At The Centre
Seems like it’s been a while since I shared a car or bike shot so here is another from earlier this year at the Japanese Vintage Motorcycle show I visited. This is a close up of the front wheels of one of the bikes sorry I can’t remember which, with a bit of bokeh thrown in.
I know a lot of people like to see the ‘whole’ bike but I’m fascinated by all the little details, hence I came home with loads of those types of shots.
Twin Exhausts
On Sunday I was invited over to a Vintage Japanese Motorcycle show by my friend Miss Heidi. Intrigued I popped my camera in my bag and pootled off for a look. OOooooo serious eye candy if you like seeing engines and things, which I do. Yup I am one of those strange girls who spent a silly amount of her formative years helping her father fix the car. Remember that? Back in the days when dad’s could not only change a tyre but the clutch as well. Of course cars are different now given how reliant they are on electronics, but I still appreciate a beautifully engineered engine.
Here is one of my favourite shots from the day, taken with a 50mm prime. One of the few frustrating parts of shows like this is that you can’t really isolate a single bike for an overall shot. There are usually horrid backgrounds to worry about, other bikes coming into the shot and people walking round as well. So I used the 50mm to get in close for some shallow depth of field images. Cranking the aperture open also meant I didn’t need to up the ISO to much either.
Well I thoroughly enjoyed my visit and Miss Heidi is under strict instructions to let me know when the next one is…
Old Triumph
Just a quick post this morning. Here’s a shot of an old Triumph Motorbike which I took recently. I’m sure I’ve mentioned before how much I love being able to see the engineering in man made things. Although you can’t see it very well on this image I adored being able to see so much of this beauties engine. That sounds a bit perverted doesn’t it 
Anyway I’ve got a photography project which I’m just about finished and I’ll tell you all about it probably early next week. So take care and enjoy the weekend with your camera.
Daily Themes : Depth of Field…
Good morning everyone. It’s a beautiful Sunday morning and I’ve finally found time to sit down and update the blog. The last week or so I’ve been really busy, if I was to try and tell you everything in one go this post would be horribly long. So I’m going to start with some daily themes from Google+.
A little while ago I was approached by the wonderful Helena Martins and asked if I’d be interested in helping to curate a daily photo theme on Google+ with herself and Lynda Bowyer.. My answer was a resounding yes and soon it was all decided. Three themes were chosen and each of us would take point on one of them. I took Monday with the theme of Depth of Field #DOFMonday.
I love Depth of Field images and so it made perfect sense for me to do this. It also gives me an excuse to play with my 50mm prime, not that I need an excuse.
I adore the way this technique can make your subject pop from the background. This is the shot I chose as the avatar for the page. I love sunflowers but I can’t grow them for toffee.
This following shot is of a row of old hourglasses and it’ll be the one I share for the theme on Google+ tomorrow. I could have spent hours photographing these intriguing objects but unfortunately I only had a few minutes.
Have a great week and if you’re on Google+ check out the #DOFMonday theme tomorrow… (Hmmmm and I might try and sneak another DOF shot in tomorrow hehe…)