Just got the chance to take a few photos of Oskar today, and even though it isn’t the most flattering light or background, I still think the photographic composition turned out decently. I aimed to get the focus of the photo in the diagonal, such that the line between Oskar’s eye and the yellow cow creates a diagonal.
Posts Tagged indoors
Is that a Yellow Cow?
Jul 21
Last night I went to a three hour course in portrait photography at Vefa Foto. It was a lot of fun to try portrait photography in a studio setup and I can only recommend that to photographers.
The course was build up with a bit of theory first, and then practical shooting where we got to try the theory out for our self. There was two different studios with a bit of differing setup. One of them meant for closer shots than the other. I think it was a decent course all in all. But (you knew that would come), it was too little time to really get the idea. The group of people in the course didn’t know each other, so at least I didn’t fully relax and had to be aware of people around me all the time.
I learned some basic things about lighting which is good, but I think the most important thing I brought home is that it is very important to talk to the model all the time. Something I would need to work immensely on. Since they, like most others, aren’t mind readers.
On the right is one of the better shots from that evening.
/Kristian
Flowers in the hospital
Mar 15
I was in the hospital again today, and thought I would take the opportunity to shoot their flowers. I have picked two which I think has a certain quality to them. The one on the left is very simple nice in that respect. Unfortunately the flower is in the shade, and that dims it down a bit. I like the simplicity of the image though. 
The second image I chose today, was an attempt to isolate the two flowers from the rest. The flowers are in the sun light this time, which gives them a bit more glow than the one in the shade. The second thing is that they are really sharp especially the right one.
I did a few tests yesterday and realised my 50 mm lens is much sharper if I stop it down to 2.8, and the images kind of pop when I do that. And in this case there was plenty of light to do that.
The second thing I found out is that the lens has a bit of front focus, which I just realised now I handled completely wrong when I took the photo. To compensate I should focus slightly behind the subject instead of slightly in front. Which also explains the slight out of focus of the left photo.
The left one is todays photo, but the right one is so nice I had to show it to you as well.
/Kristian
Details from a hospital
Mar 14
I have been in the hospital for a few days with Rasmus. Nothing too serious, but that coupled with my work completely took most of my energy, so I haven’t been as active as I should be. Here is a photo I took in the hospital of a small detail I thought would do good on a photo.
The composition is not quite how I wanted it to be, but I couldn’t find a better angle and a better crop.
/Kristian
Home baking
Mar 7
I needed to get my mind of my PhD project, so I went for a bit of baking and while at it, I might practice my photography skills as well. I went for sausage bread and buns since I could use the same dough, and Rasmus wanted buns. They are really yummy and I can really recommend them.
The photo is taken at a high aperture and close by, using my 50mm lens. The only source of light is the daylight coming from the window, which posed a bit of challenge to get the angle right. The contrast and white balance needed a fair bit of tweaking in the post processing, but it really helped to convey the bread as being good, at least compared to the photo I pulled out of the camera. But that’s the blessing of shooting in raw.
Here is the recipe. Ingredients:
500g flour
75 butter/margarine
50g yeast
1 egg
2,5 dl milk
(1 table spoon salt and 1 tea spoon sugar)
1. Melt the butter in a casserole. Once the butter is melted add the milk and warm it to around 30 degrees celsius.
2. Dissolve the yeast in the milk
3. Put in the rest of the ingredients, I forgot sugar and salt, but I didn’t miss it.
4. Split the dough in 3 balls and let them rest for a few minutes
5. If making sausage rolls, roll each dough ball into a circle and cut it into eight slices. If making buns cut the dough balls into pieces and roll them into buns. The recipe suggests 8, but I would like them bigger, so try with 6.
6. For the sausage rolls, place half a sausage on the wide end of the slice, add some ketchup and roll it to a roll like on the photo.
7. Let it rest for 20 minutes
8. Brush them with eggs/milks/water/coffee, as you feel like and bake them for 10 minutes at 200 degrees.
/Kristian
Correcting my thesis
Feb 27
I know this isn’t terribly clever or well thought out, but it is what is on my mind. Today I have come to point where I have a draft of my thesis and can start correcting it. So armed with my weapons of choice, a ball pen and a cup of coffee I started out with the 50 page quest to read it through and see if it makes sense.
It is now sent to my supervisors for comments, and it seems I will be right on time with handing it in.
/Kristian
Dreaming of coffee
Feb 22
I am pretty tired today, work has been difficult and I had to concentrate sooooo much, so the only thing I can think of right now is a cup of coffee. I am even dreaming of coffee when I sleep, that’s how much I want it.
/Kristian
Another shot of Oskar
Feb 20
Another shot of Oskar relaxing. It is somewhat similar in pose to a previous one, but the light and crop is different.
I am not impatient!
Feb 16
I am not impatient! I am not impatient! Okay I am impatient and excited, the new Everquest 2 expansion is released today, so the servers are down for patching right now.
So while waiting for them to finish patching I might as well complete today’s photo and went for something that I feel conveys my emotions right now.
/Kristian
B&W flower?
Feb 14
Usually I see flowers in colours, so I wondered if you could make one in B&W, so here is the attempt. It is from yesterday, since I forgot to upload one :/
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