Category: Photographs

A Click A Day · Photographs

Let Them Eat Cake

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…and I did eat the cake 😉

Cake, Sweets, Dessert, Let Them Eat Cake, Quote, Chocolate Cake, Food Photography

There’s something soo satisfying about chocolate cake.

A Click A Day · Photographs

Darling Baby Pinks of May

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I saw the lovely pink blossoms and simply couldn’t resist capturing them with my lens. Aren’t they pretty 🙂

Flowers, Blossoms, Pink, Spring, Bouquet

Art · Photographs

Seeing The Sea

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I would love to have these refreshing paintings hanging on my wall.

Its panoramic view gives you a sense of stepping out and being at the seashore.

I could gaze at it for ages and see stories captured on that canvas.

Painting, Artwork, Seaview

Photographs

HANDS AND THEIR STORIES – PHOTO THEME CHALLENGE

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H for Hands

It is said that one’s hands can tell tales about the owner, from details of their background to character, health, relationship bliss, future, and fortune. Therefore, it’s no wonder that hands are fascinating appendages of human structure that’s worth admiring and photographing.

For the H letter of the photo theme challenge, it was a tussle between doing photos for History or Hands. I love history and I am one of those who haunts museums and soaks up stories of long past history, but I settled for Hands in this case.

Close-up portraits of body parts can be magnificent. They can also have a meaning and send a strong message. Such photographic portraits imply which sex the part belongs to, the possible age of the owner, their social condition, and a lot of other things. Our body parts portraits reveal many details than one would be tempted to believe.

Photographing The Hands

While photographing these hands, my main interest is to tell the person’s story. For example, the first photo is the cobbler that I pass by occasionally. His hands were always busy repairing shoes and I wanted to take shots of them whilst he worked.

Photo, Body Parts, Hands, Photo Tips, Subjects Story, Photography

The second photo is a perfumer at work. She makes fragrance from natural ingredients and always had some henna painting on her hands. I wanted to capture her painted hands as she worked and filled the bottles.

Photo, Body Parts, Hands, Photo Tips, Subjects Story, Photography

Tips & Recommendations for photographing hands: read more…

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Can You See Me?

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It barely moved.

The creature is so little and totally blends in with its environment that it truly takes a discerning eye to pick out the seahorse clinging to the stump.

Seahorse, Nature, Sea Life, Photography

Monday Motivations · Photographs

Entwining – Mundane Monday Challenge

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Mundane Monday Challenge is created to find beauty in almost everything.

The challenge is simple. Find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs.

Entwining, Flower, Photograph

Curl around me, my sweetheart and wrap your tendrils around my torso.

Let the bright blossoms of your bloom and the honeysuckle of your breath

refresh my sturdy stance.

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Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

Photo 101 · Photographs

Through The Glass…

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Perspective is what transforms a photo that would otherwise look ordinary, to an image interesting enough to spare several looks.

Sometimes, it’s just playing around with angles and lighting that does the trick.

Photograph, Illumination, Perspective, Through The Glass

Glass of Water, Photograph, Perspective

For little tips on photography, you can check out my blog, The Art of Beautiful Expressions. 

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Stark and Beautiful…

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My main attraction was the young tree that had nothing much to show in the name of leaves caught in-between two richer siblings and I wanted to pay her starkness some attention because I found her beautiful nonetheless.

I simply love the juxtaposition with the building which wasn’t the initial plan.

Nature, Photography, Landscape, Beautiful, Juxtaposition

Photographs

Quick Tips For Budding Photographers

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So you’ve caught the passion for photography? As a beginner consider these tips on camera, learning, experiment, and practice below as you commence the journey of finding your foot in the huge world of image making.

Beginner photographers, digital photography, photo tips, camera, learning, experiment, practice

1. Resist the urge to splurge.

Yes indeed, this is a common weakness of picking up a passion especially one like photography. The urge to buy an expensive camera and many gadgets that you believe would make your images great. simply kicks in. It’s quite possible to get great shots with an inexpensive point and shoot cameras. The important thing is understanding the gadget that you are presently using and practice, practice, practice. By the time you are ready for an upgrade, you have a better idea of what you want. Going overboard to acquire gadgets sometimes leads to spending on things that we may end up not using.

2. Don’t be afraid to experiment.

Your cheap point and shoot camera might just surprise you with its output when you invest time to go through its manual and understand it. Play around and shoot with different settings and focal points as much as you can to see what you like and what works best.

3. Get a tripod or lightweight Gorillapod.

This gives your photos stability especially if your hands are not steady. Your images would turn out way better and there are lots of inexpensive tripods that you can invest in. Read More…

Photo 101

Photo Theme – Tips For Shooting The Dogs.

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Tips for taking pet photos

Shoot The Dogs

No, I didn’t shoot a dog! I meant capturing their photos 😉

Photographs for letter D was not an easy choice to make, so I went with both suggestions ‘dogs and decorations.’

I love both prompts because dogs are just beautiful, intelligent pets that bring comfort and delight to their owners.

The photo theme challenge is not only for practice but to help you build a library of your own images that could be used for your blog posts, for submission to photo sites, for sale et cetera.

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Tips for taking pet photos

Taking photos of pets can sometimes be difficult because they tend not to stay still for several minutes, but with your camera settings in mind and a couple of tricks, you could capture wonderful snapshots worth thumping your chest over.

  1. Make them the center of attraction. You could make a strange sound to draw their attention to you and be ready to take the photo once you’ve got that attention.
  2. Photograph them doing their thing naturally. When you don’t have time to stage a scene, keep your camera handy and wait for your pet to express its quirky sides. You’ll find lots of moments to capture.
  3. Avoid pointing your flash directly at your subject. It gives them the creepy red-eye. If you must use a flash, use a flash diffuser that would make sure you have more natural lighting in your photos. READ More…