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 Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:02 pm
-the number one rule that I always stick by when shooting flowers is:
DON'T SHOOT DOWN ON FLOWERS! If you shoot down on a flower from an angle we always see flowers from, your shot will look average, try shooting from an unusual view point, like from the level the flower is at.
(if you are going to be shooting a lot of flowers like this, use knee pads to save your knees)
-Use simple backgrounds so the flower sticks out more, what also helps with this would be using a shot DOF. (set your camera to aperture priority mode and select the smallest aperture number your lens will allow)
-If you don't have a macro lens, zoom lenses work to because you can zoom in enough that the flower takes up the whole frame, and its easy to keep the background out of focus with a shot DOF.
-and the shot that everyone loves, the dewy flower shot. there is a simple cheat to getting this shot. Go to a flower shop, buy the flowers you would like, take them home, and get a squirt bottle and fill it with water. spray the flower peddles lightly with the bottle, and shoot. xp
-Good times to shoot flowers outside are:
Cloudy days -Soft shadows, the sun is hidden and the colors are rich, and not washed out.
Just after rain- dewy flowers are pretty. macro lenses are really nice at this time.
-If you shoot on sunny days, try not to shoot in the morning or afternoon, the light is harsh and washes out the colors of the flowers.
-Shoot a single flower on a black or white background. A trick i read about was that a nature photographer wears a black jacket when ever he goes out to shoot flowers, and when he sees one he wants to shoot on a black background, he takes off his jacket and has an assistant hold it behind the flower to get a black background!
for a white background you could just use white mounting board
-When shooting flowers indoors, try to get a nice diffused natural light, Not direct sunlight.
-If you are shooting outdoors and want a macro shot, and there is to much wind, try switching to Shutter Priority mode, and setting the shutter speed to at least 1/250 or higher. it should be enough to freeze the motion of the wind, and if that doesn't work, try shooting with a verry slow shutter speed to make the movement of the flower in the wind the subject.
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:36 pm
Remember also that leaves are generally transparent and that this will impact your lighting.
Try taking a photograph with your light-source directly in front of the flower and see how much your flower lights up.
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 2:11 pm
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Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:29 pm
wow, those are great! the second one (I believe) and the one you posted as an img are my favorites! heart
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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:28 am
Thanks!! I didn't really expect anyone to go through them all but I love flower photography and I couldn't decide which ones to post!
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Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 3:10 pm
'Corse i went through them all! I love looking at other people's photography! heart thats part of why I started this guild. (also i noticed that a lot of the photography guilds I looked at were kind of elitist, and wanted to make a guild for everyone.)
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:49 pm
The elitist guilds are always so non-active! I've tried em and everyone wants to critique photos to death just to prove they know more. Blah!!!
Thanks! I'm always glad to share my photos with those who want to see em!
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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 5:53 pm
Phoenixliv The elitist guilds are always so non-active! I've tried em and everyone wants to critique photos to death just to prove they know more. Blah!!! Thanks! I'm always glad to share my photos with those who want to see em! Yeh, I know what you mean.
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Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:56 am
hehe speaking of showing my photos to those who'd like to see them - this one's in my gallery here on Gaia (click the photo in my siggy - sorry the link is a tinyurl) or you can look me up in the arenas! 
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Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:19 am
You forgot that most flower shots are over done and boring so take a flower inside and shoot it in a unusual and different setting.  Sure its challenging but it docent make people skip over your photo and go "I have seen that a million times before".
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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 2:36 pm
How did you get the water all sprayed like that? Did you shake the flower off or something? I'm gonna have to try that with some flowers or maybe strawberries ... hmmmm
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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:15 pm
Phoenixliv How did you get the water all sprayed like that? Did you shake the flower off or something? I'm gonna have to try that with some flowers or maybe strawberries ... hmmmm Nope. I have a fish tank filled it with water then put the flower in and just poured water on top of the flower to get the bubbles and the photo is obviously rotated 180. =)
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Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:06 am
scelestic Phoenixliv How did you get the water all sprayed like that? Did you shake the flower off or something? I'm gonna have to try that with some flowers or maybe strawberries ... hmmmm Nope. I have a fish tank filled it with water then put the flower in and just poured water on top of the flower to get the bubbles and the photo is obviously rotated 180. =) OOoooh! I get it!!!! That's fantastic! How'd you come up with that? It's genius!
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Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:07 am
scelestic You forgot that most flower shots are over done and boring so take a flower inside and shoot it in a unusual and different setting. I didn't say that because I don't really want to tell them exactly what, or how to shoot. I think outdoor flower shots are always nice to look at (provided they are done right) and you can have some kind of extra flair that makes your flower stand out without moving it inside. yours just happens to be one that was moved. *not dissing it, i think its awesome!* (and I didn't realize it was rotated untill you said something. and now the world makes sense! lol)
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Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 12:45 am
It's hard to get a new take on something so photographed as flowers. I tend to be drawn toward the more bizarre looking species and points in the day (like just after dawn and right before sunset) when I can get nice long shadows and highlights to add interest.
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