Strobist Challenge #7
Posted on 23/04/07 12:37
There's a new Stobist challenge out, this time on macro photography.
For anyone who doesn't know about Strobist, it's all about getting your flash off the camera to improve how you light photographs. Well, it's about a lot of other things too. In fact the strap-line "Less Gear - More Brain - Better Light" probably sums it up better than I can, but if that doesn't help, then "What is Strobist?" should. There's lots of info in "Lighting 101" and the follow-up, "Lighting Boot Camp". There's also a whole community linked into all this, and actively pushing back the boundaries, in the "Strobist.com" Flickr group.
Which is where the new Strobist challenges come from. These are kind of an unnoffical-but-official (or should that be official-but-unnofficial?) follow up to the bootcamp series. It's something to focus and challenge all those Strobists out there.
Unfortunately, the rules state you must submit a new photograph - so there goes my change to use the Ladybird photos from last month. Still it gives me a chance to try something new instead. I fancy trying to put some of the techniques from the advertising photography workshop I did a little while ago to good use, combined with the stuff I've learnt from Strobist, and see if I can come up with something different (for me at least). I've got a few ideas, but you'll have to wait an see what they are....
For anyone who doesn't know about Strobist, it's all about getting your flash off the camera to improve how you light photographs. Well, it's about a lot of other things too. In fact the strap-line "Less Gear - More Brain - Better Light" probably sums it up better than I can, but if that doesn't help, then "What is Strobist?" should. There's lots of info in "Lighting 101" and the follow-up, "Lighting Boot Camp". There's also a whole community linked into all this, and actively pushing back the boundaries, in the "Strobist.com" Flickr group.
Which is where the new Strobist challenges come from. These are kind of an unnoffical-but-official (or should that be official-but-unnofficial?) follow up to the bootcamp series. It's something to focus and challenge all those Strobists out there.
Unfortunately, the rules state you must submit a new photograph - so there goes my change to use the Ladybird photos from last month. Still it gives me a chance to try something new instead. I fancy trying to put some of the techniques from the advertising photography workshop I did a little while ago to good use, combined with the stuff I've learnt from Strobist, and see if I can come up with something different (for me at least). I've got a few ideas, but you'll have to wait an see what they are....
