When you cant get a model to practice light and shadow then just using your initiative will bring rewards. I am amazed by lighting and shadow and coming from bird photography i cant stop thinking and practicing with light and shadow, i am going to keep practicing with Hildegard as she makes my work so easy i don’t need to learn the language and she does as she is told all the time. I can place her anywhere in my Loft Studio and dress her up like i want.
On a more serious note i love Black and White images, and trying to replicate it is so hard, the film industry used Tungsten lighting to create lighting called the Butterfly effect and Loop lighting all named from the light direction that hits the subject. Its very hard to create but with some practice just like my bird photography you need to spend many hours of work to even gat near the results they got all those year ago and still use today.
Anyway Hildegard flew in yesterday and we had our first photo shoot last night. I really hope i can produce stunning images that are interesting and give the viewer a different type of photography to enjoy.
I will explain in a later post the names that are given to the different types of lighting effect.. These were just my first from last night.
I am 63 years old and and since a boy have had an interest in wildlife and in particular birds. I help my Dad with the rearing of young finches and other birds. I had many small birds as pets and as i got older and joined the Military i purchsed my first Camera, and fold out Kodak. Over a 22 year period i enjoyed many countries outside the uk and observed many species of birds. When i left the military in 2000, i bought my first digital camera a Canon 450D with a Tamron 70-300 and started my journey on capturing images of birds and animals. I quickly learned that there was a lot more to getting a good image of a bird, so i started to research the best settings for my camera in order to capture a better image. Over a 12 month period i realised that needed to invest in a better camera and lens and after research bought a Canon 50D and a 100-400 Lens. It was 2013 when i really got to grips with the setup and came across a lovely Short Eared Owl. From that meeting i started to concentrate on Owls as they fasinated me. From Canon to Olympus i recently jumped ship again to Sony. The variety of birds i have captured over a 10 year period is vast and at present i have a wildlife hide in lancashire where most of my images are captured.
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