24. December 2011 by David.

I was playing with my light box, thinking about what would reflect bottom sourced light.

To create this image I used a extension tube attached to my 28-135mm lens and set the lens wide open at f36 to get as deep a depth of field as possible.  I purposely used the background fabric to add  some texture to the blank lower left and upper right. Now it goes back on the tree.

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Dave

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18. December 2011 by David.

While wrapping some gifts…

This is a very dynamic  image. Your eye can’ find a single focus point so it wanders all across the photograph.

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Dave

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18. December 2011 by David.

I came across some paint and crayons and thought hmmm…..

I like the vibrancy of the  primary colors. Not much subtlety here. Add a grunge border and there you go.

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Dave

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13. December 2011 by Friedhelm.

Last night I was working on my photo project for the week ( see www.passionforphotos.com) photographing water droplets as they were falling down. I decided to experiment a little bit.  I tried to photograph a water droplet falling on a burning candle. It took a little bit of patience but after a while I got this image. Camera setting: 180mm macro lens, f16, 1/200sec. (flash) at ISO 100.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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27. October 2011 by Friedhelm.

One of the challenge is always to photograph something that happens everyday a million times and make it into something special. I loved this bread and tried to create a great image by using my 50mm prime lens pretty wide open to show clearly just the part of the bread that the viewer is going to bite into in a second.

Enjoy and bon appetite!

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22. October 2011 by David.

Just as we were getting ready to leave the pumpkin patch I came across this table setting

The setting sun reflecting off the pumpkins, the stems going at different angles and the fall colors as a background just caught my eye. I used a tree to steady the camera. In fact the owners of the patch sat down at a nearby table and were planning on having dinner after the crowd left. Unfortunately I wasn’t invited to join them.

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Dave

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5. October 2011 by Friedhelm.

I had to photograph these roses. I wanted them to shine and create dreams of joy and happiness. I used two umbrella strobe lights and tried several different settings until I finally got what I wanted. I post processing I used several filter plug-ins from Topaz and Nik to create the final look.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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22. September 2011 by Friedhelm.

Product photography has it’s own challenges. The image has to entice the viewer to buy the product. The message is:”I want to have it!”

Enjoy and eat some fresh fruit and don’t forget to photograph!

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15. September 2011 by Friedhelm.

My children were packing up to go back to college. I discovered this bag full of cloth hangers and decided to photograph it. The more I photograph the more I believe that photography is about seeing great subjects in ordinary situations.

Enjoy and open your eyes and photograph!

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7. June 2011 by Friedhelm.

Sometimes little objects can become great subjects in a composition. I had a little bit of time to “play” with these crayons. I arranged and photographed them from different angles. My background was a hedge which I threw out of focus by opening the lens up. This is a very simple composition but it works for me. I like the photograph.

Enjoy and keep on thinking about images and compositions!

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