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Posted in Amman Rashid, DIY, flash, lighting, Nikon, Photography, Strobist, Wireless on Mar 24th, 2010
Volunteered to shoot some hand-made jewelry for a catalog and as promotional material for a friend. Never have done “product photography” so this is a first. Made a DIY light-box with a cardboard carton, with 3 cutouts [one each on either side and one on top] with translucent white paper taped over the cutouts. Inner [...]
Posted in flash, lighting, nature, Photography, Strobist, Wireless on Dec 8th, 2009
A book I picked up back in the mid ’90s changed the way I saw and photographed subjects in nature [flowers, plants, insects and also landscapes]. After having read and re-read this book, it was John Shaw’s “Closeups In Nature” I went on to his “Landscapes Photography“, “Nature Photography Field Guide“, “Focus On Nature” and “Complete Guide [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Black and White, camera, Dhaka, Equipment, flash, Photography, Portrait on Nov 28th, 2008
Nikon’s CLS [Creative Lighting System] gives the freedom to shoot with remote speedlights, and the ability to control the master [on-camera] and remote [off-camera] flash units from a simple and quick menu system. High speed-sync high-speed flash-fill shooting in bright daylight is so easy with this system and the camera/flash units will sync perfectly all the [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Bird, Dhaka, flash, nature, Sunbird on Sep 21st, 2008
This Sunbird comes to the Mango tree every day a few times a day and is getting used to seeing me… he comes closer [and allows me to approach a foot or two closer than ever before]. He came perched on this branch chirping, and looked directly at me taking photographs. I was shooting into [...]
The almost-setting sun was behind this flower [can anyone ID this flower?] and made a kind of ‘halo’ of the spiky stamens. The background was too bright, I was shooting into the sun light, so if I exposed correctly for the background I lost all detail in the flower. Using a pair of warmed-up [TLA1 gel [...]