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In a spin, originally uploaded by AJHosgood.

Here’s the thing – I recently acquired a almost-new Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6, my now favorite lens. It was a rainy day and my UV filter hadn’t yet arrived, so what was there to take photos of?!

After having a think, I decided to go for the inside of the washing machine, just to check: 1 – how wide I could go, and 2 – how sharp the lens was at the edges. The conclusion: Very, and very.

This shot was hard to light since I only had a single 580EX MkII. I ended up bouncing it backwards off a sheet of A4. Inexpensive or what?! After a lot of processing, I came up with this ultra-crisp high-contrast black and white abstract. I’m quite pleased with the result…

However, I still don’t know how to use a washing machine properly! :(

In a spin
Canon EOS 40D
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC
10mm for 1/60 @ f/11, ISO 800

Rock out light, originally uploaded by AJHosgood.

The angel, originally uploaded by AJHosgood.

A slight delay on this post, as I took the photos about a month ago but have only just got round to posting them. On a boring night in April, I decided to take my brother out to Torrington where it was dark enough to get some decent light painting done.

We experimented for ages with different lights and camera settings. The main lines were painted using a 99p white LED keyring and the colour changing lines were made using myLite for my iPhone. It was so dark, I had trouble lining up and focusing the shot. Tim had to stand still for ages whilst I shone a light on him to focus the camera, took the shot and then we both had to wait another 30 seconds for the photo to process.

Although it was as cold as, it was a lot of fun and I hope to pot some more light painting in the future.

Rock out light
Canon EOS 40D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS
28mm for 30sec @ f/4.5, ISO 1250

The angel
Canon EOS 40D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS
17mm for 30sec @ f/4.0, ISO 1250

Tree Amongst the Circus, originally uploaded by AJHosgood.

This isn’t a favourite photo of mine, but it has also been selected for use in an online brochure.

It’s the view from inside the Circus in Bath. I had missed the sunniest part of the day and it was starting to go dark. I’m not too happy with the colour, the HDR hasn’t worked all that well, the light smoothing is all wrong and there are too many cars in the shot to cause distraction. Still, all these little niggles together make this a less-than-normal shot.

Canon EOS 40D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS
17mm @ f/7.1, ISO 400
-2ev, 0ev, +2ev

Focus on model 1, originally uploaded by AJHosgood.

Focus on model 2, originally uploaded by AJHosgood.

These 2 shots were taken at Focusing on Imaging 2009 at the Hasselblad stand. They had hired a professional model to pose all day so that people could go over and have a proper play with the Hasselblad HDIII-51 or whichever model it was! They had set up studio lighting and left the front of the stand open that that anyone walking past could take a photo.

The model really knew how to pose and I think these are 2 really great shots. I can’t wait until next year!

Focus on model 1
Canon EOS 40D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS
85mm for 1/60 @ f/5.6, ISO 100

Focus on model 2
Canon EOS 40D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS
85mm for 1/80 @ f/5.6, ISO 160