Time Flies

Wow, nearly 5 months since my first post, where does the time go?  Really haven't put the time in to this that I had meant to due to work and homelife commitments.  Photography has had to take a back seat but now more time is becoming available I hope to be updating this more often.

Spending time watching David Hobby's (aka the Strobist) lighting DVD I'm determined to get my head around off camera lighting in different situations and lighting environments.  One project I have coming up is taking some shots of a designer fabric shop for them to use on their website.  They have incandescent, fluorescent and daylight at different parts of the shop which will make things interesting!

Should have the photo's up in the next few weeks, then it's off on a cruise around the Mediterranean for 2 weeks.  Still deciding whether or not to buy a superzoom travel lens like the tamron 18-270 to avoid lots of lens changes or to keep the cash and go for a 24-70 2.8L later this year.

Anyway here's one of my latest shots using orange and blue gels on opposite sides with a soft box and umbrella to soften the flashes.

..let there be light.

It's always difficult to start new things, whether it be a new job, a new piece of work or a new skill.  The first day, the first sentence, the first try sometimes are enough of a barrier for us to give up before we begin.  I've been fighting this inertia for a while now and finally I'm doing something about it and creating this blog.  I have loved photography for a lot of years but only in the last 2 have I really explored how those photographers capture their images and capture light in such beautiful ways.

This is the start, this is my beginning, this is where I aim to create something new for myself.  I want to use this blog to keep a track of how I'm doing, and show off the pictures I create, the photogs that inspire me and probably some random meanderings of thought.