20. February 2012 by Friedhelm.

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David and I went to photograph an abandoned house. I created this image using my 180mm macro lens mounted on a tripod.

Enjoy and have a great creative week!

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17. February 2012 by Friedhelm.

The last week I went several time out to Rahilly park in Merced, CA, photographing and observing the light at the blossoms of an Almond tree. I photographed them several times and yesterday I went out again. This time I took besides the tripod a second light stand and a strobe light with me. I wanted to mix natural with artificial light. I took several shots to find the best camera setting. If you use not enough strobe light the blossoms look too dark and if you use too much strobe light they really look “artificial.”

After I got the right mixture I create several images out of one camera raw file and edited the images in Photomatix pro to get this HDR image. Enjoy and have a great week-end!

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15. February 2012 by Friedhelm.

My wife and I visited a new cookie store in Merced, CA. I loved the light fixtures and took a shot. I used my prime 50mm lens at f2.8 focusing on the first lamp.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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13. February 2012 by Friedhelm.

I discovered this onion peel in the kitchen and decided to photograph it. Originally I had a black and white image in my mind but I decided to keep the color version. I used a single strobe light and a reflector to balance the light.

What kind of emotions does this image create in the viewer? It somehow reminds me of an antique vase. Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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8. February 2012 by Friedhelm.

I saw the erasers laying around and decided to create an image. I also wanted a reflection in the image and used the shiny top of my laptop computer as a reflecting surface. I tried several different positions of my strobe light and settled for this image.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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2. February 2012 by Friedhelm.

I got a few chestnuts and I envisioned black and white image to bring out the structure of the nuts. I decided to used a single strobe positioned at about 11 o’clock to create some shadows and a harsh light. I did not use a soft-box or umbrella to soften the light instead I used “barn-doors” to create a small directional light source. After a few shots I decided to ad a small reflector on the right hand side to light up some of the dark spots.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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16. January 2012 by Friedhelm.

I photographed this lonesome tree and after I took a quick look at the image in my camera I looked up again and saw this gentleman walking towards the tree. A second later I snapped this image. I believe there is a deep connection between humans and mother nature and even if I cannot explain it I can express it in my images.

Enjoy and have a great week.

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10. January 2012 by Friedhelm.

Due to the drought the creeks in Tuolumne meadows were low and partially frozen. I liked the cold-warm contrast of the ice and the rocks in the creek bed.

Enjoy and happy photographing!

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28. December 2011 by Friedhelm.

I saw this old iron chair outside a store in Mariposa, CA. I wanted the backrest “emerge” in the background. I used a 50mm lens and started photographing starting with a wide open lens. Of all the images I took I liked this one with an aperture setting of f2.8.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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22. December 2011 by Friedhelm.

I was photographing in Yerba Buena Park in San Francisco. Several people were sleeping in the warm December afternoon sun. The light was actually not that great fro photography but when I saw the people walking by this sleeping gentleman I had to take the shot. I love the dynamic of this image. The resting guy in focus versus the walking people with the dog. The red hat just draws your eyes to the lower right side of the image.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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