Tag: Photography

• Casual Headshot

  Another housemate falls victim to my shooting… This is mostly what I do when we play poker. Perfect time to take photos because they can’t run away from winning the game! Flash behind him on a radiator… A few adjustments in lightroom helped bring out the dark left side and tone down the forehead. Just…

  Maks S

  23/06/2014

  Photoshoots

  Black and White, budget, cheap, contrast, flash, headshot, light, Photography, portrait, studio

• Shroom

  What else do you do with out of date mushrooms? Wasn’t sure whether it’s better to have the reflection in focus or the droplet. I think it makes more sense with the reflection.

  Maks S

  22/06/2014

  Projects

  budget, cheap, droplet, flash, food, high, low, Mushroom, Photography, shutter, speed, studio, subject, water

• Fresher

    …is something I won’t be again. Just testing out my awesome zoom lens. I forgot what it feels like to be able to zoom out!   P.S.: I’m testing what is the optimal time for my posts so they won’t necessarily be at the usual 7-8am (GMT).  

  Maks S

  20/06/2014

  Walks

  leaf, lens, nature, new, park, Photography, plant, spring, tree, walk, zoom

• 5

  A follow up from yesterdays moody portrait. This time it’s more dynamic.

  Maks S

  19/06/2014

  Glimpse

  Black and White, dark, dynamic, emotion, expression, facia, five, glimpse, high, makss, motion, movement, Photography, portrait

• Back to portraits: I guess this is a pretty cheap editing strategy but I like how high contrast, dark black and white portraits can change the mood of a photo. I played around with radial filters to make the faces evenly exposed and dark enough to make facial expressions ambiguous but bright enough to give…

  Maks S

  18/06/2014

  Glimpse

  Black and White, dark, emotion, expression, facial, filter, glimpse, makss, monochrome, Photography, portrait, scene

• Enlightened (#25512)

  This is an example of great design. Might have been accidental, with the tree coincidentally growing over the light, in either case, it makes a really striking pattern on the church wall.

  Maks S

  17/06/2014

  Chronicles

  Black and White, church, city, icon, jesus, makss, night, Photography, street, Urban

• Macro Week

  3 macro posts in a row. Well its not like im just gonna stop using my new babylens. Not sure what this plant is since I avoided botany like the plague but it seems its a weed, though a rather pretty weed.

  Maks S

  16/06/2014

  Macro

  flowers, garden, green, leaf, macro, makss, nature, Photography, plant, weeds

• I hate spiders.

  Slowly getting over irrational fears. This one is perfectly rational though, I mean… SPIDERS! This one I could handle though, a whole 1cm of spider! Needed some practice in insect macro in preparation for my formica rufa documentary and luckily got the mandibles in focus here.

  Maks S

  15/06/2014

  Macro

  animal, ant, fear, insect, macro, makss, nature, Photography, plant, small, spider, wildlife

• Danglelion

  Nothing better to break up revision than some macro photography in the ‘garden’. I say that because the thing outside my door is about as close to a garden as this is to a healthy dandelion. In related news, loving the Canon 100mm f2.8L. It really makes the most boring shots a little more interesting.

  Maks S

  14/06/2014

  Macro

  Canon, dandelion, flower, macro, makss, nature, Photography, plant, seed

• Shakey (#25397)

  Another project to be retried. I mostly saved this for the idea. Set a self timer on the camera, drench a broken keyboard in water (on the second attempt all keyboards will be) and shake it up and down. I would like to attempt this with my hand on the keys to create the effect…

  Maks S

  13/06/2014

  Chronicles

  diy, drip, drop, key, keyboard, makss, Photography, project, shake, splash, timer, water