I'll try to keep this short: In general, I was on the mountain way ahead of time (scouting or good spots, away from light pollution). I used a very handy tool to predict the exact spot of the moon rising (photoephemeris) and stood waiting patiently. My goal was to get a time- lapse effect in a single frame and looking back on my work I'm pretty satisfied. I know I pushed my camera to its limits (it has a very bad high ISO performance), so it was never meant to be used for astrophotography, that aside it was a good shoot. :) -RN
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For this shoot, I tried to go a little unconventional. I was directed to take a shot(s) of a place that I can shoot cliche/non-cliche. I then realised that every time I go to the city, I pass through a photo goldmine: the skytrain! My first composition was a simple photo of a parked train with people (un)loading, there's nothing wrong with it, but its a common way to shoot the station. For my second piece, I wanted to get up close and personal to the train, I set up the tripod and dialed in my settings (ISO:100, f/11, 13 sec) and fired away. Immediately I got more desirable, original results, and just in time too! A security guard approached me shortly afterwards, warning me that tripods were not permitted on the skytrain platform. But as Daniel Kerfoot says; you gotta risk it for the biscuit :p -RN Based on the works of Luigi B. I was inspired to shoot some still life. The photo below was captured on a smartphone and was quickly edited in photoshop. After looking at Luigi's art, I saw some general similarities between all of his work; they all had a dominant colour and a straight focal point. Overall, I think it mimics Luigi's work.
For this mini-shoot I stuck to a 16x9 crop, limiting my the amount of elements I could use in my composition. I took two photos, one with the dog in the middle and one with him on the right hand side. Personally, I prefer the second one, as the cushion can be used as a leading line to the subject, this is a perfect example of how the Rule of Thirds (or symmetry, asymmetry) can be used to enhance a photo First off, I would like to say that I hate choosing a set amount of images to share, especially after a summer dedicated to taking so many. On a different note, here are the 6 photos I think represented my summer best and they did not come easy! For many of these, I spent hours, if not days waiting and curating them to my liking. As you can see, half of my selection is made up of wildlife, something that is not exactly easy to photograph. I always want to get an intimate portrait of animals, something that tells a story, maybe a personality trait. The other 3 are made up from my various travels (in order, Vancouver, London, Pemberton). All in all, I was very happy and content with my results this summer, and look to further develop my skills this upcoming year. Taking 6 bad photos isn't what I usually strive to do, but found it refreshing playing around with the flash, white balance and ISO not caring about the results. |
Ryan NealeWildlife enthusiast, global nomad. Archives
October 2016
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