nidding's first year of shooting - 365 2014

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nidding

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Wow. I must say that I feel very uninspired these days. The 365, with only 40 days to go, is really taking its tow on me. Anyways, here's the photo from yesterday. Now I just have to find one for today as well...
DSC_0184 by jonas_sandager, on Flickr
 
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Lawrence

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nidding said:
Day 328
Dagmar - 7 months
DSC_0357 by jonas_sandager, on Flickr
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Absolutely gorgeous and great lighting.
I hear you with the lack of motivation as we get closer to the end of the 365. Keep plodding away mate - nearly there.
I used to run marathons and there is a saying amongst runners that the race begins at the 35 km mark - that's about where we are in this and it is a matter of keeping going.
 
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nidding

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Lawrence said:
Absolutely gorgeous and great lighting.
I hear you with the lack of motivation as we get closer to the end of the 365. Keep plodding away mate - nearly there.
I used to run marathons and there is a saying amongst runners that the race begins at the 35 km mark - that's about where we are in this and it is a matter of keeping going.
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Yeah. I think that's a good analogy.
Going towards winter here, photo opportunities outside are scarce for me, and I pretty much have covered the entire interior of my home, so it's a struggle to find some new stuff to photograph. But no way I'm quitting. Having gone this far I'm WAY too stubborn to not go through with it ;)

And thanks a lot, Lawrence :)
Lighting is bounced directional flash as always with me :) Having practised that all year is one of the things I can safely say that I will bring with me from this 365. It's a great and very easy technique if you ask me :)
 
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Lawrence

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nidding said:
Yeah. I think that's a good analogy.
Going towards winter here, photo opportunities outside are scarce for me, and I pretty much have covered the entire interior of my home, so it's a struggle to find some new stuff to photograph. But no way I'm quitting. Having gone this far I'm WAY too stubborn to not go through with it ;)

And thanks a lot, Lawrence :)
Lighting is bounced directional flash as always with me :) Having practised that all year is one of the things I can safely say that I will bring with me from this 365. It's a great and very easy technique if you ask me :)
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Well in that case I am asking.
Looks like you used it in the last batch too so let me in on your secret please.
The whole set-up :)
 
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nidding

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Day 323
DSC_0426 by jonas_sandager, on

Lawrence said:
Well in that case I am asking.
Looks like you used it in the last batch too so let me in on your secret please.
The whole set-up :)
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The picture above is the whole set up ;)
Take a hot shoe flash and attach a piece of black foam on it. The trick is to bounce the flash on a wall while making sure that no direct light from the flash reaches the subject. In practice this gives you a light source coming from the place where you have pointed the flash, without getting the flat direct light from the flash itself.
Watch this video where it is explained a lot better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mivhtzg7P4s


By the way, for macro I use my super duper DIY flash diffuser, which works way better for that application :)
 
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nidding

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Thank you guys :)
There really isn't any tricks played with the focus or anything. Just a bump in the fabric. But I'm glad you like it :)
 
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