Project 365 – Week 1

Kevin — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:12:29 +0000

So, Tanya and I have decided to start on Project 365, starting on Jan 1. Today marks DAY 4. I will attempt to post my pictures weekly, on this blog.

DAY 1: The Owyhee Mountains, in HDR.

DAY 2: Artificer Miniature painted by my buddy Dave Stinger.

DAY 3: Macro of a Microphone.

Day 4: Cold sunshine through the Trees.

Photographing a miniature

Kevin — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:27:13 +0000

I woke up today, with a layer of snow over everything. So, what was the first thing that came to mind? PHOTOGRAPHY! So, this one is pretty weird, I will admit. I have been wanting to photograph this miniature for a while. It was painted by a friend a few years ago. It looks very good, even after a LOT of use. I think that the shield shows off his quality amazingly well. That is all done free-hand.

So, I figured the light clouds, and all the white snow would make for VERY even lightning. It turned out right. My first pictures, put the miniature on the right side of the frame, and it really looked weird. I moved it to the left of the frame, and I really liked it. After a touch of cropping I came up with these two pictures.

My girlfriend suggested bumping the exposure a bit, and blowing out the background. That probably would have been a bit better, though, I am still very happy with these pictures.

Circular Logic » macro

Project 365 – Week 1

Photographing a miniature