Saturday 28 December 2013

2013 flashbacks

As we approach New Year's Eve, I guess it's inevitable to do some flashback thinking about the year that's about to end. 2013 was a great year for me and my photographing aspirations. This was the year that I started my own small photo business, I still have a full-time job, but this has made it possible to make some money on doing the thing I love. Mostly to afford some more camera equipment.

So what have I been doing this year?

The year started of in great way, I got an assignment taking some product-photos really big company and one of my photos ended up in their paper for their customers.

During spring I was contacted by a non-profit association that was about to start a project involving a book about the old parts of my home-town documenting what it looked like during the last 100 years. For this they wanted a bunch of photos from what it looks like today, ending up in about 50 of my photos in the book.

At the same time I have sold some big print landscape photos and this kind of photographing is what I love, I'm excited every time I get a mail in which it is a order for one of my big prints. This acts like a form of confirmation that people like my photographing.

I'll end up with a thank you all who have followed me on social media and here on my blog giving me support and cheers. Next week I will write a post about goals 2014.
I wish you all a Happy New Year


Monday 2 December 2013

Macro

I bought my first Macro lens ever a couple of weeks ago, this last weekend it was time to test this baby out. It's a Nikon 105 mm, 2.8 Micro lens. I've read some great reviews about this lens and if you don't want to cash up more then twice the price for a 200 mm macro lens this was the way to go.

First of I got to tell you, wow, the sharpness aren't from this world. I mean you can see things that are so small that you hardly see it with your own eyes until you magnify it on your screen, and it's really sharp. This has opened up a new world for me. 

With the 1:1 ratio in the viewfinder you can discover all kinds of small things in the forest like a landscape in the moss or a stone with some cool texture. Add some water on the moss or on a flower and you have very cool reflections.

Some argue that it's too big and heavy in comparison to the 40 mm and the 85 mm, and sure I weighs more and is a bit more clumsy, or so I think sense I haven't had either the 40 mm or the 85 mm. But 99 times out of 100 I don't care because I almost always shoot on a tripod.

I even tried some HDR with the macro lens, see first photo beneath. And I'm pretty psyched about it, sure this one isn't one of my better shots, but I think about the possibilities with macro shots in hard lighting conditions.  

I've talked to a portrait-photographer who has this lens in his camerabag and he says that it's one of his go to lenses. He loves the bokeh it creates and the sharpness, shallow dept of field etc. I haven't tried it on portraits so I'll take his word for it.

Can I recommend this lens? Yes, if you have the money I think it's a great lens. You can have so much fun with a macro lens, the possibilities enormous. Me I think I'll read up on "How to photograph a snowflake" and see If I can nail one.


You all have a great week, beneath there are some examples from this weekend's macro shots.

 Macro- HDR

Macro


Saturday 28 December 2013

2013 flashbacks

As we approach New Year's Eve, I guess it's inevitable to do some flashback thinking about the year that's about to end. 2013 was a great year for me and my photographing aspirations. This was the year that I started my own small photo business, I still have a full-time job, but this has made it possible to make some money on doing the thing I love. Mostly to afford some more camera equipment.

So what have I been doing this year?

The year started of in great way, I got an assignment taking some product-photos really big company and one of my photos ended up in their paper for their customers.

During spring I was contacted by a non-profit association that was about to start a project involving a book about the old parts of my home-town documenting what it looked like during the last 100 years. For this they wanted a bunch of photos from what it looks like today, ending up in about 50 of my photos in the book.

At the same time I have sold some big print landscape photos and this kind of photographing is what I love, I'm excited every time I get a mail in which it is a order for one of my big prints. This acts like a form of confirmation that people like my photographing.

I'll end up with a thank you all who have followed me on social media and here on my blog giving me support and cheers. Next week I will write a post about goals 2014.
I wish you all a Happy New Year


Monday 2 December 2013

Macro

I bought my first Macro lens ever a couple of weeks ago, this last weekend it was time to test this baby out. It's a Nikon 105 mm, 2.8 Micro lens. I've read some great reviews about this lens and if you don't want to cash up more then twice the price for a 200 mm macro lens this was the way to go.

First of I got to tell you, wow, the sharpness aren't from this world. I mean you can see things that are so small that you hardly see it with your own eyes until you magnify it on your screen, and it's really sharp. This has opened up a new world for me. 

With the 1:1 ratio in the viewfinder you can discover all kinds of small things in the forest like a landscape in the moss or a stone with some cool texture. Add some water on the moss or on a flower and you have very cool reflections.

Some argue that it's too big and heavy in comparison to the 40 mm and the 85 mm, and sure I weighs more and is a bit more clumsy, or so I think sense I haven't had either the 40 mm or the 85 mm. But 99 times out of 100 I don't care because I almost always shoot on a tripod.

I even tried some HDR with the macro lens, see first photo beneath. And I'm pretty psyched about it, sure this one isn't one of my better shots, but I think about the possibilities with macro shots in hard lighting conditions.  

I've talked to a portrait-photographer who has this lens in his camerabag and he says that it's one of his go to lenses. He loves the bokeh it creates and the sharpness, shallow dept of field etc. I haven't tried it on portraits so I'll take his word for it.

Can I recommend this lens? Yes, if you have the money I think it's a great lens. You can have so much fun with a macro lens, the possibilities enormous. Me I think I'll read up on "How to photograph a snowflake" and see If I can nail one.


You all have a great week, beneath there are some examples from this weekend's macro shots.

 Macro- HDR

Macro