Here is a little bit of what we saw this week at the Chelsea Flower Show. The star of the show - a beautiful Black Peony Poppy.
Chelsea Flower Show
About two years ago, I discovered a passion for plants and beautiful gardens. Everything started in my friend's amazing backyard. Many unique flowers and distinctive hand forged metalwork garden structures create a real paradise!
Here is a little bit of what we saw this week at the Chelsea Flower Show. The star of the show - a beautiful Black Peony Poppy.
Here is a little bit of what we saw this week at the Chelsea Flower Show. The star of the show - a beautiful Black Peony Poppy.
Business portraits for Johnny Martin
Last week I had the pleasure of taking business portraits for Johnny Martin.
Johnny is an experienced finance adviser, who runs a great value workshop at the British Library, 'Essential Business Finance'. He asked me to take a few nice shots for his website (www.johnnymartin.co.uk) and here is what we've got.
www.anetaphotography.com
Johnny is an experienced finance adviser, who runs a great value workshop at the British Library, 'Essential Business Finance'. He asked me to take a few nice shots for his website (www.johnnymartin.co.uk) and here is what we've got.
www.anetaphotography.com
A taste of what's to come...
I spent most of last Saturday photographing Nitish & Deimantei's wedding. It was a wonderful celebration, created around diverse traditions which influenced the couple. The whole event was very colourful, from the red carpet and stained glass windows in the English church, to the lovely Sarees of the groom's relatives: amazing colours everywhere!
I hope that I'll get the chance to photograph another wedding as interesting as Nitish & Deimantei's.
Here are a few photographs from this event. I still have many pictures to select and retouch, so this is a taste of what's to come...
(Click to enlarge image)
I hope that I'll get the chance to photograph another wedding as interesting as Nitish & Deimantei's.
Here are a few photographs from this event. I still have many pictures to select and retouch, so this is a taste of what's to come...
(Click to enlarge image)
What makes an interesting background?
For me part of the fun of portrait photography is finding interesting backgrounds. Sometimes the least expected places are the best. It could be a brick wall, a garage door or a stairwell.
I usually look for colours and textures, as well as interesting lines. When I shoot, I make sure I shoot wide open; I usually drop the f stop to 2 on my AF-Nikkor 50mm 1:1.4D. Why not down to f/1.4? A while ago I learnt, that the biggest aparture isn't unfortunately the sharpest. f/2 gives a nice shallow depth of field and works well to isolate the subject.
Here are pictures from a simple photo session with Monika. The background used...my garden.
(Click on the image to enlarge)
I usually look for colours and textures, as well as interesting lines. When I shoot, I make sure I shoot wide open; I usually drop the f stop to 2 on my AF-Nikkor 50mm 1:1.4D. Why not down to f/1.4? A while ago I learnt, that the biggest aparture isn't unfortunately the sharpest. f/2 gives a nice shallow depth of field and works well to isolate the subject.
Here are pictures from a simple photo session with Monika. The background used...my garden.
(Click on the image to enlarge)
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