Here’s Another!

Another submission to share with you from Nathalie Cormier, of QB:

Taken with Canon EOS Rebel XSI at f/4.5, 1/60 sec., ISO 800

Look at those catchlights!  Thanks for sharing, Nathalie!

Cheers,

Another submission to share!

Conni Frankl, of SK, sent me this picture of her gorgeous daughter taken indoors with the use of a white reflector:

Taken with Nikon D5000 at f/5.3, 1/10 sec., ISO 800

What beautiful lighting!  Thanks for your submission, Conni!

Cheers,

Hip Hop submission

Fleur Smith, of BC, sent me this great shot of her son at his hip hop dance class:

Taken with Canon PowerShot SX210 IS at f/4.5, 1/101 sec., ISO 800

Fleur used the backlighting from the open door for highlight and the door itself to frame her subject.  Well done, Fleur!

Tomorrow, I’ll share another submission for one of our readers – there’s still time for you to send me yours!

Cheers,

Another Submission

Thanks to Stephanie Schan, of ON, for sending us this adorable photo of her cat, Squirt:

Food! Glorious Food!

Today’s submission is from Lee-Anne Thorton, of AB:

Taken with Canon EOS 30D at f/6.3, 1/25 ISO 320

Doesn’t that just tickle your tastebuds?  Thanks for sharing, Lee-Anne… and for making me crave French Toast now!

And to the rest of our readers, there’s still plenty of time for YOU to submit your photos for our August assignment so get out there and take your camera off of the Auto setting… this is the time to practice!  You have until August 31st – use our submission form and send me your photos for a chance to win an SEI prize pack!

Cheers!

More food!

Mmmm, I love summer!  Full of fresh fruits and veggies – which are much easier to photograph than a 10 year old, if you want my opinion!

I received this submission from Lisanne Côté, of QC, of some delicious looking blackberries:

Taken with Canon Rebel XT at f/5.6, 1/40 sec., ISO 200

I can almost taste them!  Thanks for sharing, Lisanne!

Tomorrow I’ll share another image from Lee-Anne Thorton, of AB – it will whet your appetite for summer berries!

Cheers,

Yummy Submission

Taken with Canon EOS 30D at f/10, 1/10 sec., ISO 200

Thanks, Lee-Anne – I think I’m going to have to make waffles for my daughter’s birthday breakfast today!

How about the rest of you?  Any natural lighting photos to share?

Cheers!

Aug Tutorial question:

Erin Aumack posted this question in our comments and I thought I’d share it, along with my answer, in case any of our readers missed it and may have the same question:

Can natural light also be outdoors? Or is this a challenge for indoor photos?

Here’s my answer:

I would consider natural light outdoors as daylight (not direct sunlight) as discussed in the June tutorial.  For this tutorial, I’d like to see you work on using indoor natural lighting. 

Thanks for your queston, Erin – can’t wait to see your results!  I’ll be back with our first August submission soon!

Cheers!

I’m back!!

With the rest of our July submissions!

Michelle Kuijer, of ON, sent in two submissions this month.  In her first submission, she used the existing spotlight and added additional light from her external flash.

Taken with Canon Rebel XS at f/4, 1/60 sec., ISO 400

For you Rush fans (my hubby included!), those drums are the originals played by the legendary Neil Peart for his first few years on tour.  I love her son’s shirt, which reads, “Got Peart?”

Michelle’s other photo uses simply her on-camera flash:

Taken with Canon Rebel XS at f/5.6, 1/16 sec., ISO 400

Love the framing!  Thanks for sharing, Michelle!

Our last submission this month comes from Serena Gedlaman, of AB.  Serena writes, of her lighting: “I used my on-camera flash, but turned on every available light source and set up some extra lamps that I could direct toward my daughter from her left side.”

Taken with Canon Rebel T2i at f/4.5, 1/60 sec., ISO 400

Great job, Serena - and what a happy expression you’ve captured!  Thanks for your submission.

I’ll announce a winner tomorrow – and be sure to watch for a new tutorial on combination lighting!

Cheers,

Sharing a few July Submissions

Here we are in the second half of July, already!  Summer is flying by!  Before I head on vacation, I want to share a few submissions with you, our lovely blog readers!

Stephanie Schan, of ON, took this photo, bouncing her external flash off the ceiling:

Taken with Canon Rebel XT, using a Vivitar 285HV external flash, at f/2.8, 1/200 sec., ISO 200

See how the bounced flash provides a softer light and diffuses any harsh shadows that may have occurred from using a powerful flash indoors?  Thanks for sharing, Stephanie!

Kim Gowdy, of AB, took this photo of her friend (and my fellow Canadian Scrapbooker teammate!), Connie Nichol, with her two adorable boys:

Taken with Canon Rebel XSi at f/2.8, 1/200 sec., ISO 100

Kim used her flash to fill in shadows and brighten her subjects’ faces.  Love this pic – and OMG, Connie – your boys are getting big!

For the rest of you who are thinking about submitting, please do!!  I will be away for the rest of the month, so please don’t worry if your photo is not posted until the end of the month, or later – I will try to remember to respond to each submission so you can rest assured that I have received it.  I will post all of the submission goodness upon my return!

Remember that our deadline is extended until midnight on August 2nd, 2010!

Cheers!