I've been busy taking lots of photos and experimenting with new things since my last post. Here's a brief run down on what I've been up to.

Firstly, I did a bit of flower photography with some of the flowers around the garden. From that I've produced two photos; Red Hibiscus and Yellow Hibiscus. The red one was shot outside as it was on a Nikkor 55-200mm lense and tripod. This proved slightly difficult on the day as there was a slight breeze causing minor movement in the flower. The yellow one was shot inside using a single daylight globe and an A4 sheet of paper to diffuse the light.

Second, I set up a makeshift studio at home on Sunday night using the same daylight globe, a sun deflector from my car to reflect the light, a piece of paper to diffuse and a couple of black sheets. Unfortunately my lighting was not quite adequate for this type of shoot and I would've preferred to have at least one more lamp. The theme that I was shooting with was "Vampire" as you will see.

From this so far I've produced 3 images; Red Dress, Vampire Fangs and Vampire Eyes. My favorite of these is Vampire Eyes. These images are obviously not for sale but are more an example of what can be done.

Also, I've been discovering lately the difficult in making images tack sharp while focusing in low light situations. To help remedy this on Sunday night I purchased a magnifying eyepiece (DK-21M) and the associated adapter for my camera body. I have not received it yet so I will post an update reviewing how effective it is once I use it.