Day 259

My daughter and I ate at Sakura's Restaurant so I thought it fitting to photograph the volcano flame the chef made.

Day 127

This is the closest I got to missing my photo of the day. I went out this morning without my camera and got home at 11:52. I ran around the house to find something to photograph and found this little kerosene lamp, and set it up on my kitchen counter. I was lucky to get some of the lights reflecting in the window showing up as little bokeh circles. There were only 2 so I had to clone 1 to make it more pleasing to me. I also used the flame from 2 shots just for fun.
My photo was done with 3 minutes to spare :-)

Day 35

I started out tonight trying to get to know my Digi-Slave Deluxe 3000 better. Boy do I still have a lot to learn about lighting. I played around for over an hour trying to light the candle and cross correctly, using 2 flashes and my pocket wizards. Finally I got the exposure and lighting I wanted , only to find out the candle holder was not facing forward, I didn't even think about that when I set them up. One more thing learned, arrange your still life with the lights ON ! Finally, my main flash batteries ran out .. so I was DONE. I added some extra smoke to make it a little more mysterious. I bought these while in Ireland a few years ago, they've been sitting in a drawer so I thought it was time to put them to use.