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My name is Konrad Dziedzic, and I'm a "techie with photographer's soul" ;-)
My professional background is strongly tied to the world of IT, but my true passion has always been for photography. Having a predominantly left-brained kind of job, I try to use the time off from work to realise my passion and enjoy having a little bit of art in my life.
I hope you'll enjoy following this blog, I'll do my best to keep it updated with my latest photos, accounts of my journeys and everyday struggles.
You may also want to check out my wedding and portrait portfolio website.
Oh, and if you find my surname unpronounceable, just call me Konfral!
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112/365 – 2010-04-12
Strobist info: 580 EX with an "Egg Yolk Yellow" gel and a snoot, camera left (with my hacked OCSC II ),
and my brand new 430 EXII at 1/128 power, right where you can see it.
Shot to test and learn the Canon remote flash control in manual mode.
Works great, as long as the slave can see the master…
100/365 – 2010-04-10
Happy "Day One Hundred" to all my fellow 365′ers !!!
Strobist info: 580 EX into a softbox from underneath @ ~1/16 and Sunpak 5000AF @~1/32 from the top
PP: inverted to negative, and added a hue cast
066/365 – 2010-03-07
I shot today’s photo quite late in the evening, so decided to build a quick bokeh setup.
Butterflies created using white Christmas tree lights and the bokeh master’s set.
The out of focus wire between the lights created an illusion of evaporating coffee.
There’s definitely some potential in this idea, I have to spend a little bit more time experimenting next time.
Strobist: Mug lit with a single 580 EX in a 60cm softbox at 1/32 power, camera right.
059/365 – 2010-02-28
This is an inverted image of a halogen bulb. The original was shot with my G11 set to its minimum exposure, f8, 1/4000s.
A couple of photos take on today’s London Strobist Meetup.
Strobist info: 580EX with a dome diffuser, camera right
Secret warshippers of the Toad…
Strobist info: 580 EX into a snoot and grid, red gelled, camera right
Looks like they’re debating how to cook that frog…
Strobist info: 580 EX into a snoot and grid, camera right
The two Haribo explorers are scaling the coconut ;-)
Strobist info: 580 EX through a white umbrella camera right
Right tools for the job
Strobist info: 580 EX through a white umbrella camera right
… I know, I should have dusted it off…
Strobist info: 580 EX through a white umbrella camera right
Strobist info: 580 EX through a white umbrella high camera left
058/365 – 2010-02-27
Attended a London Strobist Meetup today. The focus this time was on product and closeup photography, using off camera flash.
As you can see, we had a lot of fun ;-)
Strobist info: I shot a couple of frames with available light (this one being technically the poorest), but for this particular one my shutter happened to be open to capture the flashes going off for the actual photo being taken by the fellow Strobist on the left hand side of the frame.
More photos from the shoot will follow shortly.
The resulting photo of the setup below, which is the actual photo for today.
057/365 – 2010-02-26
Something a bit different today. A setup shot for the actual photo above.
It’s time to pack away all the winter gear for now. While doing that, I quickly put together a little “Alien” ;-)
Strobist info: Single 580 EX into a 60cm softbox, as seen in the photo. Camera position is exactly the same as for the actual shot, just zoomed out to the limit.
I also masked out the messy bedroom ;-)
054/365 – 2010-02-23
Remember “Finding Nemo”? Well, I just found “NEMO” in the least suspected place: on the side of the One Pound coin.
As it turns out Nemo is Latin for “nobody, no one” and in this context is part of the “Nemo me impune lacessit” motto (No one attacks me with impunity).
More on Wikipedia
You will also find, that different One Pound coins have different inscriptions on them.
Shot with available light (desk lamp) and some white paper used as a reflector to bring out the details on the shadow side of the coin.
051/365 – 2010-02-20
Offer’s in. Waiting for an “Aye or Nay”…
Strobist info: since the iPhone is a tricky thing to light, I surrounded it with small white reflectors and fired a 580 EX from high camera right into the highest reflector positioned on the left. Hope it makes some sense…
by Konfral
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