Back to Nature!

I went for a walk with Hamish my Westie tonight and even though the light was fading, I still decided to take my camera and my 75 - 300mm lens.  

It's always a good time to try and capture some deer out grazing and resting in the fields, and although I was lucky enough to see them, I just couldn't get close enough to get a decent image.  It's my own fault really, it's exactly what I have the tripod for, and I completely forgot about it!  

I've been focusing so much on all of my college work, that I rarely get out to photograph nature anymore and I'm really missing it!  I'm going to set aside a few hours one evening and make use of the hides in the fields accross the road and get some worthy shots!!

But here's what I got today, from very far away and with an unneccessary shaky hand!!

 

Roisin

Food Advertising Photography

Wow...the most annoying thing just happened!!  I have spent the last hour typing a massive blog...and as I was trying to upload a picture...the whole blog deleted itself and I was left with a blank page!!  After screaming at my laptop for about 2 minutes, I had to leave the room and do a 10 minute workout on the punchbag to relieve my anger!!  

So...SIGH...and begin again...

For the last week or so I have been focusing on my advertising brief for 'Nestle' - given to me by my lecturer.  I have been set the task of promoting either their healthier products or to show their products being enjoyed along with a healthy balanced diet.  I have decided to use both of these ideas and create an ad campaign combining a few of their different products.

This afternoon after work, I set up my camera equipment in the orangery (conservatory), created my dishes and started shooting, with the help of everyone else who was working, holding lights and reflectors for me! :)

My message for this advert is that by combining their products, you can enjoy a healthy balanced diet and have this tasty and healthy dish for breakfast - it will get you going for the day by boosting your brain and body energy levels and concentration, and providing vitamins, minerals, omegas and antioxidants

  This is not necessarily the image I will use, it was one of many taken today but I do love it!

For this dish, I have used the following products and ingredients; Nestle Shredded wheat, Nestle Fitness cereal, (Nestle) Ski yoghurt's - plain and strawberry, Walnuts, Strawberries, Raspberries, Banana and honey.
 I have also created a nutritional information chart for this dish;

Nutrition Information	Per Portion 100g	% RDA Per Portion
Energy	336kcal	16%
Fat	9g	11%
Of which Saturates	2.5g	12%
Carbohydrates	59g	19%
Fibre	20g	N/A
Protein	12g	26%
Sodium	159mg	1%
Also containing;	Omega 3 oils
	Antioxidants

Hopefully I will be able to create an advert that will meet with the brand identity and be a convincing enough concept to be a Nestle campaign! (Theoretically)

Roisin

Weekly Tasks

I haven't blogged much about the photos I've been taking these past few weeks... Every week we are set a new task in class to photograph something different.  

Here are my attempts at the following;

Temperature

  

Levitation

Bokeh

I really love the temperature pictures.  I set the camera on a tripod...cause I can do that now!! :) And I set it to 1/8000 and high speed burst against a black backdrop and started flicking the lighter with my left hand while shooting with my right!  It took quite a while to get the images I wanted...as you could probably imagine, and my left hand was killing me by the time I finished!! ...Worth it though, I just love them...they look so magical!!

The levitation shots weren't actually as hard as I thought...although they where rushed, and clearly not my best work, I'm still happy with them!  The monkey was shot using 2 images and creating a mask in photoshop to delete the rest of the image I didn't need.  But for the image of the sighnsI used the cloning tool, as I wasn't sure how else to create it...I think it's worked ok though, I'm happy with the results!

My Bokeh images where shot over the christmas break and I've never got round to publishing them...so here you go!

I hope you like them all!! :)

Roisin

New Toys!!

So I have been meaning to Blog about my new toys for a whole week now, but I have just been so busy, that the only time I remember about it is when I'm lying in bed!! 

I have been given, from the same friends that gladly donated the tripod to me...a 35mm Pentax P30, a new flash...which is fantastic, seeing as my neice managed to break the 2 that I had, a x2 lens and a 75 - 300mm lens, both to fit the pentax!! :)

I was out today snapping away in the fields with my dog...Hamish.  I was getting some good macro's with the x2, but the only problem is that it's all so heavy and I don't have a proper bag to carry it all in!!  That's definitly something I need to be investing in - camera bags, and somewhere to store all of my equipement!  I now have quite a lot of camera equipement, including my portable studio, the problem is I have the smallest house and, I must admit...I'm a bit of a hoarder!!  I have cardboard boxes dotted all over the house, filled with camera stuff and broken flashes!! :)

 

Roisin