2010. It’s here. It seemed so far away, once. Now I’m not sure if I’m ready for it – in just a year or so, the entertainment industry will be making fun of the fads of the naughties, and we’ll be thinking that we’re so much better than previous years.
And yet, hope remains.
Hopeful, Happy New Year
To one and all, whether you are celebrating Christmas or just enjoying the season.
Happy Holidays, 2009
It’s probably the season, but I’ve been seeing in increase in traffic looking for bokeh shots. So here you go: an all bokeh Xmas/New Year tree.
Bokeh Tree
Holiday Ornaments on the tree. Lighting from bounced flash.
I don’t want to go too crazy about linking to David Zizer‘s blog (oh, why not. It’s excellent!), but he posted a semi-followup to his criticism of the photographer I mentioned in this post.
From a newer post:
Anyone who has attended my Digital WakeUp Call tour knows that I’m am not a big fan of on-camera flash particularly when the flash is pointed straight ahead. I’m not going into specific reasons why – I do that during my program. Just know that direct flash on the subject is about the least flattering light you can put on your subject.
Yes, I do have a quick fix – just turn your on-camera flash about 90 degrees to the left or right side, bounce it off a wall and, presto – beautiful light.
I’ll definately second this. There are many things to keep in mind, but the portrait lighting is incredible. This year at Christmakkuh (family term), I specificall did on-axis bounced flash the entire time. In keeping with my beliefs of keeping other peoples’ lives private, I won’t post any of the pictures with my subjects. However, look at the photo attached to this post.
That’s a strobist-inspired photo. F/9, 1/60th, on-axis flash bounced to camera right.