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Finding his photographic feet, one photo at a time

New additions…

On Friday, my extended family was extended that little bit further with the addition of my new baby niece, Holly Seward. Hello Holly!

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From a photographic point of view, these photos are nothing special, but the lighting in the baby care unit doesn’t really lend itself to much, she’s too little to move, I was shooting through the side of the cot and I didn’t want to disturb the babies by using flash.

From a personal point of view though, the subject is very special!

Congratulations Steve, Angie and Holly… welcome to the party little one!

Radio…

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I’m scratching around for ideas that I’d like to revisit once I’ve bought a digital SLR, and can start doing the “photo a day” thing. This shot was a 1 second exposure, with a little zooming for good measure.

It was flash lit by a handheld flash unit top left, my flash units aren’t currently controlable (it’s full or nothing) and it’s not diffused at all (hence the harsh shadow) mainly because I was being lazy and trying to bounce off walls instead.

Things I learnt during the shoot:
- Get a better background sheet
- Make sure the point sources are spread around the frame otherwise it looks lopsided
- Diffuse that flash!
- Clean the front of the radio, it’s covered in thumb prints

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