tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36807771975470816962024-03-13T07:01:49.352+01:00Waugh StoriesHints, tips and recollections from a working photographer.Tom Waughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001081426695236625noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680777197547081696.post-79875689503835007112023-01-08T22:44:00.003+01:002023-05-13T22:48:59.627+02:00Real Estate Photography<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The bulk of my work nowadays is real estate photography. As mentioned elsewhere, I enjoy photographing and looking at beautiful examples thereof.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It's almost always a pleasure therefore, to get a commission to photograph interiors for houses or apartments that are going on the market. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The majority of my commission jobs originate from an international startup company which hires photographers near to where the properties are. Occasionally I also get assignments well outside my area because maybe there are no local photographers available.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My assignments are generally booked for one hour. Sometimes, in the case of a particulary luxurious subject, I'll get two hours.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">These are my observations. <br /></span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Gear</span></span></h2><p itemprop="name" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I carry the bare minimum of gear with me. Important here is a good wide-angle lens. On my Canon full frame body, I'll use the excellent Canon </span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> EF 16-35mm f/4.0L IS USM at the widest focal length. On my Fuji body I will use the equally fine Fujinon</span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> XF10-24mm F4 R OIS WR, also at the wide end.<br /><br />Using the wide end of the lenses creates an illusion of more spaciousness than actually exists. I always set the lens for every image at F11 or F13.</span></span></p><p itemprop="name" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><p itemprop="name" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJ6cCDPUbxj1Ol4Cb0wEE9a1XIxnQ7HjmWR17ZPfEm04UfnKVhxIRr5sKpqm9-qmb7QJxokA3VWC8_aaD8PacPw4iMlwW8Wn5SsBjTly6u22DG14ctloZEUwrKWi-pqiz1zD3sCVxSuA27c5BOtRexqGwwX1DDtuIY93_y6lCoP22QReeHTLriq6L/s1478/showroom%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="1478" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJ6cCDPUbxj1Ol4Cb0wEE9a1XIxnQ7HjmWR17ZPfEm04UfnKVhxIRr5sKpqm9-qmb7QJxokA3VWC8_aaD8PacPw4iMlwW8Wn5SsBjTly6u22DG14ctloZEUwrKWi-pqiz1zD3sCVxSuA27c5BOtRexqGwwX1DDtuIY93_y6lCoP22QReeHTLriq6L/w200-h135/showroom%20(2).jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikf_OyND4Mq743sZO6jxFQ8S76851VkmiHiiYkZQZvTZFGetGBBSjKDoE2MBe9uwlXhjTHAau6fVxBILQR6RhN4XCjYstn-X1yKWcQnLCrjOTiD98edm_WssOjpFR-vscArFXZLQj2Yi6OexmVre90VpnHaxpLQZ1jJst9lEGzJGZS2DlUqu-s_jrV/s1201/a590ccbe445d22f53236fa91a8678210.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1201" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikf_OyND4Mq743sZO6jxFQ8S76851VkmiHiiYkZQZvTZFGetGBBSjKDoE2MBe9uwlXhjTHAau6fVxBILQR6RhN4XCjYstn-X1yKWcQnLCrjOTiD98edm_WssOjpFR-vscArFXZLQj2Yi6OexmVre90VpnHaxpLQZ1jJst9lEGzJGZS2DlUqu-s_jrV/w200-h133/a590ccbe445d22f53236fa91a8678210.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div></div><p></p><p itemprop="name" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wideangle lenses create a false sense of roominess</span></span><br /></span></p><p itemprop="name" style="text-align: left;"></p><p itemprop="name" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Due to time constraints, I don't take any extra lighting units or stands, so to balance the (sometimes) dark interiors with (often) bright exteriors, I shoot three exposures in quick succession while the camera is mounted on a tripod. These are shot at normal (metered) exposure and then again at minus two stops and again and plus two stops.</span></span></p><p itemprop="name" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9J4DW3iKmqcUSIWEGCCs7np0fWYX1BnGf_Bz30SlcdTFeDptl1KoMYCMMi2iEEerXGv0qwGFUh13RvnxcwmoiIzETKWANXN554gLfWRzWMAEtdbeetPBwWqfcUXqwNwhHJRBSv-16n86vG6beDeA1Mpo8RW5V5myWnhp_6uQjEAt4NcHPqKbjudPK/s5154/Untitled-1%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1402" data-original-width="5154" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9J4DW3iKmqcUSIWEGCCs7np0fWYX1BnGf_Bz30SlcdTFeDptl1KoMYCMMi2iEEerXGv0qwGFUh13RvnxcwmoiIzETKWANXN554gLfWRzWMAEtdbeetPBwWqfcUXqwNwhHJRBSv-16n86vG6beDeA1Mpo8RW5V5myWnhp_6uQjEAt4NcHPqKbjudPK/w640-h174/Untitled-1%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p itemprop="name" style="text-align: center;"></p><p itemprop="name" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Three exposures</span></span></p><p itemprop="name" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p itemprop="name" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The resulting exposures are then fed into an HDR editing programme which merges all three images. The HDR programme takes the shadow details visible in the overexposed image, the highlight details visible in the underexposed image together with the midtones from the normally exposed imge and blends them together.<br /></span></span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfa4gGqqEuUb3k5QXI5cDqDkivl15rFp4u3h8nusl8Gu2UPaG7qIHUqlt115yg2YOl1woY4beYgzkKpMNTpTSeY2fbTaJ_9c46_VVnpvybxG9zdHo8yHLfaeTDXYSjQCujxutJXaNHs0AsZH0IXY1Y28IGxC-uwCFrs72lJXLMJdT8cJRs44WtgsX/s1200/2cb1a0a22c54ae0aead1ce923eaf2ba4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfa4gGqqEuUb3k5QXI5cDqDkivl15rFp4u3h8nusl8Gu2UPaG7qIHUqlt115yg2YOl1woY4beYgzkKpMNTpTSeY2fbTaJ_9c46_VVnpvybxG9zdHo8yHLfaeTDXYSjQCujxutJXaNHs0AsZH0IXY1Y28IGxC-uwCFrs72lJXLMJdT8cJRs44WtgsX/w400-h266/2cb1a0a22c54ae0aead1ce923eaf2ba4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The final result is well exposed</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For my own HDR processing, I use the excellent <a href="https://www.hdrsoft.com/download/photomatix-pro.html" target="_blank">Photomatix Pro</a> programme which gives a range of finished templates or you have the option to finetune the resuts yourself. The programme currently costs $99 for the watermark free version.<br /><br />There is however a wonderful and fully featured free alternative called <a href="http://www.hdrlabs.com/picturenaut/" target="_blank">Picturenaut</a>. I wish I'd known about this before I bought my copy several years ago!<br /> </span></span></p></div><div><p itemprop="name" style="text-align: left;"></p><p itemprop="name" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p itemprop="name" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p itemprop="name" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p itemprop="name" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span></span></span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What to look out for</span></span></h2><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Remember. Your job as the photographer is to present the property in an as appealing way as possible. There is a story that the smell of freshly brewing coffee can help swing the sale of a property when prospective clients are onsite. However, well exposed and organised images can help in a virtual sense. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">With that in mind, I make sure that the place looks tidy (if the house is still occupied). Remove any ashtrays and dog/cat baskets visible. Clean windows look a lot better than dusty smeared ones. Normally the house owner or real estate representative will make sure that everything looks good. I don't normally have time to do both cleaning and photography without charging extra.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Some photographers don't like personal items such as family portraits and framed family pictures on display. My reasoning is that they make the house look more like a home and "lived in" instead of a sterile "home and garden" magazine type image. Any personal pictures that appear in any shots are blurred to avoid recognition.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXnB_I0JRqvieUCOjh7Frh_UquXQqYsUlRPMuVGZORwQO83tXxpVPJxSvLaTV2HtXkAjym17yUSXYYffhGQ5vCEwsPPBBYgNv0g6SP9OlQ2GWl4PjexcExZ9etgYFnKYDIjdOricvWa_rY4oSFu2FTzNzRxk05oG8-j5CxAlh2EMIZ2OobZyH8pSt/s1200/personal%20items.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXnB_I0JRqvieUCOjh7Frh_UquXQqYsUlRPMuVGZORwQO83tXxpVPJxSvLaTV2HtXkAjym17yUSXYYffhGQ5vCEwsPPBBYgNv0g6SP9OlQ2GWl4PjexcExZ9etgYFnKYDIjdOricvWa_rY4oSFu2FTzNzRxk05oG8-j5CxAlh2EMIZ2OobZyH8pSt/w400-h266/personal%20items.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Family pics on this extractor fan give a family "feel".</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">What could possibly go wrong?</span><br /></span></span></h2><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Check your gear thoroughly before setting off. If possible take an extra body or extra wide angle lens. Make sure that the front element of your lens is squeaky clean as you will often be shooting into the light which will immediately highlight and greasy fingermarks or blemishes.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Make sure also that your sensor is clean. Any dust spots will show themselves against a blue sky or lightly coloured walls.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Although I don't like the process of "chimping*" (checking each image on the monitor after each shot), it is a must when doing interiors because sometimes the focus is not absolutely spot on. Better to correct it onsite than travel back to base to discover that the image isn't ultra sharp.<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Next up are verticals and horizontals. I use the camera's built in electronic level to ensure that the camera is absolutely perpedicular and not tilted etc. This also saves time later in post processing.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIspj8QxapOZ7zNJ3rueAAqOtwCVF0E8lZmyd1fUy2EjpTOdHFGPx7n-mryGxqPP1WNgepKmcPi-b21OtXHZxrS4pXepfaItjpUp3PgZ2JwPOoad1m-OMC2keinhh_lWY3yiVkMnIaDZgW-NNXuhiOrhWN0-6dZHMBMOylqbs0xctTQ0ihzIX7tg2D/s2048/IMG_20211202_150539.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIspj8QxapOZ7zNJ3rueAAqOtwCVF0E8lZmyd1fUy2EjpTOdHFGPx7n-mryGxqPP1WNgepKmcPi-b21OtXHZxrS4pXepfaItjpUp3PgZ2JwPOoad1m-OMC2keinhh_lWY3yiVkMnIaDZgW-NNXuhiOrhWN0-6dZHMBMOylqbs0xctTQ0ihzIX7tg2D/w200-h150/IMG_20211202_150539.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-F-UZy9Fz29ywIh40HpW7EPwHl6_Lfg5dWC5WdtdruiBoXrxzosLX5Te30zXECRhIyAZQC5HHm8AH4TGXjtLHtKr1CSbQ952rNToHW9khvn5JTen2dhUi3RfyKIHZ8Ft5Ixb-AkP09EWUBW6lCCqHgVjsjT1Atk2KaTDr9DJ7gIojw0pkLAdJyx9g/s2048/IMG_20201028_114810.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-F-UZy9Fz29ywIh40HpW7EPwHl6_Lfg5dWC5WdtdruiBoXrxzosLX5Te30zXECRhIyAZQC5HHm8AH4TGXjtLHtKr1CSbQ952rNToHW9khvn5JTen2dhUi3RfyKIHZ8Ft5Ixb-AkP09EWUBW6lCCqHgVjsjT1Atk2KaTDr9DJ7gIojw0pkLAdJyx9g/w150-h200/IMG_20201028_114810.jpg" width="150" /></a></span></span></div></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Keep the camera vertically and horizontally perfect.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another thing to consider is that toilet seats should be down. It looks more aesthetically pleasing.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPyz8wRhtIwHguvYm4FYqcdA9j0Bm8GoRWp2XmWMq9jcl7JwU1cAM8U1PoJid1VvHh2J4x-qCdpGIWg3vTkxD36bPz8Dr52uBp2dCFuRyyQ0xepvPpeRovQnog1ZxBk3GLH1YMq_WAvFqghVylTLS2SxpWrP7mrNSYiD9McrfvOGbddoIs43b7MUB/s1200/toilet%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPyz8wRhtIwHguvYm4FYqcdA9j0Bm8GoRWp2XmWMq9jcl7JwU1cAM8U1PoJid1VvHh2J4x-qCdpGIWg3vTkxD36bPz8Dr52uBp2dCFuRyyQ0xepvPpeRovQnog1ZxBk3GLH1YMq_WAvFqghVylTLS2SxpWrP7mrNSYiD9McrfvOGbddoIs43b7MUB/w133-h200/toilet%20(2).jpg" width="133" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuNcdaRM1QUlndw8YStNPnKs2Tlx6gXVQa62wWuBAlFKfGQVqLL1FKWy7XLjyliDcYwvnt3lkkr0Mr8W_N_rNrnYxZZzeL4XLLeJvvzIN5eox__Kym5MSifFeq_bPMh4-9Wrwi00TOF0v68tIDtwvqEffeYeWVMifZ-2tXIEZTtu7iDyxWB0CrzciP/s1481/toilet%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1481" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuNcdaRM1QUlndw8YStNPnKs2Tlx6gXVQa62wWuBAlFKfGQVqLL1FKWy7XLjyliDcYwvnt3lkkr0Mr8W_N_rNrnYxZZzeL4XLLeJvvzIN5eox__Kym5MSifFeq_bPMh4-9Wrwi00TOF0v68tIDtwvqEffeYeWVMifZ-2tXIEZTtu7iDyxWB0CrzciP/w200-h135/toilet%20(1).jpg" width="200" /> </a></span></span></span><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="515" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGCW-zeOdO-a0h0wUX3LeJkIW_qnSrytvR-yNEkmqypoD7nfod2AFffu-k_2qHrRx-_O_9_HOou9uTuWpiaNE_k1ohK-Wb8iZnRuUciVbWTRnB13bNKwmIhvw8e_aXgCeFwGr97wgtyhB7jaArS8koyjIpKI8PY9-Nmg6G2RoS6worr7j9vWcUAfR/w143-h200/toilet%20(3).jpg" width="143" /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGCW-zeOdO-a0h0wUX3LeJkIW_qnSrytvR-yNEkmqypoD7nfod2AFffu-k_2qHrRx-_O_9_HOou9uTuWpiaNE_k1ohK-Wb8iZnRuUciVbWTRnB13bNKwmIhvw8e_aXgCeFwGr97wgtyhB7jaArS8koyjIpKI8PY9-Nmg6G2RoS6worr7j9vWcUAfR/s720/toilet%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-df0jlxHgCFmZ2pqHa9WhCO2COV6Yo0Gwklhsqh-53jZKefC5k5djSK461bERmJIX4l4TkTQkDTXBYcXjqhWLB1Wa6sJz5mYlAv8QeahLIVpoCwJz8KS61CN1hmaJPvov2umruyTMw3Kvi0B0nAoqSbZOS9PQAcMGiqYo6uZM8bDDlxaS41XtIyke/s720/toilet%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To give a good impression when visiting I also put cloth covers over my shoes to protect the flooring and carpets in the client's home. These are very inexpensive and can be bought online.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvW5XmMoSQbjnIxltI5LgKcoynfpqLUREqfIEsDYeSRxLFuQceI-ydXsYIGXVJc8BwAkYf9TxT8x5YlHGKRgjXhZKa4PHvNQkUcIpkDObIu8ckOHDDzJeYOCs0qQ6u8PXi1ttbIc1bixCm7NiH9RjCQbYEGlN7aNTfuFfqmUh1BBKZjXa_FEf08ng/s2048/IMG_20220527_133522.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvW5XmMoSQbjnIxltI5LgKcoynfpqLUREqfIEsDYeSRxLFuQceI-ydXsYIGXVJc8BwAkYf9TxT8x5YlHGKRgjXhZKa4PHvNQkUcIpkDObIu8ckOHDDzJeYOCs0qQ6u8PXi1ttbIc1bixCm7NiH9RjCQbYEGlN7aNTfuFfqmUh1BBKZjXa_FEf08ng/w200-h150/IMG_20220527_133522.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cloth shoe covers</span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Conclusion</span><br /></span></span></h2></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">These are the methods that I employ when photographing interiors. They serve me well and I tend not to deviate from them. That's why I can photograph a property in one hour (forty minutes if empty) which is convenient for the home owner and enables me to get to the next one quicker. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are a few of my recent examples.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCY6CPVNr-t0Ln_pattyeQJ4JLrfoM2l53vMRXCqmwID_usOAGb7Hrt5PaO6J3C6rFUtv5J3ntWF8VUHnvOpQQt_jd3s8Ccch0MbwRx0pi_pR4sY91F9aExUqaNcLZBOXrRqa1-2uTRSREV8pJ-CFriJ5oGS8HQ8SMYnMfbhzNYS02kXzVWQONJmz/s1200/2466ac2cb47b54801e14132f70a8019d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCY6CPVNr-t0Ln_pattyeQJ4JLrfoM2l53vMRXCqmwID_usOAGb7Hrt5PaO6J3C6rFUtv5J3ntWF8VUHnvOpQQt_jd3s8Ccch0MbwRx0pi_pR4sY91F9aExUqaNcLZBOXrRqa1-2uTRSREV8pJ-CFriJ5oGS8HQ8SMYnMfbhzNYS02kXzVWQONJmz/w200-h133/2466ac2cb47b54801e14132f70a8019d.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJ6cCDPUbxj1Ol4Cb0wEE9a1XIxnQ7HjmWR17ZPfEm04UfnKVhxIRr5sKpqm9-qmb7QJxokA3VWC8_aaD8PacPw4iMlwW8Wn5SsBjTly6u22DG14ctloZEUwrKWi-pqiz1zD3sCVxSuA27c5BOtRexqGwwX1DDtuIY93_y6lCoP22QReeHTLriq6L/s1478/showroom%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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As ever, if you have any queriesplease feel free to contact me.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tom<br /></span></span></p><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_6-CMBFv6nuTvigx_EQKHtGbyvbhuUY6pHYopVeCQkDE7ryZ1UqYzD0h-hukTKCo3j0itwiahn-LdTRbDcrThtXchp0vvZY-8DqC_ep_wt1AQX5ONCNTg3fKSpTt82gUIQQH7bIb3ae-71mUMUXpcpJcdqWG6dOaHWjFdykc1BQGZK_519tvGG0b/s1200/638e8b822451223265ab5e8737230371.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><br /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> <br /></span><p></p></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">*</span></span></span><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Chimping</b> is a colloquial term used in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_photography" title="Digital photography">digital photography</a> to describe the habit of checking every photo on the camera display (<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCD" title="LCD">LCD</a>) immediately after capture.
</span></i></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><br /></p></div>Tom Waughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001081426695236625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680777197547081696.post-83001384383462890312021-02-01T17:32:00.002+01:002022-12-01T15:44:19.475+01:00Camera bags<div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">I love camera bags. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I am what you may call, a bit of a camera bag junkie!<br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I have six camera bags and an aluminium wheeled case.</span><br />
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In no particular order of preference, they are . . .</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b>Billingham 550</b></span></span></span></h2><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The oldest. </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I purchased it in 1988. It's a massive <b>Billingham 550 </b>and cost me £108 which, at the time was a LOT of money but I was prepared to pay this because lots of other photographers were using them as they are hard wearing. The latest price on their website is now £500! You can read about it <a href="https://billingham.co.uk/collections/camera-bags/products/550" target="_blank">here</a>. You can also read my review of it on that page.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Billingham 550. </span><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Can accommodate one toddler or lots of camera gear</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></span></td></tr>
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take stuff out of it as I need it. At the moment it holds an EOS 6d, an
EOS 7d plus grip, a 16 - 35 zoom, a 24 - 105 zoom, two Canon Speedlite 420 EX's plus cleaning cloths, batteries,
memory cards and miscellaneous other items. The total weight of all
these items together with the bag is 11 kilograms. Wash it occasionally
with warm soapy water and treat it afterwards with a weatherproofing
spray and it'll last for decades. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billingham System 3</span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A smaller Billingham bag is also in my collection and I tend to use it for my GoPro Fusion or my Drone stuff. It's also an "oldie" and I paid about £20 for it second hand back in the early nineties (probably around 1994). I searched online for it to find out the model number but eventually resorted to contacting Billingham directly where the helpful <b>Mel</b> told me this: </span></span><br />
</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqoSanDJinic37Fl482kL3ZfxwBEh1-gprG95TA4ybQILr8lD_yOjTBmHx8vIMvtRg3SRBfdQchg_m2ZbwsF2qIPVVcOKqU0_3TITCH7CbToIXiMKIxUPJ0hWmOkQgpd6vfPGgIk0AZM/s2048/IMG_20210109_141310-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Billingham System 3" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqoSanDJinic37Fl482kL3ZfxwBEh1-gprG95TA4ybQILr8lD_yOjTBmHx8vIMvtRg3SRBfdQchg_m2ZbwsF2qIPVVcOKqU0_3TITCH7CbToIXiMKIxUPJ0hWmOkQgpd6vfPGgIk0AZM/w150-h200/IMG_20210109_141310-01.jpeg" title="Billingham System 3" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFqQqUBr6jeDsAKi7yPnRtpjoRFrzoKuQ4TIjDFRh0dJglO4H2jGZpN6veaLdBO9QaclcFORoxLOrLhPaDDbphRdMspBh_hz33JosUYTy9AKCr7kqcUW54_PCkg1NQ63OTi9riSG77xE/s2048/IMG_20210109_141352-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Billingham System 3" border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFqQqUBr6jeDsAKi7yPnRtpjoRFrzoKuQ4TIjDFRh0dJglO4H2jGZpN6veaLdBO9QaclcFORoxLOrLhPaDDbphRdMspBh_hz33JosUYTy9AKCr7kqcUW54_PCkg1NQ63OTi9riSG77xE/w200-h150/IMG_20210109_141352-01.jpeg" title="Billingham System 3" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEo7jWXYcNCROEMAQUF2u1aSXmHEIPraPQQ3kDNNk2zZxQC33txoFUxU7ea4utUaQRkCExl3TI1Bt0GAY3IXOQu1JhOTGScxjZBxbq2f_WvbOOKLt7eGG0FxuEPU2-OTKIj0S5TdJgco/s2048/IMG_20210109_141222_edited.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Open Billingham System 3" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEo7jWXYcNCROEMAQUF2u1aSXmHEIPraPQQ3kDNNk2zZxQC33txoFUxU7ea4utUaQRkCExl3TI1Bt0GAY3IXOQu1JhOTGScxjZBxbq2f_WvbOOKLt7eGG0FxuEPU2-OTKIj0S5TdJgco/w150-h200/IMG_20210109_141222_edited.jpeg" title="Open Billingham System 3" width="150" /></a><br /><br /></div></span><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="_mh6 _wsc" id="cch_f37b03867dae2fe"><span class="_3oh- _58nk">"The model of bag was a System. There were 3 versions of it System 2, System 3 or System 4. It definitely isn't a System 2, speaking to some of the longer working members of staff we think its a System 3 which was a predecessor to the <a href="https://billingham.co.uk/collections/camera-bags/products/335" target="_blank">335</a>".</span></span></span></span></div></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjlhrQvFwbawpbnj1aC8H6imJkt3-rDR6U6Wbxg9P_XSC4gyvnlga7TQyWurnFC-G9CdcwK_lGjx-iRDHlTZHktMrU0-C05JR_9yvv4mgQJcK48xQ11XxNZzsbvMLTP8lxocHA6j73XY/s2048/IMG_20210109_141057-01-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Billingham System 3 and contents" border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjlhrQvFwbawpbnj1aC8H6imJkt3-rDR6U6Wbxg9P_XSC4gyvnlga7TQyWurnFC-G9CdcwK_lGjx-iRDHlTZHktMrU0-C05JR_9yvv4mgQJcK48xQ11XxNZzsbvMLTP8lxocHA6j73XY/w200-h150/IMG_20210109_141057-01-01.jpeg" title="Billingham System 3 and contents" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHwDpWmorXhTkx29BFQ-Cg7br6c_1fZLIsRlhXozrDlYWVzZVoVuzom3XyxFWPBxhbXY0aZm_c7_o9sOmBEIbv0UCJ34jalQeov3b0Ptow3r0vSc7dyGPGqWvmyjvo0gKiu0mkKIebyU/s2048/IMG_20210109_141434.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Billingham System 3 label" border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHwDpWmorXhTkx29BFQ-Cg7br6c_1fZLIsRlhXozrDlYWVzZVoVuzom3XyxFWPBxhbXY0aZm_c7_o9sOmBEIbv0UCJ34jalQeov3b0Ptow3r0vSc7dyGPGqWvmyjvo0gKiu0mkKIebyU/w200-h150/IMG_20210109_141434.jpg" title="Billingham System 3 label" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I use it now for my GoPro Fusion 360 degree camera and an action camera together with all their accessories.</span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b>Hama Katoomba 190 RL </b></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A more recent addition to my collection. <b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://de.hama.com/i/00103742/hama-kamera-sling-bag-katoomba-190rl-schwarz" target="_blank">The </a></span></b></span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://de.hama.com/i/00103742/hama-kamera-sling-bag-katoomba-190rl-schwarz" target="_blank">Hama Katoomba190RL</a></span></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">. I bought it in 2012 to reduce the stress on my back and shoulders from years of using a normal camera bag. Old habits however die hard and I still find myself picking up and using one of my other "over the shoulder" bags. I wrote about it <a href="http://waughstories.blogspot.com/2011/08/here-at-last.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://waughstories.blogspot.com/2011/10/test-drive.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></span><br />
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</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFi0_At8uBTgPLD3KTxxvLPK2cmErde81vBoQ0cDGw0Y3hHd3d0oUwfKeuqef6ny7ZD8ywvGJoXuPrBLHy1cZ7bm9PQZmB5oG_mQII53CI5WASGRvgr1zP-3VE7Dk4CddiyXsoyB-o6s/s1200/katoomba.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Hama Katoomba 190 RL" border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFi0_At8uBTgPLD3KTxxvLPK2cmErde81vBoQ0cDGw0Y3hHd3d0oUwfKeuqef6ny7ZD8ywvGJoXuPrBLHy1cZ7bm9PQZmB5oG_mQII53CI5WASGRvgr1zP-3VE7Dk4CddiyXsoyB-o6s/w320-h240/katoomba.jpg" title="Hama Katoomba 190 RL bag" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXigkJ_zQMChiYQNtBepwDKghX_tbtuwbKI1Ih8bdeeu4BvY4Ep2Lbgf23K3voXfrwFlI4vJuX7Mvg7KAHbafT7GBt8vwIT0Oemk0Er_99mBdY3tHdm6DvyW-iJTSt96rj9WfVqgtc8o/s2048/IMG_20201217_093240.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Hama Katoomba 190 RL on location" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXigkJ_zQMChiYQNtBepwDKghX_tbtuwbKI1Ih8bdeeu4BvY4Ep2Lbgf23K3voXfrwFlI4vJuX7Mvg7KAHbafT7GBt8vwIT0Oemk0Er_99mBdY3tHdm6DvyW-iJTSt96rj9WfVqgtc8o/w240-h320/IMG_20201217_093240.jpg" title="Hama Katoomba 190 RL bag" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On my way to a photoshoot with the </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Katoomba a</span><span style="font-family: arial;">nd l</span><span style="font-family: arial;">ighting stands</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVWP6nAT9hxb5xalolvvCqb-mbnTL41s7FiVp_5gkawAyXkgrv2t7aL9aNOsWdzAEa-YCw1wFH9NHJHFz7LGdoNutgRb4e3WawDoYK16MJW-G5F19fkbdtuwYeq7CGIhYr3BLuMbtHKc/s2048/IMG_20201216_215014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Hama Katoomba 190 RL contents" border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVWP6nAT9hxb5xalolvvCqb-mbnTL41s7FiVp_5gkawAyXkgrv2t7aL9aNOsWdzAEa-YCw1wFH9NHJHFz7LGdoNutgRb4e3WawDoYK16MJW-G5F19fkbdtuwYeq7CGIhYr3BLuMbtHKc/w320-h240/IMG_20201216_215014.jpg" title="Hama Katoomba 190 RL" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Really well designed and packs a lot in </div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I</span><span style="font-family: arial;">t also has a </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;">built in</span> rainproof cover.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h1 class="title1_17KKS47kFEQb7ynVBsRb_5 reset_gKJdXkYBaMDV-W3ignvsP primary_ELb2ysditdCtk24iMBTUs" data-selenium="productTitle"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Tamrac <a href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/169548-REG/Tamrac_560601_5606_Pro_System_6.html" target="_blank">5606 System 6</a></span></span></h1><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Found in a charity shop. In my youth I always wanted a Tamrac but they were out of my price range. I use mine for my Fujifilm cameras. Mine holds a flash, an X-H1 with grip, an X-E2s, an 18-55 zoom, a 10-18 zoom, a 55 - 200 zoom, a 23mm and a 35mm plus batteries and memorycards This one has storage for rolls of film (which shows its age) and cost me twenty Swiss francs ($20 or £17).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0NTXLNydrDm3s1CrQsujX6aKJvt07KdLwXSKryM20sWDP-dNTzHWwAlJ8e-DWIska0M9S9SbYyz6P6Zeiz-E_Beb9wEGjDMcOSOQxd-ZtB20LF5tHP2wzF119hRgRBHUaQp7i8Dorf0/s2048/Tamrace.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Tamrac 5606 System 6" border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0NTXLNydrDm3s1CrQsujX6aKJvt07KdLwXSKryM20sWDP-dNTzHWwAlJ8e-DWIska0M9S9SbYyz6P6Zeiz-E_Beb9wEGjDMcOSOQxd-ZtB20LF5tHP2wzF119hRgRBHUaQp7i8Dorf0/w200-h150/Tamrace.jpg" title="Tamrac 5606 System 6" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrBiJmIsyB2YUtDAxhJHeWxk0YZu0xH1POU_LXIjWFLAnuhbR6Q-xEZQXABi-vIrS8R5nJSJxqrIwuRSXyea3G-vJjsxA_CFdjOjd6ecZHOE4JPVh_NdtE1MnMmrkijtZVWn5RpW4vSao/s2048/Tamrac.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tamrac 5606 System 6 on location" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrBiJmIsyB2YUtDAxhJHeWxk0YZu0xH1POU_LXIjWFLAnuhbR6Q-xEZQXABi-vIrS8R5nJSJxqrIwuRSXyea3G-vJjsxA_CFdjOjd6ecZHOE4JPVh_NdtE1MnMmrkijtZVWn5RpW4vSao/w150-h200/Tamrac.jpg" title="Tamrac 5606 System 6" width="150" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">My Tamrac provides lots of space and is great quality<br /><br /> </span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span><div style="text-align: left;">
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Bought in London in the eighties. This bag has been a constant companion and has travelled the World with me. The colour has faded considerably but it is still lightweight and very comfortable to sling over my shoulder.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: normal;">An impulse buy from an auction site. Not yet used and still in the cardboard box in which it arrived. Made in Taiwan from </span></span></span><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: normal;">100% natural cotton canvas with waterproof coating and lots of compartments and stainless steel hardware (zips, buckles etc.). It is a clone/copy of a similar Domke model but a lot less expensive. More details <a href="https://www.mekko.net/photobag/f01x.html" target="_blank">here</a>. There is a great in-depth review of it on <a href="https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=966872" target="_blank">this site</a>.</span></span></span></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>No Name former Makeup case</b></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">The last and most recent item in my collection is another charity shop find. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>It is a three section aluminium wheeled case. I paid the princely sum of </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">twenty Swiss francs ($20 or £17) for it. There is no maker's name visible and it has lots of bumps and scratches which bear testament to its ruggedness. A set of keys were included in the price. There is also a collapsible handle which makes it easy to handle and steer when wheeling it around.</span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoGiO-lfYkmisXx5mPGEDU7ZLV4SfPGE0YkCxslCY5n5XRpHNAJWBmGeX4GKC0NVrVFxFPRNOdxjZijQ2gwnEo6-KkP6OXbiaftKnC4FmJtjMC05eLBTKGN0Y71QWpgnmCyaD99zd5D8/s2048/IMG_20210108_224136-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoGiO-lfYkmisXx5mPGEDU7ZLV4SfPGE0YkCxslCY5n5XRpHNAJWBmGeX4GKC0NVrVFxFPRNOdxjZijQ2gwnEo6-KkP6OXbiaftKnC4FmJtjMC05eLBTKGN0Y71QWpgnmCyaD99zd5D8/w150-h200/IMG_20210108_224136-01.jpeg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLSt70s6W_IMNBCjcHgxK2RmQb25rX7gAEgQYu6V7cvXRT7PDRG8Bls8-oM0tSz5pRvObMT5mf3hDMpu8Z6JqY35nW0ocZ-B1UF6ohjJpvbB8pOsxzwK9GBDkr66Pr1uRC0t876CI4pQ/s2048/IMG_20210108_224208-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1537" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLSt70s6W_IMNBCjcHgxK2RmQb25rX7gAEgQYu6V7cvXRT7PDRG8Bls8-oM0tSz5pRvObMT5mf3hDMpu8Z6JqY35nW0ocZ-B1UF6ohjJpvbB8pOsxzwK9GBDkr66Pr1uRC0t876CI4pQ/w150-h200/IMG_20210108_224208-01.jpeg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhElZFDdIalXDgvazemoivdtNQh8k2rF725A76VW6va2O6pQMSVYobY_RL8IsdDzanoLre5EaNVBzLImFq9kOOlR_4GzanfV1mm7EANUHk2SI0povZ91ey9xgYh-XMlU6dRYAehnB71dpk/s2048/IMG_20210108_224255-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhElZFDdIalXDgvazemoivdtNQh8k2rF725A76VW6va2O6pQMSVYobY_RL8IsdDzanoLre5EaNVBzLImFq9kOOlR_4GzanfV1mm7EANUHk2SI0povZ91ey9xgYh-XMlU6dRYAehnB71dpk/w150-h200/IMG_20210108_224255-01.jpeg" width="150" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">According to a sticker which was attached to the case when I bought it, the former owner was a make up artist so I thoroughly cleaned it when I got it back home because I didn't want any left over residue (powders etc) getting inside my gear.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJnGyHhxDOiCA8mn_2x001SX1SLEOkM3G1UfH3yDc3S80PW-NUVWw4cR6M87OzWE6u49wCnSZYclKhZbdTRZwhIJiBKCZ3GrMFG333RIVGhfNXKabrokxP6oIMHumY-6JHegqKAW1GtI/s2048/IMG_20210108_224921-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Aluminium 3 tiered camera gear case" border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJnGyHhxDOiCA8mn_2x001SX1SLEOkM3G1UfH3yDc3S80PW-NUVWw4cR6M87OzWE6u49wCnSZYclKhZbdTRZwhIJiBKCZ3GrMFG333RIVGhfNXKabrokxP6oIMHumY-6JHegqKAW1GtI/w320-h240/IMG_20210108_224921-01.jpeg" title="Aluminium 3 tiered camera gear case" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The case opened up.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As mentioned, it is in three separate compartments. I use the top compartment to hold lighting gear. There are three Speedlites, a Phottix Odin flash trigger set and various Lambency Universal light diffusors and filters.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The middle part holds two DSLR's and four lenses together with a small Tupperware container with spare batteries and memory cards in it and a bag with cleaning cloths.</span></div></div></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The bottom section has all manner of accessories including screwdrivers, hotshoe spirit levels (invaluable), filters and batteries etc</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This case is slowly getting more and more use from me especially on a big shoot.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So that's it. I have a collection of bags which have served and continue to serve me well.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sometimes however, I just can be bothered to schlep a bag around with me and if I know that I won't be needing lots of equipment, I'll but take the bare minimum, like this when I recently did an interior shoot near Zürich!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Dvv2mL0I0C7WRMimUM49v3ufnbgEcPhsUtd4bGImQRjGb4Av6AmqOeBTLVScHhaVRiiHUF-ulnajJ752CVpFeS00Hr2tNi34axB34ds5Rx3XpYrByUBg5BnGmCmn0dhfMxTceMFS87s/s2048/IMG_20201028_141431.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Dvv2mL0I0C7WRMimUM49v3ufnbgEcPhsUtd4bGImQRjGb4Av6AmqOeBTLVScHhaVRiiHUF-ulnajJ752CVpFeS00Hr2tNi34axB34ds5Rx3XpYrByUBg5BnGmCmn0dhfMxTceMFS87s/s320/IMG_20201028_141431.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">EOS 6d, tripod and 16-35 zoom lens</div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Thanks for reading. Do you also have more than one camera bag? Let me know in the comments.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Tom</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></div>Tom Waughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001081426695236625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680777197547081696.post-14660907579939344152021-01-08T22:09:00.003+01:002021-01-09T15:31:33.628+01:00Sometimes the best camera . . .<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There's a saying that "<i>the best camera is the one that you have with you</i>". This simply means that to capture an image, you don't necessarily have to use your state of the art DSLR, compact or bridge camera. Whatever you have to hand at that moment will suffice.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This was brought home to me recently when I decided on a whim, to take a few pictures at the nearby Teufelsschlucht (Devil's Gorge).<br /><br />My aim was to capture a few shots of the waterfall using various shutter speeds to use as source material for some of my <a href="https://tomphotographer.wixsite.com/fotoklassen" target="_blank">photography classes</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I parked nearby and, because of the slippery track down to the gorge, I decided to travel with the bare minimum of gear. Namely my new Fujifilm X-H1, a Fujinon 10-24 wide-angle lens and my trusty Benbo tripod.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Setting off down the track, I was pleased not to be carrying a selection of lenses and bodies with me but when I got to the waterfall I discovered a problem. The waterfall had all but dried up! Hmmm.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I tried a few experimental shots of the trickle of water running down the rock face but it was hardly inspiring. I decided to go back to the car and as I,turned around to make my way out of the gorge, s</span><span style="font-family: arial;">omething in my peripheral vision alerted me to the fact that something seemed "out of place". It was a frog. Clinging to the moss which covered the rock face. He (or she?) was poised motionless. Probably waiting for me to leave.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I decided to make the best of an otherwise lost chance. I wanted to take some closeups of the reptile but only had my superwide zoom lens with me: the Fujinon 10-24 f4. This is roughly the equivalent of my Canon 16-35 lens which I use for interiors. I would have preferred to have a macro lens but that was in the car and I really didn't want to trek all the way back to fetch one.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGPrwlka7TxRCbPgvEnT71dE7PftlMIWAlELLS9r1P_OK1jRf5CnEktz5w_7jEG7e05Rj8tNMehOsXqLm0EeSh3iUYTwm0HuiGEA552cA87TSvZb_pH2d4QlJssXvaM300gIKHitui4ag/s666/Fujifilm+Fujinon+XF+10-24mm+f4+R+OIS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="666" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGPrwlka7TxRCbPgvEnT71dE7PftlMIWAlELLS9r1P_OK1jRf5CnEktz5w_7jEG7e05Rj8tNMehOsXqLm0EeSh3iUYTwm0HuiGEA552cA87TSvZb_pH2d4QlJssXvaM300gIKHitui4ag/w200-h142/Fujifilm+Fujinon+XF+10-24mm+f4+R+OIS.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The wonderful Fujinon 10-24 f4 zoom</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I re-positioned my Benbo tripod as slowly and as carefully as I could because I didn't want to frighten him off. Using the lens at the 10mm focal length meant that I would have had to get uncomfortably close which I wasn't keen on doing in case it frightened the frog. It would also have made more of the background seem in focus (one of the traits of a wide angle lens) and my aim was to try and isolate the frog and the background as much as I could. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I chose instead to shoot at the 24mm end (<i>roughly equivalent to a 38mm lens on full format</i>) and choose a wide aperture to try and render the background as unsharp as possible while still being recognisable as a gorge.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fDt9A1tU4QGFuHFAMrkblxZQHg1ifWNuC-AnzW5plXRFY3et0hxuT7n629pqEU5D5BcIJJf6iXLpQDyncaQhBL8y6L5Z03gRgTVYYsHnoWKKpfKEiGJpcKnP2WRxQ024UBWcHBBQxBE/s2048/IMG_20200809_151846.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fDt9A1tU4QGFuHFAMrkblxZQHg1ifWNuC-AnzW5plXRFY3et0hxuT7n629pqEU5D5BcIJJf6iXLpQDyncaQhBL8y6L5Z03gRgTVYYsHnoWKKpfKEiGJpcKnP2WRxQ024UBWcHBBQxBE/w200-h150/IMG_20200809_151846.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here is the camera in position. You can see the last remnants of the waterfall in the background.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEY8ei5kA7j2L07ihBRsSe3-rKDCOWnbW6FFHluX_NJpxcTrpPjncPXoMXhyphenhyphenLA0o2CaUZJyWMghlW2AqFdCsHlxOWei8HIQ5eV8m1B_m8BYr_0BbFiaIc-P9SZOkrxfo2yO3WGpoeEDA/s2048/IMG_20200809_151833.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEY8ei5kA7j2L07ihBRsSe3-rKDCOWnbW6FFHluX_NJpxcTrpPjncPXoMXhyphenhyphenLA0o2CaUZJyWMghlW2AqFdCsHlxOWei8HIQ5eV8m1B_m8BYr_0BbFiaIc-P9SZOkrxfo2yO3WGpoeEDA/w150-h200/IMG_20200809_151833.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Benbo is an extremely versatile tripod and able to get into the most awkward positions.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I am still relatively new to the Fuji system and it took a little bit of messing around to get the exact settings I wanted, but one thing for which I was grateful was the tilting screen. Normally, with the Canon, I'd have to contort myself into being able to see through the viewfinder. With the X-H1 I simply tilted the screen!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5D5ll1ex4AM36nK7LG2FrFMaRhMfLFJNirg4m69A0YklaJyJwMyHYjAIGfca3rbPJstr77mP3TuYqVA5LoHayjobSl0eh3eYzGqEwgQBso5Ve7zOU8wdSMyOQiOV-gr27IplltskKW0/s2048/IMG_20200809_151539.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5D5ll1ex4AM36nK7LG2FrFMaRhMfLFJNirg4m69A0YklaJyJwMyHYjAIGfca3rbPJstr77mP3TuYqVA5LoHayjobSl0eh3eYzGqEwgQBso5Ve7zOU8wdSMyOQiOV-gr27IplltskKW0/w150-h200/IMG_20200809_151539.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Tilting monitor</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After a bit of positioning and repositioning, I selected aperture priority mode using f4. With 200 ISO this gave me a shutter speed of 1/4 sec. Such a slow speed wasn't a problem because the frog was obligingly still!</span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBk76qbB7Cif8pkiywnFUCY_YvnvdSjBKgvOZTldjcdvB7ShIpzQCj4NkoaG1vHaMtEHGw5PUlUoezzN_IzioNbalOGVwfwJ2Wiia4kuRPLbXWtqIRR803YpLVYrfpTh5Z1lkLsWr8040/s1919/Frog_1920x1080-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1279" data-original-width="1919" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBk76qbB7Cif8pkiywnFUCY_YvnvdSjBKgvOZTldjcdvB7ShIpzQCj4NkoaG1vHaMtEHGw5PUlUoezzN_IzioNbalOGVwfwJ2Wiia4kuRPLbXWtqIRR803YpLVYrfpTh5Z1lkLsWr8040/w200-h133/Frog_1920x1080-01.jpeg" width="200" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Several pics in both vertical and horizontal mode and this pic (above) was my favourite.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So. As I wrote at the beginning, the best camera for capturing something is the one that you have with you at the time. If I had only had my mobile phone with me, I would have used that. A super wide zoom is not the ideal lens for close-up nature photographs but it was all that I had with me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Thanks for reading. Have you taken pics with gear that isn't normally used or recommended for a particular subject? Leave a comment and tell me about it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Tom</span></p><p></p>Tom Waughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001081426695236625noreply@blogger.com0Hägendorf, Switzerland47.333143799999988 7.843561999999998619.024905335765641 -27.310075528419496 75.641382264234338 42.997199528419493tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680777197547081696.post-41113697559750810432020-11-29T17:17:00.002+01:002020-11-29T17:37:45.981+01:00 The Four Seasons<h1 style="text-align: center;"></h1><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is <i>not</i> a blog post about Vivaldi's <a href="https://youtu.be/g1hEszuZ4lo" target="_blank">seminal work</a>. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some years ago when living in my previous apartment, I photographed the same view from my kitchen window during the four seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn and winter.<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At the end of the year, I combined them into one image using my image editing programme. It was purely a personal project and the people I showed seemed to like it.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFDtTSRWKG-S-Pyc9WvbyKapE3Scn8zjVgIl6XXOqnpKz-UyZWp2yDF4wqc9eMSjVpD7alrPju_px-eKPvUd2AxFN247uToE-ye3JbmBRQ1wPHOh4P6iEQgUxw4y8a4toJ65YZiivYhE/s2048/1st+four+seasons.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFDtTSRWKG-S-Pyc9WvbyKapE3Scn8zjVgIl6XXOqnpKz-UyZWp2yDF4wqc9eMSjVpD7alrPju_px-eKPvUd2AxFN247uToE-ye3JbmBRQ1wPHOh4P6iEQgUxw4y8a4toJ65YZiivYhE/s320/1st+four+seasons.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">My 1st attempt. View from the kitchen window</span><br /></span></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After a two year break from thinking about it, I decided to do another. This time with an historical angle.<br /><br />I am lucky to be living in a beautiful area that has several castles, forests and ruins all within a short distance from my apartment. This was important because I couldn't guarantee that the weather would be the same as I wanted when arriving there. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My partner and I visited several places over a period of weeks before deciding on a view halfway between my place and the town of Balsthal. There is a <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@47.319971,7.72043,3a,75y,273.91h,92.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFscaMqSgwst9LAiHXvhVwA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656" target="_blank">parking spot</a> which affords a spectacular view of the ruins of <b>Castle Neu Falkenstein</b>.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My rules for the four seasons project are pretty much the same as for when I am documenting progress on building sites. I wrote about it <a href="http://waughstories.blogspot.com/2018/05/new-tech-new-ideas-and-building-site.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We picked a good vantage point and my partner , Sue, took pictures of where I was standing and which fence post I would be standing beside as an "<i>aide de memoire</i>" for later.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwulesIaPqol_zqmft1UicGKzz88ogvDzThwldSJqcUAdoOx6JRSx61tdHTwDnGmvQIg4CQfnWrojbB_QMVzU2DYmUxDo4w5h0uW88DUMnuxcRf_HJvqNUGCc0AKOoqvi-_Hg28pw4V0/s1788/viewpoint.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="971" data-original-width="1788" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwulesIaPqol_zqmft1UicGKzz88ogvDzThwldSJqcUAdoOx6JRSx61tdHTwDnGmvQIg4CQfnWrojbB_QMVzU2DYmUxDo4w5h0uW88DUMnuxcRf_HJvqNUGCc0AKOoqvi-_Hg28pw4V0/s320/viewpoint.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">My location. Google Streetview image</span></span></span><br /></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6eDDYASe8Db9QE8BI46XAkp5x7s0h7EhguhcopIuoRS-JkSwSS0XmfqTz-0V1Mxt6aaI7hnGMfoBOeeKcLviGjlzGit8SN4sWdeLqgPQS9fjBuP1EUocIbQZ0q_FQTUr1DtEjd2n-JsU/s2048/IMG_20191116_130003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6eDDYASe8Db9QE8BI46XAkp5x7s0h7EhguhcopIuoRS-JkSwSS0XmfqTz-0V1Mxt6aaI7hnGMfoBOeeKcLviGjlzGit8SN4sWdeLqgPQS9fjBuP1EUocIbQZ0q_FQTUr1DtEjd2n-JsU/w320-h240/IMG_20191116_130003.jpg" width="320" /> </a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> My viewpoint. Picture by Sue.</span><br /></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBzcO5-nkFk2YCc9ANsqiu_D6x4QkzYD043LDfGt22bKW_JI3otNKUq8xAhKTUSS4QUlhU8VZM7dxZq0H9Gtf1HD6afS-BHSzbXB119Z6vshtUjc2Lf9G6TgJsQWseN0Nw1PmYs8MB3Sg/s2048/IMG_20201030_121208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBzcO5-nkFk2YCc9ANsqiu_D6x4QkzYD043LDfGt22bKW_JI3otNKUq8xAhKTUSS4QUlhU8VZM7dxZq0H9Gtf1HD6afS-BHSzbXB119Z6vshtUjc2Lf9G6TgJsQWseN0Nw1PmYs8MB3Sg/w240-h320/IMG_20201030_121208.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The exact fence post!</span></span>😀</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I took the first picture this year (2020) in February. We had a light sprinking of snow and I didn't know if there would be another* </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JLm4Zjrlo2Em3Ut1S-hNAnmJE2oMX3jMPjErKs3yx7t36Ig7hFTKdC-9obS_W7ihDw2Rw-iXKgDofC8WONtd9mXzMOtNNMTMdLw0zBfUWUHQX_jZGq8yf8wMwGc1ah4OhMKPSkZqbik/s2000/04.+Winter+3669.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JLm4Zjrlo2Em3Ut1S-hNAnmJE2oMX3jMPjErKs3yx7t36Ig7hFTKdC-9obS_W7ihDw2Rw-iXKgDofC8WONtd9mXzMOtNNMTMdLw0zBfUWUHQX_jZGq8yf8wMwGc1ah4OhMKPSkZqbik/s320/04.+Winter+3669.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">February 2020</span></span></span><br /></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After choosing a viewpoint, it is also of course important to use the same camera and lens setup for every picture. I settled on my Fujifilm XE-2s coupled with the 18-55 zoom, always set at 55mm. The focus point chosen was always the middle one and I had the "level indicator" always visible in the viewfinder in order to keep the camera level. Doing all this helps the final editing to go a lot smoother.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLdgZVrwhyZZYZmKZcMRqN2qlKYFKzhxgemKri1vHh9KjwB3CYuqZJxbrYpGY8aqsGniwvHGEUSXHwyWm9agnUKz9OX0jjSxg__rPS6TMHc381rLV8CDn6uDCP5AOre77qj5dSnOWoBE/s1449/Spring.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1449" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLdgZVrwhyZZYZmKZcMRqN2qlKYFKzhxgemKri1vHh9KjwB3CYuqZJxbrYpGY8aqsGniwvHGEUSXHwyWm9agnUKz9OX0jjSxg__rPS6TMHc381rLV8CDn6uDCP5AOre77qj5dSnOWoBE/s320/Spring.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Guidelines showing the center of the image<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The following images were taken using the methods and equipment desribed above in April, July and October.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrbpR8O4ORBm5e6EQQTcbgNSw0rj1HX-ZJcj7WqgGUBd2JaPZlrjuwvZlEL4U-mXNgkpjYyCOxO2HNClgjVU8T5Ec3OpOdMkHh6ppjQnM7N-pxNimyFZW0e2-cuxl35tNV54qNX9wp88/s2000/01+spring+3833.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrbpR8O4ORBm5e6EQQTcbgNSw0rj1HX-ZJcj7WqgGUBd2JaPZlrjuwvZlEL4U-mXNgkpjYyCOxO2HNClgjVU8T5Ec3OpOdMkHh6ppjQnM7N-pxNimyFZW0e2-cuxl35tNV54qNX9wp88/s320/01+spring+3833.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">April. 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Summer <br /></span></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFab8W_7zfiTnk5xvFUJZ0BwXtp3adUpQHTkacvBbInKZ9ctzW40wyT861ksNUN388-A13EnyI-MSo_gYojxIlW2TCubn6JT7gs9lDpwowBtns67LQSkaHzmf6-F4U4B0Ek7IOjJ56rKE/s2000/03.+Autumn+4451.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFab8W_7zfiTnk5xvFUJZ0BwXtp3adUpQHTkacvBbInKZ9ctzW40wyT861ksNUN388-A13EnyI-MSo_gYojxIlW2TCubn6JT7gs9lDpwowBtns67LQSkaHzmf6-F4U4B0Ek7IOjJ56rKE/s320/03.+Autumn+4451.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">October. Autumn</span><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After the final picture was taken, it was a simple job to create a new document in Affinity Photo with a layer for each season. I then divided the image into four and erased any bits that didn't belong. This is the final result.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ErL2LPzCuRKEnz1ncbOL5ktWbfZmIA1oAn5RXWqB4rZJxrUzsJ8Hvin1AUvCMvTfkA2JK8vC-grYpyLCW0m9G8SiyP61FxnHOEb41qVcHZnBDWSindES3Sv1ClqScQzm2_D-kqCNU6E/s2048/4+Seasons+2020+%2528XL%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ErL2LPzCuRKEnz1ncbOL5ktWbfZmIA1oAn5RXWqB4rZJxrUzsJ8Hvin1AUvCMvTfkA2JK8vC-grYpyLCW0m9G8SiyP61FxnHOEb41qVcHZnBDWSindES3Sv1ClqScQzm2_D-kqCNU6E/w640-h426/4+Seasons+2020+%2528XL%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">I am rather pleased with the end result and am currnetly looking for my next location(s).<br /><br />This is a simple and very pleasurable photo project that gets you out of the house and exploring new (or familiar) places. It is interesting to view the changes over the course of a year. Of course, your final image doesn't have to be in the style that I did. You could display them separately or have all four in a frame.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Whatever you do, have fun and be safe.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tom<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: arial;">*<i>There hasn't been yet.(November 2020)</i></span></span> <br /></span></p></div></div>Tom Waughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001081426695236625noreply@blogger.com0Römerstrasse, 4710 Balsthal, Switzerland47.3225973 7.710326445.812520587180934 5.513060775 48.832674012819062 9.907592025tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680777197547081696.post-40723978024442794962018-05-20T15:01:00.003+02:002020-11-29T17:37:07.602+01:00New tech. 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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Since April 2017, I have traveled every two weeks to a building site, ten minutes from where I live, to document the progress of the construction. </span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Using the architects own plans, I was able to see the best vantage points to show the progress in the best way. I was delighted when a couple who live in an apartment overlooking the site offered to let me use their balcony whenever I am there. </span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">On my very first visit, I took many general photos. Back home, I produced JPG's and superimposed my Canon 5d MKII's focusing points over the image. I transferred these images to my Samsung tablet so that when I am onsite, I can see exactly where my camera should be pointing.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">My other "constant" is the lens and body combination. I use a 5d MKII fitted with an EF 16-35mm zoom. All the images I make are taken at the wide end. With this method, I can ensure uniformity in my results.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"So where are the new ideas mentioned in the headline"? I hear you ask. Last year I won a <a href="https://publish.samsungsimulator.com/simulator/b6bb525b-62e8-43d4-89fb-2fd861ed6f7b/#!topic/getting_started/device_layout_(top)" target="_blank">Samsung Gear 360</a> camera in an online competition. This is a golf ball sized device that has a lens on the front and on the back.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">That's the beauty of photography. There's always something new and exciting to discover. Whether it's a new camera or lens or even just a reworking of an old technique. Our hobby / Passion is always well fed.</span><br />
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The feeling has never gone away. True, the internet allows us all to see our work published but nothing in my opinion beats having my images featured on paper.<br />
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Last year I was contacted by Jasper van Puten, a<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> lecturer at the Massachusetts School of Art and Design. He had seen an image of mine on Google Earth that would help to illustrate a part of a book he was in the process of writing "</span></span><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle">Networked Nation: Mapping German Cities in Sebastian Munster's 'Cosmographia' (Maps, Spaces, Cultures)</span></span></span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">".</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Here's the blurb about the book. "</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Jasper van Putten examines the groundbreaking woodcut city views in the
German humanist Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographia. This description of
the world, published in Basel from 1544 to 1628, glorified the Holy
Roman Empire of the German Nation and engendered the city book genre.
Van Putten argues that Münster’s network of city view makers and
contributors—from German princes and artists to Swiss woodcutters,
draftsmen, and printers—expressed their local and national cultural
identities in the views. The Cosmographia, and the city books it
inspired, offer insights into the development of German and Swiss
identity from 1550 to Switzerland’s independence from the empire in
1648.<span style="color: red;">* </span></i>"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">My image was to be used in the Swiss identity section of the book and was taken at the Sempacher "Schlachtkapelle" (Sempach Battlefield chapel). </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The chapel is built on the site of the battle of Sempach which took place in 1386 and was decisive in helping Switzerland win independence from the mighty Austrian Habsburg empire. Jasper was interested in using my image of the mural in that chapel which depicts the battle.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Aside from photography, I also enjoy studying and collecting old maps and engravings, so I was over the moon at having one of my images considered for inclusion in the book. We agreed a reproduction fee and several weeks later I received a mock up of how my image would appear in the book.</span></span><br />
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The book is now in print and at the time of writing, only one copy is still available on Amazon.</div>
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As for the chapel itself, it is a place I love to visit with my camera. One of its features is that it has an ossuary (<i>beinhaus</i> in German). A repository of bones to commemorate the dead. Ossuaries are a pet project of mine and I have some of my ossuary images here for you to see on <a href="https://plus.google.com/collection/wh_ORE" target="_blank">Google Plus</a>. </div>
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For a more immersive experience, you can see the chapel interior in full 360 degrees courtesy of my <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">360 degree image of the <a href="https://kuula.co/post/7lJMk" target="_blank">chapel interior</a>.</span></span><br />
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Here are a few more images of the fascinating place.<br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Wikipedia article about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sempach" target="_blank">battle and the chapel </a></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: white;">* </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Book description from </span><a href="http://www.artbooks.com/titles/145/Item145941.htm" target="_blank">this website</a>.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The book is also available from </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Networked-Nation-Sebastian-Munsters-Cosmographia/dp/9004335994" target="_blank">Amazon </a></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">As ever. Thanks for taking the time to visit and if you have any questions then please doon't hesitate to get in touch.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Tom </span></span></span></span></span></span>Tom Waughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001081426695236625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680777197547081696.post-10951794468982099302016-11-27T15:53:00.002+01:002016-11-28T11:03:01.746+01:00Always use protection. . .<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In my courses, I always stress the importance of using a filter on the front of your lens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am not talking about polarisers, grads or ND filters here. A simple skylight, UV, haze or protection filter is good enough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Every couple of weeks a post pops up in my Facebook thread about whether or not to use one. The opponents argue that lens manufacturers go to great lengths to ensure that their products are optically perfect and putting another piece of glass at the front will degrade the quality. The proponents argue that with a good quality filter, you will not notice the difference and will be afforded another level of protection.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am (and always have been) an advocate of using a filter to protect the lens for a couple of reasons. <b>Firstly</b>, <a href="http://waughstories.blogspot.ch/2013/10/cover-up-or-not.html" target="_blank">I never use lens caps</a> and the filter protects the front element when in my bag and when carrying it around. <b>Secondly</b>, I would rather wipe any dirt or water from the filter than risk smearing or scratching the front element. <b>Thirdly</b>, if the camera slips off your shoulder or is knocked against a hard surface, the filter will take the brunt of the damage as mine did last Tuesday. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I returned from a photography class and had my Fujifilm x100 on my shoulder. The camera simply slid off my shoulder and fell lens first onto a marble floor. The only damage was to the filter. This was soon replaced and nothing major happened to prevent me continuing to shoot, nor did my camera have to be sent away to be fixed*.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have always had a skylight, UV, haze or protection filter on the front of my glass. I do make sure though, that it is of good quality. How do I do this? I simply buy a well known brand (Tiffen, BW, Hoya etc) if I don't know the brand, I will simply take a couple of pictures at varying apertures with and without the filter. They will then be enlarged to 100% to check if there are any glaring differences between them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The picture on the wall behind me on the picture above was taken with a Canon EF 50mm f1.4 lens fitted with a Hoya skylight filter. I defy anyone to tell me that the quality would be better without a filter. the enlargements are three meters by three meters!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So my conclusion is to use protection in the form of a clear filter on the front of your lenses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">* To add insult to injury, the lens hood which would also have protected my lens, fell off, unknown to me, on the way to the photo class!</span>Tom Waughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001081426695236625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680777197547081696.post-60244661015441629982016-07-24T15:12:00.002+02:002020-02-26T22:50:51.592+01:00Revisiting the Zenit-E<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Early on in this blog, I wrote about how <a href="http://waughstories.blogspot.ch/search/label/Zenit" target="_blank">I got started in photography</a>. This was the camera that started it all for me. The venerable Zenit E.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I recently got one to add to my home collection. Looking at it after
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There are five shutter speeds. 1/30th to 1/500 sec and the exposure is
measured with a match needle metering system on the top plate. The image
had to be viewed through an f3.5 lens with a very dim viewfinder. Then
you had to stop the lens down to the appropriate aperture before
pressing the shutter button.</span><br />
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the top plate. ISO 16 - 500. A frame counter that had to be reset after
each roll of film. MF or X flash synchronisation and an accessory shoe
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A friend of mine who has a gun dealership asked my advice on taking product shots for a catalogue to be used at one of his upcoming auctions.</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He had photographed previous auctions using a small point and shoot compact but was dismayed at the inconsistency of the results.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I discovered that he had an old Canon EOS 400d and we decided to use that for the shoot together with its 18-55 f3.5 - 5.6II kit lens. however, he was so enamoured of my demonstration of the EOS Utility programme (which comes with all canon raw capable cameras) where the camera can be tethered to a computer, that he went out and bought an EOS 70d.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">1: If the products are on a wall or lying flat on a table, make sure that the camera is perpendicular to the subject. I use a simple spirit level on the subject and on the camera. At first I was using a small spirit level on the back of the 70d until I read the instruction manual during a coffee break that it had a built in electronic level!</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">4: Close the windows and draw the curtains (or blinds). If daylight is streaming into the room, it will show on the images as it gets progressively stronger and weaker throughout the day. the only light hitting your subject should be the stuff that YOU are supplying.</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">5: Use a "standard" lens. This is a lens that equates roughly to the same angle of view that your eyes see (46 degrees). With a full frame camera this is the so called <i>nifty fifty</i>.With a Canon APS sensor camera it would be a 30mm. I use this so that no distortion is introduced into the image.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">6: Start with the biggest items first. As the items get smaller, you move the camera nearer. You DON'T zoom in!. If the lighting is consistent, you won't have to change anything except the focus as you are moving nearer.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I bought my current EOS 5D MKII just after the Mark 3 was introduced. This has the benefit of being "field tested" by thousands of users and being able to read their opinions. It also means that dealers will want to clear their shelves to make way for the latest model.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">By the time I buy a new piece of kit, I will have read everything I can about it and therefore will be able to make an informed buying decision.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I saw my latest acquisition when it first came out in 2010 and immediately wanted it! It looked good and reminded me of my early eager years in photography. A time when not too many folks had zoom lenses and there were parallax correction indicators in the viewfinder.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I'm talking about the Fujifilm X100 range finder camera. 'Tis a thing of beauty and a joy to behold. </span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The day I received the camera (which I got for a very good price from an auction website), I spent just looking at it! It really is a joy to look at and feels good. All the controls fall easily to hand and anything that you set manually on the body can be seen in the very informative viewfinder window.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It has three auto modes. If you want shutter priority, you set the lens aperture dial to A. If you want aperture priority then the shutter speed dial must be set to A. For fully programmed, you have to set both the aperture and the shutter speed dials to A. For fully manual just pick and choose your own aperture and speed. The viewfinder will tell you how far off you are with a plus / minus bar on the left.</span></span><br />
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<br />Tom Waughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001081426695236625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680777197547081696.post-5148636206189616092015-05-06T08:23:00.002+02:002021-01-09T15:45:09.989+01:00Sorry. That's too big.<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I recently visited the Gauguin exhibition at the Beyeler Foundation just outside of Basel with an art loving friend.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">As it was my first time at a major exhibition, I decided to take a serious camera with me and not rely on snaps from my capable mobile phone<span> because I wanted to have some of the resulting images printed out in postcard size as a memento for my friend and thought that I would probably need to crop or zoom in if there were too many people there.</span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">I</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">t was a beautiful day when we arrived and the waiting queue of people was not that long. The exhibition has been extensively advertised as a "blockbuster" type of event and has tried to capture public attention by its use of high-tech guides and even bringing in Hollywood star<a href="http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/polynesian-roots_keanu-reeves-brought-in-to-launch-gauguin-show/41265852" target="_blank"> Keanu Reeves to open it</a>!</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span><br /></span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>After a short wait of only about five or six minutes, we reached the cloakroom and left our jackets there.</span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>"You'll have to leave your camera behind." One of the attendants told me.</span></span><br />
<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>"Why?" I asked.</span></span><br />
<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>"That's the rule here" was his response</span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Reluctantly I handed over the camera and made my way through the next checkpoint.</span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>The art gallery makes fantastic use of natural and artificial illumination. Lovely shadowless light that you normally experience on a cloudy but bright day. I looked around to take it all in and realised that THERE WERE LOADS OF PEOPLE TAKING PICTURES!</span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>There were mobile phone cameras, bridge cameras, compacts, video cameras and even Tablet devices merrily snapping away. </span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>I decided to join them and reached inside my coat pocket for my mobile phone only to discover that I had left in in my car. The car of course was too far away for me to go back to and I didn't fancy waiting amongst the people waiting at the entrance, which was growing longer by the minute, to get back in.</span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>I really wanted to take some pictures for my friend so I approached one of the employees. We had a conversation something like this:</span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>"<i>Excuse me. I see that there are lots of people taking pictures here. Is that allowed</i>?"</span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>"<i>Yes</i>" he replied "<i>But if there is a sign next to the painting forbidding it, then obviously we ask that it not be photographed</i>"</span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>"<i>I tried to bring my camera in but they wouldn't let me</i>". I said.</span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>"<i>Is it a big camera</i>? Was his response?</span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>"<i>It is large in size. Yes</i>"</span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>"<i>Then that is not allowed</i>"</span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>"<i>But some of the people in here have cameras with perhaps better resolution than mine</i>" I argued</span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>"<i>Big cameras are not allowed</i>" was his reply.</span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>"<i>How about if I make it smaller</i>?" I asked.</span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>"<i>That would be permissible</i>" Said the guard.</span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>"<i>Great. Thanks</i>", I replied. An idea forming in my head.</span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>I made my way through the swelling throng of visitors back to the cloakroom and retrieved my camera from the attendant. To make my camera "acceptable", I simply removed the battery grip and the Speedlite.</span></span><br />
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<span><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>As ever. Thanks for reading. </span></span></span></span>Tom Waughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001081426695236625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680777197547081696.post-37206290705496709212015-03-05T13:57:00.001+01:002015-03-05T14:05:35.714+01:00Learn tips and techniques part 1<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So you've just bought a wonderful super specified SLR and want to do more than just take "happy snaps"?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What else can you do? The possibilities are only limited by your imagination. Even the simplest of cameras can produce jaw dropping images. As long as you have some control over your camera settings, whether its a compact or a high end DSLR, the end results can be rewarding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> As well as group sessions, I also offer one to one coaching for people who lack the time to attend regular classes. Give me a call today and find out how to take your photography to a new level.</span></div>
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Tom Waughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001081426695236625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680777197547081696.post-32740887741590124012015-02-18T10:00:00.000+01:002018-02-16T20:21:52.172+01:00Lens focal lengths from 16mm fish eye up to 420mm telephoto<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On a fine Summer's day last year in my village, I decided to see what
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At the start, I used my EOS 5D MKII and the Russian Zenitar 16mm fish eye. After the 300 mm I switched to my EOS 7D to make use of the crop factor which gave me an effective 420 mm focal length.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Since doing this test, I have sold my old 300mm and my 70 - 200 zoom. They've been replaced by the Canon EF 100 - 400L zoom so I may have to repeat it again!</span></div>
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Tom Waughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001081426695236625noreply@blogger.com04622 Egerkingen, Switzerland47.3214014 7.7936947000000647.278349399999996 7.71301370000006 47.3644534 7.87437570000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680777197547081696.post-34915458021996661962015-02-12T13:28:00.000+01:002015-02-12T13:47:17.571+01:00Fotografie Kurse für 2015<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Die Planungen sind nun komplett. Wie manche von Euch wissen, gebe ich regelmässig Fotografie und ähnliche solche Kurse für die Migros Klubschule hier in der Schweiz. Kurse wie Anfängerfotografie, Portrait Workshops, Strassenfotografie und auch das Designen eines Photobooks.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />Ich gebe auch meine eigenen Kurse in Klassen, oder auch Eins zu Eins, mit Leuten die das wünschen. Manchmal bekomme ich einen spezifischen Wunsch für einen Kurs, zum Beispiel von Leuten die eine neue DSLR Kamera kauften und nicht wussten, welche Einstellungen zu gebrauchen.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />Jeder Kurs ist an den Interessenten angepasst, nachdem wir zusammen erkundeten, was genau er braucht. Sie lernen simple Techniken, wie zum Beispiel, wie man den Hintergrund verdunkelt für Blitzlicht Fotografie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ein weiterer Bereich, den ich lehre ist das Zubehör. Was brauchst Du wirklich, neben der eigentlichen Kamera, Linse und Blitzlicht? Dieser Kurs hilft den Interessenten sehr dabei sich zu entscheiden, was sie mitnehmen sollen oder nicht, oder auch was sie überhaupt zu Beginn kaufen sollen.<br /><br />Filter werden auch diskutiert. Welche (wenn überhaupt welche) sind empfohlen? Ich gebe dazu meine Meinung und wir diskutieren.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Natürlich ist kein guter Kurs komplett, ohne das Fotografieren selbst! Dies ist ein grosser Teil des Kurses und ich bin immer da für Motivation und Feedback. Danach besprechen wir alles mit Tee oder Kaffee.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />Der letzte Teil meines Kurses betrifft normalerweise Software und auch wieso ich es empfehle, Bilder im RAW Format zu schiessen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Die Kurse dauern entweder einige Stunden für diejenigen, die nur etwas Neues dazulernen möchten, oder es sind drei wöchige Anfängerkurse für die Neufotografen.<br /><br />Egal wieviel Erfahrung, es gibt immer etwas von Interesse für Dich.<br /><br />Mehr Informationen gibt es <a href="http://tomphotographer.wix.com/fotoklassen" target="_blank">hier</a> und ich bin immer für Fragen erhältlich<br /><br />Danke fürs Lesen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What I also do is run my own classes either in groups or on a one to one basis. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sometimes I get a specific request for perhaps someone who has just purchased their first DSLR and wants to get up to speed on how it works and what settings to use. Every course is tailored to the pupil after finding out exactly what he or she wants to know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My students learn simple (but often misunderstood) techniques such as how to darken the background in flash photography.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Another area we cover is accessories. What for example do you <i>really</i> need apart from a camera, lens and flash? This is a popular part of the course and helps the student decide exactly what they should take with them and what to leave behind (or not even purchase in the first place). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Of course, no self respecting session would be complete without us actually going out and taking pictures. This is a large part of the course and I am always on hand to give encouragement and feedback. Afterwards we'll discuss everything over tea or coffee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The final part of my course usually deals with software and in particular why I recommend shooting in RAW format.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. . .or even change an annoying colour cast</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The courses can last from a couple of hours, for those of you who wish to maybe brush up on a particular technique, to the three week beginners course for the total beginner. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Whatever your level of expertise, there will be something of interest for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can find out more <a href="http://tomphotographer.wix.com/fotoklassen" target="_blank">here</a>. At the moment the site is in German but I am available for <a href="mailto:tom-w@bluewin.ch" target="_blank">any questions</a> you may have.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks for reading.</span></div>
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Tom Waughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001081426695236625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680777197547081696.post-48190145731453351372015-01-23T20:42:00.002+01:002016-11-27T15:10:24.172+01:00A couple session<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I received a message last week from a model friend with whom I had lost contact with. Steffi had moved away from the area but was now back in my neighbourhood and made contact with me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We talked a while and it was suggested that I take some updated photos for her portfolio. I was happy to do so and duly turned up at their house a day or so later. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was freezing cold and very overcast outside but thankfully her and her partner's apartment was lovely and warm. After a meal we set to work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Because it was quite dark with the room lighting, I decided to use my Lightsphere Chinese clone to soften the flash. I attached it to my Speedlite 430 EX II and fired away. I really enjoy using my Lightsphere clone. The effect it has on the flash output is quite dramatic and turns what would normally be harsh shadows into soft pleasing romantic light. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After the sitting room, we went to the bedroom to get some photos of Steffi and her partner Marc as a couple. I wanted a light airy "feel" to the images so I mounted my two Speedlites on tripods and bounced them off the ceiling. The flash output was set to overexpose by one stop. To add to the "light and airy" mood, we took the duvet covers off. To trigger them, I used Phottix Odin transmitter and receivers. The <a href="http://www.phottix.com/index.php/en/phottix-odin-ttl.html" target="_blank">Phottix Odins</a> are simply fantastic to use and haven't ever let me down. They are way cheaper than Pocket Wizards and are more versatile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Although, as usual, I took too much gear with me, I ended up only using my EOS 5D MKII, the 24 - 105 zoom and the 50mm 1.4. Still. It's better to take too much gear and not need it than to take just a few items and find that you miss something.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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professional and a pleasure to work with. Nothing is too much trouble
for her. If you'd like to see her online portfolio, you can use<a href="http://www.model-kartei.de/portfolios/model/393736/saya-86/" target="_blank"> this link</a> (German).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That's it for now. Thanks for reading and please feel free to leave some comments below.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Various images of me at work by Ron Williams</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An offshoot of that job was that the organisers asked me to also completely revamp their website. I already had enough images so it was simply a matter of creating something visually appealing and making use of audio and video as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The new Bluebird music band website can be found <a href="http://www.bluebird-music.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'd love your feedback. Have a great 2015 and thanks as always for visiting.</span><br />
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<br />Tom Waughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001081426695236625noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680777197547081696.post-57488185337980911652014-10-13T08:00:00.000+02:002014-10-15T21:00:56.916+02:00Funnies. Lost in translation (Part 3 of three)<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So here we are again as promised. part three of my humourous and at times nonsensical images that (sometimes ) bring a smile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The last two started <a href="http://waughstories.blogspot.ch/2014/09/funnies.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This office wants every user to use a password</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"for security" purposes, then sticks the password </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This caught my attention on the autobahn </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Fitness club outside of the town of Aarau</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is very strange. Either they installed the </span><br />
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Tom Waughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001081426695236625noreply@blogger.com0Egerkingen, Switzerland47.32094 7.792709999999942747.277888 7.7120289999999425 47.363992 7.873390999999943tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680777197547081696.post-76776129647738060262014-09-29T13:00:00.000+02:002015-03-22T13:35:28.109+01:00Funnies. Lost in translation (Part 2 of three)<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So here it is. Amusing (to me anyway) images that I've recorded over the years. Some were taken with a "real" camera and some with the telephone built in to my mobile phone. To read part one, please check out this <a href="http://waughstories.blogspot.ch/2014/09/funnies.html" target="_blank">link</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This selection, as promised in the last article is entitled "Lost in translation". I call it that because when I come across these situations, I first read them as an English speaking person and then "switch" my brain over to the language in which they are meant to be understood.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It simply means "Swiss shower" but nevertheless</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Back in the day when I first started my photographic life, I would be constantly on the lookout for humorous images for the likes of "Weekend Magazine" or "Titbits". these magazines paid £20 - £30 pounds per image. That doesn't happen anymore but I am still constantly on the lookout for something interesting, unusual or funny to record with whatever camera I have available.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The funnies usually fall into one of the following categories: Swiss-German use of the English language, Spelling mistakes and something that I call "Lost in translation".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I was inspired to do so after seeing the creeping use of English words into Swiss everyday life. Diccon Bewes mentioned this in his Swiss Watching blog <a href="http://www.dicconbewes.com/2014/07/01/the-anglification-of-switzerland/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have noticed that the Swiss are using more and more Anglicisms in newspapers, television programmes and amongst themselves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anglo Saxon terms (swear words) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's all been done in HTML5 format so should therefore in theory, work with all devices including Apples.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Please take a look. I'd love to hear what you think. It can be found <a href="http://www.tom-waugh.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<br />Tom Waughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001081426695236625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680777197547081696.post-35461037374714103832014-05-14T13:57:00.001+02:002014-05-14T13:58:12.116+02:00Fotografie Unterricht 2014<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ich habe endlich alles vorbereitet für meine kommenden Fotografieklassen.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alle Details auf Deutsch sind <a href="http://tomphotographer.wix.com/fotoklassen" target="_blank">hier</a> zu finden: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Danke fürs Lesen</span>Tom Waughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001081426695236625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680777197547081696.post-78724002167887661252014-05-14T13:49:00.002+02:002014-05-14T13:51:05.138+02:00Photography classes for 2014<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've finally finished all the preparations for my upcoming photography classes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All the details can be found in English <a href="http://waughstories.blogspot.ch/p/photography-classes-and-workshops-for.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks for reading.</span>Tom Waughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001081426695236625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680777197547081696.post-7513152537663720512014-05-07T08:58:00.001+02:002014-06-12T13:35:29.257+02:00On location. Olten<div dir="ltr">
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Tom Waughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001081426695236625noreply@blogger.com0Egerkingen, Egerkingen47.32094 7.79271tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680777197547081696.post-37614974489996095252014-04-29T12:29:00.002+02:002014-04-29T12:31:47.855+02:00Oldies and goldies<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It came to my attention recently that although I have worked a long time as a photographer, I have very few of my own images hanging on my walls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This prompted me to search through my archives and select a number of images to print at A4 size, frame and hang on the walls in my sitting room. Surprisingly I settled for landscapes. That's surprising to me because I don't really consider myself to be a landscape photographer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Landscapes seem to be a very calming subject and I really like the look of them in their frames, which I purchased from a charity shop. I gave each image a two inch (5cm) light blue border in the frame which i think adds to the calming effect of the image</span><br />
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