Thanks to the dedicated flash that Aaron bought me for Christmas, I can now take photos of my kitty Mei without weird shadows and otherworldly glowing eyes. I also love the soft catch-light in Mei's eye, from the bounce-flash off the ceiling.
See Mei larger-than-life on Flickr.
This was handheld, at 1/60 of a second with bounce flash off the ceiling. (ISO 200, f/4, 70mm lens, for anyone else who's playing at home.)
I'm a big fan of narrow depth of field, where the background is blurry and only the subject is in focus. It's my style, but also my crutch; I need to get better at lighting and composition instead of relying on depth of field.
Ahem. I mean, thank you. :-D
2008 Diana M. Schnuth.
mom says...
Thu 22 Jan 2009 | 10:44PMWow that's a great close-up! did you crop it or use a tripod or is your hand that steady?
I also love the way it fades as it gets farther away. Richard(papaw) was good at that sort of photography:-)