Dazz1
08-12-2020, 2:38pm
I have been very quiet when it comes to photography forums lately. In fact I have been very quiet when it comes to photography. I have been a bit despondent about having an expensive camera, but because of how great phone cameras are, I have been leaving the good camera behind, and just using the phone camera. Sure, I was still taking photos, but... I needed to find something I could bo with the good camera, that the phone was bad at.
The other reason I was feeling out of sorts, is my daughter said to me "What are you going to do with all these photos?" You see I don't print that many of them, as I don't really have the wall space to put them on display. These days photo albums are a bit old, so that leaves electronic viewing. I didn't want to make up huge slideshows and subject friends to them either.
I walked into the TV room the other day, and the attached Chromecast was in idle mode, and showing some nice random pictures from various photographers. It dawned on me that this big 16x9 screen format was the new photography format for me. I have only tried it a couple of times before.
So, to solve the first issue, I decided that macro photography was something I really liked that the phone was only average at. What would happen if I combined macro with the 16x9 format? I had my first attempt today. I took the camera with a 60mm macro lens, and nothing else, and went for a walk. I want to try to use natural light as I really don't like the look of flash macro (unless one is VERY careful to keep it natural).
So, how did it go? Well, when my account is reinstated, I will start posting. CU soon hopefully
Dazz
The other reason I was feeling out of sorts, is my daughter said to me "What are you going to do with all these photos?" You see I don't print that many of them, as I don't really have the wall space to put them on display. These days photo albums are a bit old, so that leaves electronic viewing. I didn't want to make up huge slideshows and subject friends to them either.
I walked into the TV room the other day, and the attached Chromecast was in idle mode, and showing some nice random pictures from various photographers. It dawned on me that this big 16x9 screen format was the new photography format for me. I have only tried it a couple of times before.
So, to solve the first issue, I decided that macro photography was something I really liked that the phone was only average at. What would happen if I combined macro with the 16x9 format? I had my first attempt today. I took the camera with a 60mm macro lens, and nothing else, and went for a walk. I want to try to use natural light as I really don't like the look of flash macro (unless one is VERY careful to keep it natural).
So, how did it go? Well, when my account is reinstated, I will start posting. CU soon hopefully
Dazz