There is always a lesson to be learned. The more you know, the more you can learn.
Of course, this is not whatI learned this evening. I learned some things which were obvious and some thatwere even more obvious but it should be mentioned that things which are written down tend not to get lost that easy.
Continue Reading →Did you ever want to create one of these gigantic macros without cropping your pictures? It is only a question of time until you find mentions of a retro adapter. A retro adapter is a adapter attached to your lens so you can use it the other way around. The adapter fits the end where you use to screw your filters onto. I have a protector for the now open end of the lens.
The principal which comes to use is that… People who know me, expect at least 1460 words of scientific conundrums and several links to wikipedia and wolfram. Not here! It works. This is all that matters. So I started to have a look at the tips of my beloved aquarel pencils. They look like this:
Do you see the problem? The highlights are blown out, because I had the problem with the lighting. You can see the harsh shadows due to the additional light of a fenix LD20 in burst mode. What you also see is the very shallow DOF (see also Two acronyms in photography you should know). So you can imagine the following: Me, trying to focus on the tips of the pencils holding the camera with both hands, trying hard not to breath andgiving instructions to the very patient woman in my life. Please higher my dear, to the right, more, less,…. I bet her secret middle name is patience.
So I searched the web and tried to find the solution for the shallow DOF and here it is: Continue Reading →
When I started using a camera on a regular basis I started to see things differently. The things did not change at all. It is more a question of perception.
You probably know the effect: Learning. By using your senses in a different way you adapt and you start to learn. Continue Reading →
I just was on a test walk in the Vienna woods testing my gear for the Pinzgau Geocaching Megaevent when I decided: I will start to shoot portraits in the woods – nice Bokeh in the background and with one or two flashes you are the king of the block 
I love digital tools. Who doesn’t?
Since the rise of the smart phone the use of digital calendars and – even more important – synchronizing them is easier than ever before. And still: The trend to do something analog remains. Continue Reading →
If you are into photography you already know what will not work out. And maybe there are plenty of people who already told you, what would be the best practice.
For instance not shooting against the light, because the background washes out. The Light might get spooky or awkward and so on. So? If you never do it on purpose you will not learn how to master it and use it as an element in your picture.
Look at the picture. This is a rather short escalator. Using a 10mm wide angle lens the distance gets extended, the point of view from near the stairs enhances this effect even more. And then I start shooting against the light.
The real strange thing is that this shot does not look very different in color.
So you have to learn the rules in order to know why you should break them. Consider rules as a way to do things with a big sign tagged to them. Caution it says in big red letters… Ah red. I have to take a shot. But this is another story.
If you are afraid of heights or have problems with looking down from elevated positions you have a problem: You miss one point in your photography. Nadir is a word people rarely use. Maybe because they do not know it. Why should they? Even if some people reach their zenith, nobody would boast with his travels to the nadir. Well, maybe if you are Orpheus…
(In)vertigo
