“You are a noisy mollusc….” Dougal the Dog to Brian the Snail – Magic Roundabout
This was a toughie when working on #challenge30, I mean – how do you get a snails eye view ?
You would have to be a snail wouldn’t you?
I let my imaginary snail loose around the house – where he found, in the kitchen, ready to be recycled this glass bottle – with the contents consumed it made a nice mirror for him to look in…(chortle)
Camera engaged for this one, my Sony DSC H300 – Great for close ups like this, the beading on the bottom of the glass look like beads…
We’ve been playing with Objects and Backdrops today – and the toy cars!
Continuing on from last week we set up our shots on the stations before taking the shots with our camera
Campervan on the beach
Using the clips from old magazines and the toy cars produced some really good shots and saved us the cost of location (Hee Hee!)
Pointing out the birds!
I revisited this picture from the last session. Using the pencils as “Pointers”. I hadn’t spotted this till after taking the pic, but I created a “Sunrise” effect by marking them out.
Sat on a Polar Bear
As well as the lego men, Graham, one of the group brought in some railway model men
this allowed the group to be a bit more adventurous with our photos….
Convoy 🙂Land of the Giant Polar Bears 🙂Off into the Wild blue Yonder
and here’s a couple when I got home 🙂 Created along the same principles – studio a bit more rustic than that of BASIC Clicks…but objects and subject matter stayed the same (Astronomy book provided a little colour!)
Heading home from the moon
Riding across Jupiter!
If you’ve got any favourites – feel free to let me know!
Location : Base camp, the Enchanted Garden, Brain & Spinal Injury Centre, Salford, UK
Camera used : DSC-H300
Today, we’ve been out in the Enchanted Garden @ BASIC. Capturing some brilliant images for use in a future display. Mostly these were roses , but also the wildflowers and poppies planted throughout the garden.
Another session of Basic Clicks, the photography group at Brain and Spinal Injury Centre in Salford
Carrot Soup
Before proceeding with the photography – I enjoyed a nice bowl of soup in the cafeteria….and took a pic of it….
White Roses, Purple Flowers
The session worked primarily on composition, and setting up shots using our various cameras. I liked working with the fountain, but I like my close ups of the flowers.
Location : Brain and Spinal Injury Centre (BASIC), Salford
Date : 27th January 2017
An Afternoon of Close ups and scene changes today at BASICs photography workshop.
Fortunately, our Models weren’t that overly demanding!
The workshop took place in the centre Café – Food for thought .
We had some fun and games in a still life session with some old bears! These bears had been collected over the years by our tutor – and formed a core part of a marvellous still life session. The bears were backlit and positioned on their thinking spots before we took the shots. I like the end results we got from this session.
Before taking each shot, we set up our “Stars” on their stage and adjusted lights and tripods accordingly – but being used to using my Sony Cybershot I mostly went for the point and shoot approach….I liked what came off the camera chip 🙂
Location : Brain and Spinal Injury Centre, Salford, Lancashire
Date : 26th October 2016
Todays session of the photography group concentrated on Still life.
It also covered areas of using a zoom lens and tripod.
The above pic was created using a small water fountain, brought in by our marvellous tutor Maggie, a star tripod and my Sony Bridge Camera.
I particularly liked the running water and the shadows in this shot.
I also played around with a seashell using the mermaids backdrop for a covering background. I like the details of the shells in this one.
The main task for setting up both of these shots was the set up behind the objects. this shot shows the distance for some shots requiring the lighting. In the end, I found perching myself at the short end of the table worked the best in both lighting and end result.
Dolphin in the Mermaid pool – bubbles created with washing up liquid….
