Day 37

I went to a meetup today in Milford CT called "Getting the most out of your umbrella" led by Bob Harrington. This photo was taken using a Westcott 28" Apollo Softbox , positioned high above and camera right.The hair light was another flash with a snoot positioned above, behind the model and camera left.
You can find this meetup here
http://www.meetup.com/Photography-Workshops-and-Off-Camera-Flash/calendar/12183397/

Day 36

I started out trying to back light a blood orange slice, the results were disastrous. I just couldn't figure out how to do it without getting lens flare and the light was way too bright even at 1/132 power. Then decided to go in a different direction and try my hand at a still life, with the fruit I had. The cloth is a piece of material I bought in Guatemala last year. I tried adding different elements to the still life but nothing worked for me as well as this did. I just love symmetry and couldn't figure out how to add odd objects to this. So there you have it, my first fruit still life.

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.

Day 34

Thank goodness I took my camera out with me today when I was doing my errands, otherwise there would be no photo today.... I just got home and I am very tired.
Today's photo has no textures added can you believe it ! This house keeps catching my eye when I pass it. I think the morning light would be perfect on it. So if I ever get up before the sun rises, this is where I'll start out.

Day 33

I've been working on which photos I should submit to the Greenwich Arts Council for consideration to get accepted to "Art to the Avenue" all day long. It is a very difficult process to choose 6 photos that represent my work. I've decided to go with my photos from Africa since that is what I have an abundance of, you can see some on my websight here....

http://bettywisse.com/-/bettywisse/

However I am hoping that after 365 days of this project I will have a whole new portfolio or 2 or 3.
So for today's photo I just took a quick shot of some peacock feathers I had laying around and added a texture I found here

http://shadowhousecreations.blogspot.com/

The month of January 2010 mosaic

Here's the whole month in a nutshell.

Day 32

Today I decided to use my canon 500D lens on my 70-200 lens with an extension tube to shoot some close up shots.
I got the idea from Bryan Peterson, he explains it all here

http://ppsop.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html