Science fiction exhibition with Star Wars and Marc Singer

This weekend I and the family visited the annual Sci-Fi exhibition, this year in Helsingborg. We had a great time, got to talk to Marc Singer when he invited us up on stage and got some good photo opportunities. Marc was a great and friendly guy.  

The stare of a Stormtrooper and Darth Vader can be a bit unsettling in person for a moment or two.

Not even Darth Vader could keep them from goofing around.

Marc Singer on stage.

Sunset

When I came home today after work I was greeted by great light from the sunset. There was also a great rainbow, but unfortunately I didn't get my camera in time to catch much of it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My hot wife in outside shoot

Today I decided to experiment with outside lighting using flashes, having complained a while about there not being any good natural light to photograph. So I decided to try and take matters into my own hands and use my HVL-F58 AM flash and a reflector.

I got pretty hard light, but I am pleased with the results.

Studio

Yesterday I got my first shipment of equipment for my home studio, my Döör background tripod. Naturally, this called for some experimentation and luckily my family were more or less willing test subjects for my experiments.

Since I havn't got my hands on any strobes yet, I only had my HVL F58AM flash to rely on. Tough to get consistent results, but I got a few decent shots if I say so myself - at least compared to no flash or just the built in one.

85/@5 Wife and son

Signs of autumn

I have a few days off now after my daughter was born. It's been busy days, but I've still managed to squeeze in some photography. 

 

 

85/@2 Autumn is approaching

Now when I have an excellent portrait lens in place, which you can see a sample photo of above, I've decided to move ahead on my plans to set up a little studio at home. I've been looking at the Elinchrom d-lite strobes which I suspect I'll end up with.

Photography

About two years ago, I rekindled my long dormant interest for photography. Being fostered in the world of IT, I never did much else but sit by the computer. So what better excuse I thought, to get out there than to take up photography again I thought. Oh, and getting out there to drink a lot of beer can be fun too.

For a long time it was all about taking snapshots and documenting life for me. Not until recently, when I upgraded to a better camera and lenses, that I've tried to take it to a higher level and at least put some thought into what I am doing.

Ken Rockwell is a pretty good inspiration for this.

85/@f8. The path to better photography?