DIY studio
I’ve never been much for studio and still-life photography. Just couldn’t see the point. The charm with nature photography is to actually be out there in the nature. But lately I’ve started wondering if I should try to explore new aspects of photography so I decided to build a mock studio to see if I can create something new. It’s a total DIY job, I’m certainly not going to spend thousands of SEK on something I won’t use (I’ve already got a closet full of stuff I don’t use!). The cost so far is 130 SEK and you’d keel over laughing if you saw it, but it works! Sort of… I still need to invest in better lighting (160 SEK) and some backgrounds, but we are not talking about any brand names here.
I can see the potential and this would certainly be something to do during those long dark winter evenings. Now I just have to find some bits and bobs to shoot in my DIY studio…
Butterflies
So I’ve been thinking about trying my hand at butterfly photography. The few feeble attempts I’ve made so far haven’t amounted to much, so I decided that next year I will make a proper effort. But this morning I noticed that the bush in front of my house was getting constant attention from two sorts of butterflies, small tortoiseshells (Aglais urticae) and, umm, this fella below, I’ll gratefully receive any ID help you can spare me…
Happily, that’s full frame (the 300mm + 21mm ext. tube is perfect for the job!) but maybe one day I will learn how to get them to actually face me…
