I've taken a liking for flash photography, as one is able to create results such as these.



I love how the light adds a touch of drama to the scene. What began as an experiment with my new toy ended with a lovely little scene depicting a heartfelt family discussion. The light capturing my great aunts expression. I love it and I couldnt help but share it.



As for these second batch of Images, my little cousin was clumsy enough to drop a glass of water on this heavily textured foot matt outside. Before letting them clean it up, I couldnt help notice how they captured the sunlight, glistening away. I couldnt help but rush off and grab my macro lens and get some shots before they dried up.