I Buy Myself Flowers, Thank You Very Much

& I Shoot Them Myself, Too






(and yes, they really are that yellow. i broke off the rest of the bouquet's flowers for the budding pollen (shown) and dusted it around. and this is extremely rare for a photographer to give out their secrets, but at risk of looking over saturated from photoshop i must confess them.)

shot with a d300 & a 55mm with
an extension tube and pb-6 bellows for a 3:1 macro,
f22 @ 2 seconds

Anatomical Heart

Shot on a light table with fill cards surrounding it
d300 with a 60mm 1:1
f8 @ 1/60th
iso 200

Burn Peeled Back

if you can handle it:
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i know this is probably a little more than any of you wanted to see; but i am getting ready to take an internship doing autopsy work. i figured i needed to practice with appropriate lighting for skin to show texture. this is therefore side lit from above on the right. thanks to tj for being strong enough to peel back his burn just to let me photograph it.

Canon 5d kit
iso 200 f5.6 @ 1/60th of a second

Macro Week 5

i'm an avid toothbrusher and because of it, have to update my toothbrushes almost monthly. i decided to shoot my last toothbrush before parting ways and replacing it.

shot on the BRAND NEW D300
with a 55mm and extension tube
f8 @ 1 second, iso 50

Take Your Best Guess!

these are all macro images, 4:1 or 5:1, so technically micro and way beyond lifesize.
shot on a d200 with a 60mm macro lens, an extension tube, and pb-5 bellows,
and assorted speedatron lights and fill cards. try and guess what they are!

1. a small dental tool with the mirror on one end. you can see three triangle ridges in the shot, across the actual tool there is 19 of them, and the tool is the size of my pinky. i hope that gives you an idea to how close up these are.

2. a coffee bean! the black line on the bottom is actually the ridge that goes across the middle of the coffee bean, although you can't see into it. so it's essentially just a sliver of the middle of it

3. a close up of a yellow shirt, where you cannot see any white thread, or any individual thread at all for that matter.

4. a close up of a block of cascade dishwasher detergent. it was supposed to be brand new, clean, and sterile, too. gross.

All That Glitters Is Not Gold

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Another macro photograph that I just got done shooting a few hours ago in the studio, and i put an orange cloth to the side for a little extra color cast/gelling. These are some fake decorative grapes around a wine bottle lamp Jenn's mom gave me for Christmas. Up close it's all glitter, beads, and other sparkly stuff, although you would never be able to tell from just looking at it normally.


shot on a d200 with a 55mm & extension tube to equal 1:1
f11 @ 6 seconds & iso 100

Bottlecaps

Old beer caps I saw lying around and just shot on a d200 with the 105mm & extension tube for 1:1 macro again. I used two hot lights on either side of the caps for overall light, fill cards below and above for light to come straight down on it and to also surround the edges for (more) even shadows. f22 @ 10 seconds, iso 100

keys to her house

yeah, so wow. focus on macro is most definitely crucial. but let me say i was at school 13 hours today, on a very very swollen and probably broken or sprained foot walking around in the studio shooting most of the day (but i also got in a chair with wheels and rolled around, hah). due for critique tomorrow morning, and then i'm going to the doctors. you could say i like macro, and lighting metal was a piece of cake (thank you kevin). it's really nice to be able to take your time in the studio and not be rushed, i'm having fun playing.

canon 5d 100mm 1:1 f/2.8 kit (i'm totally selling out)
1/60th at f/3.5 iso100
hotlight with reflectors

Macro - first attempt

i just finished shooting these; my first attempt at macro, 1:1, or lifesize.
shot on a canon 5d with the 100mm f/2.8 macro lens at 1:1
f/22 @ 2 seconds 100 iso, lighting set up below

play hard as long as you work harder

please click on the photographs individually for your viewing pleasure, well worth the extra second of navigating