A photo journal and some ramblings…
Posted in Amman Rashid, DIY, Nikon, Photography, Strobist, Wireless, flash, lighting 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 Arm-chair birding, Ashulia, Bird, Sparrow, nest, sunrise on Mar 27th, 2009
Up before dawn to try catch the early light. There was a bit of a rumble of distant thunder … though from the looks of the morning sky it seems unlikely there would be a sudden storm this morning [the season for the "Kaal Baisakh"Â - violent Nor'wester storms is coming up soon]. Drove out [...]
Spotted this beauty of a wasp on the money-plant leaves this afternoon. Got out a 105mm micro lens but could not position the tripod high enough…. so I got a few hand-held frames and surprisingly many were sharp enough. Used CLS fill-flash to bring out the detail and open up the shadows.    [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Bird, Dhaka, Starling, Tailorbird, nature on Mar 10th, 2009
A nice morning for some arm-chair birding [the series of the Starlings were taken lying in bed and watching them through my bedroom window....AhHa!]. These photos were done with 2 SB800 speedlights in the Nikon CLS mode.. One SB800 on camera and one lying on the windowsill aimed into the tree. CLS allows for great [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Black and White, Dhaka, Equipment, Photography, Portrait, camera, flash 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 [...]
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