Today I received some goodies that I ordered last week. A black and white collapsible background and a reflector. Unfolding them is very easy. But folding them back so you can store them is a different story. There is no manual included on how to fold them. And after a lot of trying I still was not succesful.
But luckily we always have Internet and there I found this video. Which explains how to fold the background and a reflector.
Earlier this month I bought some tulips and thought it was nice to use one as a subject for a photograph. So on a rainy sunday morning I collected all the things I needed. The camera, lights, background paper, sheet of glas and other accesories. After a while my dining room was transformed in a small studio.
First thing I did was to make some test shot to get the white balance right. For this I took a photo of a white piece of paper. And told the camera to use it for the custom white balance setting. Then it was time to get the exposure right. This was mostly a matter of trial and error as I don’t own a light meter. I took a shot, looked at the picture and the histogram. Then made the necesary exposure setting changes. And repeated the whole procedure again until I was happy with the exposure.
After a few test shots I found the right exposure I wanted and started to photographing the tulip. Most of photo’s worked out nicely. I am happy with the results although there is room for improvement.
Tulip with reflection
Today I discovered the section The Big Picture of the Boston Globe website. It is sort of a photo blog that tells news stories in photographs. Normaly on news sites you only get so see small imagis. But here they are big. Hence the name The Big Picture.
It is very nice so watch all these photographs in a bigger size. So you can really appreciate the photo with all its sharp detail and great colors. It is really worh a daily visit.
Last Thursday winter arrived in Holland. It started to snow heavily and most of the country was covered in snow. Last sunday I was able to make some photo’s. For this I went to the park close to my appartment. In the park it was busy. Lots of parents with their children playing in the park. After a while it started to snow more heavily so I decided to return home. Below you can see some of the photo’s I took.
