roses
07/30/2007 @ 11:52 PM Filed in:
Photography
In the past I've steered clear of
shooting roses. The first couple of attempts turned out boring.
Never was happy with my time with roses as I thought they didn't
have much to offer to the macro photographer.
Last Saturday I attended a family party and walked away with a vase full of flowers. When I got home I decided I would shoot them before going to bed and below are some of the highlights of that shoot.
At the moment, all of my lighting equipment was put away and tucked into the closet. So I decided to use my speedlight. At first I played around more with different lighting positions before I got the idea of making a snoot out of a piece of paper. I took a scrap piece of paper from my printer and rolled it up so I could tape one end to the speedlight and took the other end and rolled it up a bit tighter so as to direct the light in a smaller circle. What turned out to be a snoot also allowed me to use it as a diffused light source by turning the light so that the light coming through the paper is directed at the flower (point the snoot end away from the flowers; maybe towards the ceiling or nearby wall). I really enjoyed using it and I think I'll use it again. I want to find a better way of back lighting flowers so that the flower is completely (or partially) lit from the behind and appears glowing. As for the roses, I think I really enjoyed myself as I tried to focus on the overall shape and textual instead of the components that make up the rose.
Last Saturday I attended a family party and walked away with a vase full of flowers. When I got home I decided I would shoot them before going to bed and below are some of the highlights of that shoot.
At the moment, all of my lighting equipment was put away and tucked into the closet. So I decided to use my speedlight. At first I played around more with different lighting positions before I got the idea of making a snoot out of a piece of paper. I took a scrap piece of paper from my printer and rolled it up so I could tape one end to the speedlight and took the other end and rolled it up a bit tighter so as to direct the light in a smaller circle. What turned out to be a snoot also allowed me to use it as a diffused light source by turning the light so that the light coming through the paper is directed at the flower (point the snoot end away from the flowers; maybe towards the ceiling or nearby wall). I really enjoyed using it and I think I'll use it again. I want to find a better way of back lighting flowers so that the flower is completely (or partially) lit from the behind and appears glowing. As for the roses, I think I really enjoyed myself as I tried to focus on the overall shape and textual instead of the components that make up the rose.
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