I'd been having trouble with my camera (Nikon D90VR) which I'd largely put down to the nut behind the view finder.
It was an intermittent fault in which the f stop setting froze and switching off didn't help, it also was giving error messages with the SD card. I'd changed lots of factors and also bought a remote for it so I was at a loss. I took it with me on Saturday and everyone was very helpful. Steve and Jim suggested cleaning the contacts on the battery and running the battery right down before recharging. Rebecca was very helpful having a D90 herself and gave it a thorough talking to. She also recommended making a careful note of the settings when the fault happened. What a supportive group.
I thought I'd set up some shots with the aim of 1. Using the battery 2. Terrifying the cat.
I was using natural light from a south facing window, a black fleece blanket, a foam core reflector, tripod and the Nikon with 18 to 105 lens. Had had to use a high ISO of 800 and still had some movement blurring.
One major hurdle was convincing my sitter he would like some pics taken and with cats the best way to do this is insist he was not allowed on the blanket. He was particularly difficult because I managed to give him a big static electric shock whilst unwrapping the blanket.
The camera worked OK throughout.
Nice bike!! lovely shots of the cat, well done, good luck with getting your camera hope it's behaving now!I like the technique with the flower, looking forward to Saturday !
ReplyDeleteThanks v much. Camera is behaving since Rebecca had a stern word with it... fingers crossed etc
ReplyDeleteLove the light shone on the anemone great effect.
ReplyDeleteLoved the cat and the reflective light - it occurred to me to mention to focus on the eyes (I tend to use it a lot with my Nikon). I'm guessing you were around f5.6 on the cat and it looks like the focus is centered on the knee in the second shot (you can see the sharp detail in the fleece at this point too. Let me know because I'm testing my eye and if I'm way off I'll need more practice.
Have a great day in London - oh and nice bike too!
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ReplyDeleteThis is a much better style of blog entry and touches on thoughts, ideas and preparation. Technical data mixed in with a reflection of how you did and what you might do next time to improve how you are working.
link to theme and research of other photographers work.
steve