Photographing Lilies

These lily photographs were taken in the studio on my Canon 450D digital SLR as test shots for some more shots on black and white film I had planned to take later that same day. The great thing about digital photography is that you can see your results instantly and adjust any settings accordingly, but as you know it is a very different story when using film, which is why I used my digital camera to test the lighting and composition before starting to shoot with film. I opted for 120 roll film and was using a Mamiya RZ67 medium format camera, I will be printing these in the darkroom but will aim to photograph one of the prints and post it here when I have.

Crow Pulling Branches For Nesting Material

Well we actually had some hot sunny weather here in May and early June which meant that photographing birds is a little easier seeing as though they often move so fast, particularly the small ones. However, with larger birds it can be easier to avoid motion blur, and here I have a shot of a crow perched on a tree near my house. It seemed as though he was searching for nesting material as he was trying to pull small branches off and eventually he got one, as you can see.

for me, another great thing about photographing birds in bright sunlight is that the background can be so vibrant and colourful.