Wednesday night’s class (March 17) was all about creating an MP4 (movie) from a series of photographs. The homework prep was to shoot a series of pictures with a fixed camera position, constant lighting and making the desired movements of the picture elements between each…
After moving 11 times in the first 10 years we were married, across 3 provinces, the pattern slowed and for the last 33+ years we have called 1305 Greeniaus Road home. We bought the house from builder plans on a dirt lot in a new…
This is hopefully the first installment of several posts as I need to do some catch-up. Homework – My assignment for this past Wednesday’s class (March 17) was to submit a “beauty shot” of a small product. Not being into cosmetics the best I could…
Mt “homework for next week’s class is “Painting with light”. Camera on tripod – in the dark, time exposure using your smart phone as a light source to first illuminate the image and then switch to a coloured light to draw some colour backing all…
Looks like I have a “no homework” week for my Small Product Photography class but that is misleading as the real homework is practice, practice, practice. Just like anything else in life if you want to get better you need to practice. So, I am…
Had to get out for some fresh air and exercise today or I was at risk of going “postal”! Weather was gorgeous so I decided to simply do a circuit of a couple of the “paths” by our block. Nothing exciting, but I was so…
After Wednesday’s Photo class, I thought I had “a week off” as the request was to submit two dark shots taken during class. I did that Wednesday night and thought I was free and clear! Did a complete teardown and put away of the setup…
Last night’s Small Product Photography session was on “dark photography”! Apparently, this is an especially popular format for food photography and essentially means presenting the “hero” – food item(s) in a black out format using a single light source to highlight the product. Not as…
Most people won’t get the reference in the title, but that’s not my concern. Family Day was quiet and the snow held off until the evening. But, we did wake up to a reasonable accumulation of the “White Stuff”. Fortunately, I have some available labour…
Once again I am going to try to work on this site to keep it current and add “news” and whatever. COVID-19 has kept us “prisoner” effectively since we got back from our Florida vacation on March 27, 2020. Almost a year now. There have…