Last week one of my Wife\u2019s Aunties brought her a bunch of flowers and in these flowers were some as yet unopened lilies.<\/p>\n
As the lilies began to bloom towards the end of the week I decided that getting a few images of these delightful flowers in all their glory would be an ideal project for the weekend.<\/p>\n
Come Sunday the lilies were looking beautiful and so i set up my Studio lights, grabbed my Camera and set about the task.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0main problem that I faced was how to present the lilies so that I could photograph them.<\/p>\n
I decided that a tall thin vase would be ideal, all I would have to do was make sure that I shot from\u00a0a point where\u00a0the vase would not be visible in the final image.<\/p>\n
I found this very limiting with regards to the angles that I could shoot from, if I went too high or too far back I was not only getting the vase in the shot but sometimes the table they were standing on too.<\/p>\n
No this would require a different approach.<\/p>\n
Suddenly\u00a0a light bulb went on in my head, I remembered that I\u00a0had an adaptor arm\u00a0which was designed to fit onto a lighting stand and hold a reflector or diffuser, the design of\u00a0the arm\u00a0meant that it had two bulldog style clips on either end of a telescopic pole\u00a0that held the sides of the reflector in place.<\/p>\n
I thought that these clips would be perfect for holding my lilies.<\/p>\n
Sure enough they held the flowers nicely and where versatile enough for me to move around and give me any shooting angle I needed without getting in the way of my final image.<\/p>\n
I spent the next hour shooting away, changing the angle, changing the lighting and generally trying to get something I was happy with.<\/p>\n
Once I had my final images on the screen, I chose the one you see here the only problem I then had was whether it looked better in Black and White or colour.<\/p>\n
I could not decide so I thought I would post both images and let you choose for yourself would you go for the colour or the black and white?<\/p>\n
Until next time, happy shooting.<\/p>\n
Darren<\/p>\n
P.S. I decided on colour in the end and the image now has pride of place above our sofa.<\/p>\n
Photo Info: Camera: Sony a7ii, Lens 50mm, Shutter Speed 1\/200 at f16, ISO 200, Two studio lights with Softboxes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"