Sillyb's Photography Blog

Photo Project 5 "WATER"

2008-08-22T13:47:00.002+09:30

Before project 4 was even completed by most of us, CraftySue was ready for project 5, so theme was chosen and off we go to shoot.

So enter project 5 "WATER"

(photo courtesy http://flickr.com/photos/hypergurl/)

Photo can be anything to do with water, really no limitations on this, if you can think of any possible reason this relates to water, then go for it.

Project 6 will start on 1st sept, so hopefully some water entries will be in before then.

Photo Project 4 Results

2008-08-22T13:37:00.003+09:30

Only 3 entries for the wood project.

CraftySue was first with

Sillyb next with a very unartistic

Finally Coyote, who obviously put some thought into his photo

So Kimbo Jones and Wakerider didn't give a photo for this project yet, but when they arrive I will post them.

On to photo project 5

Photo Project 4 "Wood" Due 23/7

2008-07-15T13:01:00.002+09:30

After the flop of the last photo project, a new one has been chosen by Kimbo Jones.

Photo Courtesy http://flickr.com/photos/bmaas/

Photographers:
Coyote
Craftysue
Kimbo Jones *
Sillybgoat
Wakerider

To help you, a definition follows, but it is open to the widest interpretation.

WOOD
noun
1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.
2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other purposes; timber or lumber.
3. firewood.
4. the cask, barrel, or keg, as distinguished from the bottle: aged in the wood.
5. wood block (def. 1).
6. Music.
a. a woodwind instrument.
b. the section of a band or orchestra composed of woodwinds.
7. Often, woods. (used with a singular or plural verb) a large and thick collection of growing trees; a grove or forest: They picnicked in the woods.
8. Golf. a club with a wooden head, as a driver, brassie, spoon, or baffy for hitting long shots. Compare iron (def. 5).
–adjective
9. made of wood; wooden.
10. used to store, work, or carry wood: a wood chisel.
11. dwelling or growing in woods: wood bird.
–verb (used with object)
12. to cover or plant with trees.
13. to supply with wood; get supplies of wood for.
–verb (used without object)
14. to take in or get supplies of wood (often fol. by up): to wood up before the approach of winter.
—Idioms
15. have the wood on, Australian Slang. to have an advantage over or have information that can be used against.
16. knock on wood, (used when knocking on something wooden to assure continued good luck): The car's still in good shape, knock on wood. Also, especially British, touch wood.
17. out of the woods,
a. out of a dangerous, perplexing, or difficult situation; secure; safe.
b. no longer in precarious health or critical condition; out of danger and recovering.

Photo Project 4 "Behind Closed Doors"

2008-07-11T13:01:00.006+09:30

EDIT: "Behind Closed Doors" has been changed to an OPEN project, no time limit at the moment. New weekly project to be anounced.

The weekly(ish) photo project has begun. My choice of theme, "Behind Closed Doors". Explore the life that goes on when doors are closed, either real or fantastic, or even the doors themselves, what secrets to the lock away from us?

Participants:
Sillyb (me)
Kimbo Jones
Wakerider
Coyote

Due date is 17/7 or thereabouts, stay tuned.

Photo courtesy "the wandering angel" http://www.flickr.com/photos/wandering_angel/

Photo Project 3 "Night"

2008-07-11T12:52:00.004+09:30

Photo project 3 took a little longer than planned, a few weeks longer... But with just 2 entrants it wasn't an issue. I took 4 sets of photo's and put 2 up, with the one below being the final choice. Sadly I still have not finalised the photo, and need to "vintage" it a bit more. But with project 4 now started it will be put on the backburner for a while.

"Night" (By Sillyb)

Night by Wakerider

Afternoon With a Coyote

2007-11-27T12:16:00.001+10:30

Ok, so perhaps the title is a little misleading, but really it was quite an afternoon. Last Saturday I was lucky enough to spend the afternoon with Deane from Coyote Grafix (www.coyotegrafix.com).

Thankfully Deane was kind enough to keep still at the appropriate moments for me to snap off some shots of him.

We spent a few hours wandering around an old homestead on Lucernbrae, a farming property in the Adelaide Hills. We found a piece of old farm equipment which had been decommissioned years earlier, we both spent a while here imagining the photographic possibilities.

The photo above is probably my favorite of the day.

We then spent some time around an old building which has almost completely fallen down, the doorway looks like it will make an excellent spot for some model photography in the future. Sadly it was at this point that my broken CPL started becoming obvious, as you can see in this photo.

Down at the river (which has not flowed this year), there was some amazing shots waiting for us, but we were running out of time. I snapped off one of Deane again, and we made our way back to the car.

On the way back we stopped and Deane took some photo's of an old shearing shed, we will HDR these and upload them later.

Big thanks to Deane from Coyote Grafix.

Regards, your host. Sillyb

My Photo In Wedding Album

2007-11-23T12:22:00.001+10:30

I got married in September, and in the rush of the day my wife didn't get a photo of her bag and shoes for the wedding album.
The photographer is in the process of preparing our album at the moment, and since my mother in law made this bag herself, we really wanted it in the album.

I set up my camera on a tripod in our dining room, with our piano and new lampshade as a backdrop. I tried several flash choices, I really think I could have done this better if I had used 2 flashes, one for ambient light, and one snooted for the bag and shoes, but I had limited time, so I connected my SB-800 with a TTL cable, and pointed it at the roof about 45degrees behind me.

The resulting photo's were pp'd and this is the one we chose. With more time I think I could have perfected this photo, but it was certainly a good learning experience.

Yay for blogging

2007-11-23T11:38:00.000+10:30

Well finally I have given in to demand (read:boredom), and decided to make a blog about my photographic adventures. It might take me a while to get this up and running, but stay tuned. I will publish the information about my trials and errors, and errors and other errors in the process of trying to become a decent photographer.

Check out my Flickr page. flickr.com/photos/sillybgoat

Signing out for the time being.

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