Category: Photography

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Dramatic Portraits and Headshots

Black and white, implied topless portrait of a young female model who is heavily tattooed. She had one hand to her face and is looking at camera.

Nikon Zf and Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 G F mount lens.

Simple colour headshot of a young female mode with long hair which covers one eye. The nearest the camera is looking direct at camera

Portraits do not have to be boring, but trying to get a new interesting look is difficult and its doubtful you will come up with anything that has not been done before.

But experiment, try models with different looks, try a different lighting style. You may fail but you also will learn.

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Shoten Adapters

Advertising shot showing a selection lens adapters. A black Nikon Zf is centre frame.

One of the advantages that has driven users to the Olympus MicroFourThird is the flexibility it offers, with mount adapters available for most lens. Many Olympus users have been collecting and using classic lens from other manufacturers.

I have the Voiglander adapter for the Nikon Z mount to enable me to use my collection of Leica M mount lens, and the Nikon Z to F adapter for F mount lens, but we now have a whole range of Shoten adapters allowing nine major lens mounts.

Back and White Headshot a young female model with long hair looking off camera left. She is wearing a black dress.
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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.