photographs: people, places & things
Macro photography with Canon EOS 90D.
More macro photography with the Sigma 105mm 2.8 DG Macro HSM There are various macro related posts on this blog, my most recent post is at this link. Soft box Since that last post I have fabricated a ‘soft box’ to use directly on my Speedlight 430 EXii. Macro photography is undoubtedly tricky and getting […]
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Macro photography with the Sigma 105mm 2.8 DG Macro HSM I have written previously about trying to get to grips with what at times has seemed like a dark art. Recently and with some free time I have had another go at some macro photography in the garden with my Canon EOS 90D and the […]
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Walking the Tame Valley and Peak Forest canal – early summer picture post The series of images in the picture gallery below are a selection that were taken on a couple of walks between the last week in May and the third week in June. The pictures were taken alongside the river Tame in the […]
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Getting used to a new lens Earlier this year I added a new lens to my kit bag. The rather snappily titled Sigma 105mm F2.8 X DG Macro OS HSM. It was September when I bought the lens and since then I have written a couple of posts (including pictures), and which you can check […]
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An occasional question. I suppose I would describe myself as a keen amateur photographer with an emphasis on the words keen and amateur. There have been a few occasions when out walking along local canal paths and riverbanks that along with the question what are you taking pictures of? I have been asked what sort […]
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Macro photography I wrote a short post in September about getting to grips with macro photography and then followed that up at the end of the month with a post I called ‘developing my skills‘. Continuing the series This post is the next in the ‘macro series’. On the one hand I am reasonably happy […]
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I wrote a few weeks ago about getting to grips with macro photography and posted a set of pictures which you can see here. It’s certainly tricky to get used to what it takes to get a good macro picture, and making sure the light is right is quite a challenge for me at the […]
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It’s only recently that I have decided to give macro photography a go. I have been inspired in the main by my wife who has started to take some stunning pictures with her Canon M50 and dedicated macro lens. The inspiration was such that I put my hand in my pocket and recently added the […]
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