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Vision and understanding your focal length

Implied topless black and white portrait of Kim, she is looking camera right away from the viewer.

Your distance to your subject affects perspective. The field of view is controlled by your focal length.

So do you think about the focal length to select the type of image your trying to craft.

Its far to easy to stick a zoom on your camera and just zoom with your lens, but we should also zoom with our feet as this is what affects the perspective.

Spend some time with a prime lens or with your zoom set to a specific length, get to understand what look it gives you and how you can make it work for you.

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Nikon Cinema – Announcement at NAB?

Advert showing Nikon Cinema lens in silhouette

This week it’s NAB, National Association of Broadcasters. Nikon have been teasing there new range of cinema lens now for nearly six months. Is this the event where there finally ready to announce, it cannot be much longer.

HDR processes image of Scarborough Castle. The warm limestone walls seem to glow.

Many old AIS Nikons for a long time have been re-cased into modern housings which many top Holywood movies have used for some scenes.

Will the new cinema Nikkors go for clinical look or that of the old much loved AIS F mount Nikkors.

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Spring – Park Life

View of a park lake, lake to the left and a grassy bank to the right. Trees can be seen lining the bank. Some ducks and geese are visible lined up on the bank.

With spring well underway here in the northern hemisphere, I am walking around the local parks more often, and getting some nice snaps.

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Selecting a Theme for a Photoshoot

Young model in jeans and black top, holding her phone.

I am currently planning my April studio shoots, when I do one of these I always squeeze in time for a theme or protect.

a gallery of ladies in lingerie.

These can be simple such as lingerie, mobile phone, books and one I did recently, models in glasses.

Its fun to explore a theme and gives some variety to your images.

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Coffee

Local coffee shop Cafe Aroma just off Lincoln High Street by the Stonebow. Two people can be seen sat outside drinking coffee.

More and more companies are asking their staff to come in. I usually find a need to head into a clients office or a clients data centre once a week. This week it was Lincoln and they have a great independent coffee shop just off the high street.

Slightly blurred photo of a barista making coffee.

A good photograph does not necessary have to be correctly exposed or sharp. A Henri Carrier-Bresson said – “Sharpness is a bourgeois concept”.

Barista steaming milk at the coffee bar.
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St Helen’s

Black and White image of an old Church and grave yard. The entrance of St Helen's can be seen to the left with the extensive grave yard around it. Two figures in the distance look at one of the graves.

St Helen’s church Boutham Park. Taken with a Nikon Zf and Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 S lens.

I often visit parks around Lincoln to photography the flowers and fauna. Next to Boutham Park in Lincoln is the old St Helen’s.

Another view of St Helens church. Again this is a black and white photography with a large stone cross in the foreground.

Taken with a Nikon Zf and Leica Elmar-M 24mm f/3.8

It’s a very small old church that now sees weekly use. The main church is a very modern brick building so I imagine evening song here is much more impactful.

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Artemis II – Moon Mission and Nikon

Vintage market, people looking through the goods on the table.

It’s been a long time since we have been back to the moon.

The fashions on show from our local vintage market were likely new.

In that time NASA has moved from film Hasselblads on the moon to professional Nikon D5’s well proven to stand up to the temperature range and radiation of space.

I believe there testing mirrorless cameras but for now the trusty Nikon D5 professional camera is NASA’s main stay and is currently heading back to earth with the crew of the Artemis II mission.

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Easter fun for the Children

Easter Treasure Hunt - Letters and Parcels come and go. Stamps are struck in neat rows. Red post box or county near. You'll find the next bunny, do not fear. A sign on the the school leading you to the next clue on the Easter treasure hunt.

The other day while walking Ted the greyhound, we came across a cardboard white Rabbit. It turns out someone has setup a treasure hunt for the children.

The first Easter White Rabbit in front of the fence by the village school
Beneath the conker tree so tall, Where Autumn's treasures drop and fall. Wander on, don't lose your way. Where village notices have their say. Pause a while and look around, your next bunny will be found.
Where children laugh and feet take flight. Where swings go whooshing left and right. Look near, but not too wide. Your next bunny is tucked beside.

From the school, to the post office then on to the crossroads, each bunny had a poem to lead you to the next.

White cardboard bunny next to the conker tree.
Where rackets swing, and balls take flight. Across the net with speed and might. Look nearby, don't rush on through. Your next bunny is close to you.
White rabbit near the play park
Where open play stretches wide, games and laughter can be tied. Through gates and gaps, the way is clear. To a grassy space both far and near. Step on through and take a look. Your next bunny is hidden in a nook.
Another cardboard white rabbit near the tennis courts.
Where bats and balls and players meet. A shelter spot beside a pitch so neat. Pause a moment, look around. And your next bunny will be found.
By the model railway that runs around the playing field.
Where tiny trains prepare to go With whistles soft and engines low. A platform small, a waiting line, All aboard, right on time, watch the tracks and look around, your next bunny is near the ground.
Bunny next to the cricket pavilion.
By the model railway that runs on Sundays to give children a ride. Where hammer's echo once would ring. A hidden bunny lies waiting. And South Scarle Lane - start navigating.

From the post office to the village cross roads, to the swings and then to the village tennis courts. From there around the main playing field with the mini vintage trains and tennis courts.

Where ancient stone and silence meet. And whispered prayers in stillness stay. Seek your next bunny beneath your feet. Where hymns and incense drift and pray.
White rabbit near the church.

It was then to the old blacksmiths and off to the church.

Where three roads meet & waters glide. A quiet crossing plain and true. Pause where streams and pathways guide. Your next bunny waits for you.
and another cardboard white bunny.
The bunny by the church.

Now down the old church lane where the paths, road and streams all meet.

Where pencils write and pages turn. A place where curious minds all learn. Look around where voices cheer, Your final bunny is waiting here!
The bunny of church lane.

So down church lane to school lane and back to the start to find the last bunny and claim our prize.

Hippy Hop. Hooray for you! You've solved the puzzle, well done too. Every bunny you've found with care. Now there's a secret step to share. Unjumble the letters, make the right word. Then take your map, fold or furled. Pop in the box today. And a special Easter Prize could come your way. So off you go young bunny bright. Your clever brain is a shining light.
The final bunny, outside the school fence.

And so the end of the trail.

If you noticed each bunny had a letter:

R, C, T, A, E, O, L, I, E, N, B

So now to work out the anagram. Can you get it?