Rose
Close-up of a newly bloomed Rose in a garden.
Close-up of a newly bloomed Rose in a garden.
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Location
This flower is on a rose bush that is in my backyard. I picked it and brought it in to my home studio which consists of one continuous flow light with natural light coming in from the window.Time
That is a great question, the rose photograph was taken in the later part of the morning. I want to say it was around eleven o'clock. I was walking around outside when I was admiring the freshly bloomed flowers that appear every April. Immediately after seeing all of the new roses, I decided to race back inside the house and set-up my camera equipment.Lighting
The image of the rose wasn't easy to get. I wanted the flower to be shown in a subtle beauty. Using one light fixture and natural window light, I was able to capture something beautiful.Equipment
The rose was captured with the Nikon D3200, a tripod, and one continuous flow Impact light.Inspiration
I got a little bored sitting inside, so I decided to walk around the house a bit to stretch. While I was walking around outside I was admiring the freshly bloomed flowers that appear every April. Immediately after seeing all of the new roses, I decided to race back inside the house and set-up my camera equipment. I chose the pink rose because there was something interesting with the way the petals looked frayed, yet, the inside was perfectly crisp.Editing
Most of my landscape photographs don't need a whole lot of post-processing. At times, I will go in the image with Photoshop CC to reset the white balance. Other than that, I don't use too many post-processing techniques.In my camera bag
The main equipment I carry in my camera bag is my Nikon D3200, I have one 55mm-200mm telephoto lens, one 18mm-55mm lens (I like to carry both, you never know what might happen when out on a shoot.) Lastly, I have my Sunpak DigiFlash 3000 for when it starts to get dark and I find I need to brighten the area I'm shooting.Feedback
Patience, patience, patience. The two main genres I photograph are landscape and macro. I have photographed tiny candy, cinnamon sticks, flowers, food...Etc... There are so many different factors between the color of the object, how big or small the object is, what surface/background the object is on. The main factor being what time of day as well. If you're outside at two in the afternoon photographing dandelions, the images are going to come out blown out, be sure to check aperture and shutter speeds. (Of course, photographing outside is always beneficial in the golden hours than any other time because no matter what is being photographed, the object will have the most amazing richness in color giving it a different look every time.) Photographing still life objects just takes practice and patience. I have had shoots where the lighting isn't working or I can't really figure out where I'm going with the image and I end up giving up after a few minutes, all because I wasn't patient. To anyone who photographs still life images for the first time, stay positive, you can do it!
