Wednesday, April 28, 2010

W17P17 is finally here!!!! - Testing a new backdrop

I know, I'm a bit late... but the wait is over! :) Last Monday I bought a new fabric for using as a portraits backdrop, and Joyce "volunteered" for the trial!

This picture was taken with the T1i, 2 lights setup, one snoot on the backdrop and a white umbrella on the model. Space was a bit short, so I used my standard lens (28mm - 105mm) at 83mm. f/6.3, ISO 100, 1/160s. All flashes at minimum power (I wanted to use a larger aperture to blur the background a bit).

I can't tell much about the picture, but ain't the model beautiful?

Friday, April 16, 2010

W16P16 - Back to a theme

This week I decided to go back to the Flower + Barbed Wire theme, trying a different technical approach. I tryed using a shorter lens and do it on a different time of the day. The shorter lens allowed me a better control over depth of field. This earlier shot in the day gave me a "bluer" sky.

Overall, I believe it made a better composition. Also because of the shorter lens, some cropping was needed (I didn't want to get too close to the flowers).

Anyway, here it comes :)

Done with the Canon T1i, ISO 200, 1/400s, f/9.0, focal length of 105mm (167mm equivalent).
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Friday, April 9, 2010

W15P15 - What are you looking at?

 This "guy" paid us a visit last week :) Couldn't resist taking a picture... It was eating some bees that were attracted by flowers; they were probably very tasty, as the lizard stayed for almost an hour just hunting one by one...

Done on my T1i, ISO 100, 1/250s and f/8.0. Used my long lenses (70-300mm) all extended. Some small editing done on Picasa, including softfocus to fake a shorter depth of field. This made the lizard look a bit bigger than it really was.


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Sunday, April 4, 2010

W14P14 - Wine and Bread

This was a very special week... It was when we celebrated the sacrifice and ressurrection of Jesus. This picture was taken on a service we had in our community last thursday, where we remembered the last supper. Hope you like the picture, it is really meaningfull for me... Makes me rember the true love of God...

For more information you can check www.chacaraprimavera.org.br

It was taken with my Canon T1i, ambient light, ISO800, f/4.5, 1/60s. Focal length of 83mm (132mm equivalent).


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