Challenge update 12th Jan

Challenge update 12th Jan

Completed 2 of the 52 weekly challenges and so far not too many problems. Felt slight uncomfortable doing the selfie as I don't like the way I look in pictures. The Macro challenger was more of question finding time and subjects during the working week rather than actually doing the picture.

For the macro picture I tried a mix of single images with in-camera focus stacking to get a greater depth of field in the image. The Olympus camera has a great bracketing function that does this, you select a focus point at roughly a third of the depth of field you want and then after selecting the number of images to be stacked (up to 15) and the amount of movement of the focus between them the camera will take a couple of images with the focus point in front of the original and the rest of the images with focus points behind the original point and then stack them as .JPG in the camera. All images are available in RAW format if you want to stack them in software.

I also experimented with using a Godex AD200 flash unit with a wireless controller (X1TO); flash is another one of those areas I want to improve on as well as lighting subjects for still life's.

Although the challenges are weekly and I want to do an image per week, some of the challenges are going to require me to be a bit speculative and take images when I seen them and not necessarily in the week of the challenge.

Next challenges

Looking at what to do and how to do it for the next challenges.

Matches (Target date - Sun 19th Jan)

Looking in how to photography matches been struck and burning. Lighting a match has drama; ignition, flare and the settle. Capture this and publish the best photo.

Water (Target date - Sun 26th Jan)

Water moves, boils, steams, freezes… in your picture interpret ‘Water in Action’.

Egg (Target date - Sun 2nd Feb)

Whether a food project or a work of art – we want the best photo of an egg!