Archive for the ‘Lighting’ Category

Photographing still life in studio – how to shoot reflective surfaces

Posted by:Greg on Apr - 27 - 2013 - Filed under: Lighting,My Experiences,Photo Tips,Still Life -

Have you ever tried to shoot still life with bottles or any other glass object? If you did then you know that it is difficult. It is difficult because glass reflects bloody everything. Theoretically I knew that, but I totally forgot about it when I suddenly got the urge to shoot me some bottles I realized that only after first few clicks of the shutter, when looking at the back of my camera I saw reflection of me, my camera, ceiling and most of other irrelevant stuff in my studio. Then I started... more

Old Cars Show in Mornington

Posted by:Greg on Jan - 31 - 2012 - Filed under: Lighting,My Experiences,Photo Tips,Photography -

  A couple of weeks ago Ira and I visited a collectible cars show at the Mornington’s racecourse. There were lots of beautiful old cars and we had lots of fun.There were also quite a few photographers taking shots of these beauties. But from my photographic perspective, I didn’t want to simply photograph the cars as I am sure there are already many photos of each model that was showcased there. So instead I tried to look at the event not as “this is a car show, so I... more

Portrait Studio Photo Shoot

Posted by:Greg on May - 22 - 2011 - Filed under: Lighting,My Experiences,Photo Tips,Photography,Portraits -

Recently one of my friend’s friends, Renata, saw these portraits I shot about a  month ago, and liked them. So we decided to do a studio photo shoot with her. When I said “studio”, I meant a tiny studio that I put up in my living room. It consists of a black or white background, one light stand with Canon EX430 flash inside soft box, and one tripod converted to light stand with Yongnuo flash and white shoot-through umbrella. Shooting in my home studio I am limited by the size of... more

Flowers Macro Photography Tips

Posted by:Greg on Mar - 12 - 2011 - Filed under: Lighting,Macro,Photo Tips,Photography,Still Life -

Sometimes I see a photograph, and I wonder how it was done, what tricks or special equipment (if at all) did the photographer use to achieve the result? In most cases there is  no way of asking him, and I have to guess and speculate on how it was done. A few days ago I did a few flower macro shots, and posted one of them in a couple of forums. In the responses I’ve received I saw some questions as to how I did it, so I decided to write a post about it. I used Canon 100 mm f2.8 Macro lens,... more

Night Photography With a Single Flash: Step by Step Guide

Posted by:Greg on Mar - 8 - 2011 - Filed under: Lighting,My Experiences,Photo Tips -

Imagine that you need to photograph a large dark space, like a cave, or a church, but you only have a single flash. Is it even possible? Quite some time ago I saw in a photography magazine photo of a big beautiful cave, perfectly lit, all the beautiful stalactites perfectly visible, and I thought to myself – there is no way photographer could bring powerful studio lighting equipment down there! Fortunately there was a brief description to this photo – photographer put his camera on... more

Symmetry and Abstract

Posted by:Greg on Feb - 18 - 2011 - Filed under: Lighting,Macro,My Experiences,Photo Tips,Photography,Still Life -

Hello Everybody! This is another photo-sharing post. Recently I had the time to revive my small home studio, so while I was at it, I took some photos… actually I took a lot of photos, most of which aren’t worthy of sharing. Here’s the only two I liked: This photo was taken inside light tent with two flashes (one from each side). I call it “Almost  Symmetrical”. Nothing much to it, just having fun Click on the photo to enlarge. And I also liked this abstract photo,... more

Using Flash When Shooting Sunsets

Posted by:Greg on Jan - 29 - 2011 - Filed under: Landscapes,Lighting,Photo Tips -

You might think I’m going a little bit crazy here, but hey, don’t make any rushed judgments! Yes, flash won’t help you to light the landscape but it can help you make your sunset photos a little bit different. Usually when you see sunset photos, the foreground elements of composition are silhouettes due to the high contrast between the backlight from the setting sun and the darkness of the foreground. Sometimes these silhouettes of objects or people look good in the photo, but sometimes... more

Photographing Still Life Using Available Light

Posted by:Greg on Jan - 3 - 2011 - Filed under: Lighting,My Experiences,Photo Tips,Photography,Still Life -

In this post I would like to show that you don’t need sophisticated lighting setups and other “special” props to create interesting still life images. All I used in the photos that you will see below was a glass, an apple, two small sheets of black paper, and two cardboard frames. The main player here was the light. For quite some time now I’ve been noticing that I have a beautiful light coming from my kitchen window during the late afternoon hours, and finally I decided... more

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Hi! I am Greg. I have been writing this blog ever since I started getting interested in photography. I came a long way since then, and had several achievements. My photograph was featured in the National Geographic magazine. My work was also used in various publications and books. In this blog I am sharing everything I know and learn about photography as well as my photographs. I hope my blog contributes to the passionate photographers community and I am always glad to read your comments and suggestions.