Fire!

I haven't posted anything in quite a while, too long in fact, but it does not mean I have not been shooting. I have done quite a few interesting shootings lately and I hope to be able to post some soon. Meanwhile here are some pictures I took 2 weeks ago in Laredo at a medieval fest.

I have always been fascinated by fire it makes a great element to capture, creating amazing forms and colours. In this case there was the additional challenge of capturing the action which lasted no more than a couple of seconds each time. To make it even more difficult the amount of light changes drastically as the fire grows or diminishes.

I set the camera on Av, 8 frames per second burst mode and fired away. In the end I am quite happy with the results. They are not as spectacular as the one I managed last year (where the fire formed the shape of a horse) but still quite good.

I would not mind repeating this kind of shot again, so if you know somebody in the Düsseldorf region or surroundings it would be great to organize something.

Sternwartpark

Slowly I am processing the backlog. Here are some of the first infrared photos I took with the converted 350D.

Fireworks

Yesterday it was time again for the big fireworks at the Rhein. Until now I had never managed to capture them properly, so this time I dedided to prepare properly. Which meant that the iPod battery was charged to entertain me during the hour I had to wait since I took position until the fireworks started.

I had scouted the place a while ago and found where the view was best but that meant I needed to be there early enough to secure the position. Well, you tell me if it was worth. (Click on the pictures to see them bigger)


P.S: I am experimenting a bit with the frames. Please leave a comment and tell me what you think. Do they improve the picture?

Weddings

From time to time friends decide to get married, I don't know why, and I somehow manage to photograph de wedding, I don't know why either. Whatever the reason, I always enjoy capturing the moment. I try to make something different to the traditional posed pictures and approach from a more natural angle. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

This time I am quite happy of how they turned out. Here are a couple of examples from last month.

Infrared

I could not believe today when I ckecked the Blog and saw that it has been almost 2 months since I last posted. I had to do something so here are a couple of pictures with the old/new camera. I had my Canon 350D converted to infrared and I took it with me last month when I went to Laredo.

I made some pictures just to play around and see how it behaves. Let me know what you think.