Category: Photographing Everyday Objects

More Everyday Shots – A New Perspective

More shots from the ladder :) How everyday things can gain a new perspective

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“Web of Life – Cobwebs”

Photograph of a cobweb ( one of many !) in an old garden shed.
It was early morning when this was taken  and the light was just falling across the window and  starting to shine through and highlighted the cobweb.

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Flax Leaf – Macro shot

Macro shot of section of Flax Leaf – called Harakeke in NZ
See how a macro detailed image shows the variety of hues to the best advantage and cuts out distractions.  Now I could have edited out the rust “splotches” but I kind of like seeing nature warts and all and I think it adds to [...]

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Primitive Art – ‘Carved Head’

How cool is this ?  Just attended a horticulture course on soil and composition and this was part of the exercise to see how different soils would bind together and spotted this face that looked like an native carving – even the hair is there !
One of the other students created this “sculpture” from [...]

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Weird Screaming Skull Digital Photo

Took this photo as part of a series  I did from an old skull hanging on the fence at a place we stayed at  and was playing around with it when this weird “face” thing came up in front of me on the screen in the editing process  and was fascinated with it – it [...]

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Saturday June 5th, 2010 in Photographing Everyday Objects | 2 Comments »

Take a Closer Look – Feltmaking Session

These soap suds were left after a felt making session and I knew the soap suds would make some great shots. Try it out you will find all sorts of things jumping out from the soap suds – you don’t even need to make felt ! Some [...]

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More Ideas on Photographing Everyday Things

Shots above taken with a Nikon digital Camera with multi zoom lens.
I take practically all my photographs without flash as it gives a better effect and you don’t lose the shadows and you can get a better tonal range.
Flash distorts and I find it takes away from the shot I want to compose
Reflections can [...]

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Hot Phototips for Digital Photography

Photography subjects are all around

We need to change how we use our eyes to ferret out the potential and recognize the great shots. Sometimes we go far afield looking for those amazing photos but very often there are some incredible opportunities right our – own doorstep and we just need to sees [...]

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