Theme - water
All of my images were taken with a sony DSLR a390 and a standard 15-55mm lens. They were all shot either using image quality raw, fine or standard. Only one image has been manipulated to make a better photograph all the others I left as they were originally taken, as I think this shows my work rather than a completely different image. I also used auto focus for all shots, apart from my close up water droplet.
Photo session at the marina:
For the images taken at the marina I set off with my camera, spare battery, memory card and tripod (also my hubby and son in toe). I set off looking for the best things to photograph, being at the marina gave me lots of choice for my water theme. I snapped away playing around with the aperture and shutter speed. As I was outside and it was a sunny day I didn't need to use the flash.
For this shot I knelt down on the floor and rested the camera on a ledge rather than using the tripod to steady the camera. I just felt this shot needed me to be low down to get the full effect from the scene. I purposely had the grass at the front of the shot to give a wide depth of field and to draw the eye into the photo.
Photo session at the fountain:
To be honest I just stumbled across this setting whilst on a spa day. Luckily my camera was as hand so off I trudged getting lots of pictures. I didn't have my tripod, but the wall around the pond came in very handy to rest the camera. The shot of the fish look like they are behind a sheet of glass. I rested the camera on a ledge and zoomed in to give me this image. I wanted to give the impression of the fish being framed and I feel I have done this well. The pattern on the water has been captured nicely and gives a marbled effect.
I love this image, its such a peaceful photo. You can see the water rippling which is the effect from the fountain . You can see quite a lot of detail on the leaves. I wanted to shoot this photo to show a slight narrow depth of field and I think I have captured this quite well as the main focus is on the leaves, but the background is slightly blurred out.
Photo session at bath time:
I had to be careful for this photo shoot as I had to keep an eye on my son and take photos at the same time. I also had to make sure the camera didn't get splashed as my son really enjoys bath time. I played around taking lots of photos, I felt this was the best image and really illustrates a narrow depth of field. I really like the quality of this image, the boat is in really good focus.
Close up water droplet session:
This session took some time to set up. I used coloured paper as backing and a silver dish to catch the drops of water. I also set up the tripod so I could get really steady shots and get in really close. I needed to use a slow shutter speed so the shutter was open longer to get the full effect from the water. I took so many photos and only really one was good enough for me to share with you. I created the colour in this image by using some fancy yellow rubber gloves. I couldn't use auto focus for this shot as I needed to get in very close and the auto focus wouldn't let me therefore had to use manual focus. I'm sure with lots of practice I can manage to get much better shots in the future.
I feel all my images relate well to the water theme. Each image has water in the photograph or has something to do with it for example the boat at bath time.
