Things

This portfolio is derived from the things in our lives, the small things, the big things, our possessions, the little things we love to love. Rings, Jewellery, cameras, pets, vases – they are all things that exist within our everyday lives at home and around us but that we don’t always take the time to stop and look at in a different light.

The majority of these shots particularly the still life objects were take with a Nikon D90 and a Nikon 60mm Micro lens, this lens is designed to capture the close up finer detail of objects. Still life photography can be more than just a camera and flash. The images included in this portfolio of the wattle brush and vase were captured using a technique called ‘painting with light’ - where the camera is attached to the tripod in pitch black room. A light meter is used to work out the amount of light that will be needed and the result for these shots was 10-11 seconds of light from the torch (torch in this case however, other light source can be used) is painted over the subject to produce the results you see here.