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A friend of ours has a collection of Barbie dolls, all in very good shape, that she has asked me to sell for her.  I previously used the photos she took and placed them all on-line but got no interest.  So, I decided to break the set up into lots and sell them as groups for a fixed amount.   But how to go about making the shoot?  I tried doing it horizontally with the doll standing, but getting it to stand was awkward and the accessories did not come out well.  So, instead, I set up a copy table format shooting vertically.  I decided to go with indirect flash using an umbrella setup that has worked favourably for me in the past. I set both camera and flash up on manual mode.  The flash (SB 900) was set to 1/4 power and the camera (Nikon Z7ii) was set with an aperture of f/5.6, a shutter speed of 1/200th, and an ISO of 100.  The first shot (above) came out fine and I needed to tweek the exposure, white balance, and saturation a bit.  It w...

This is the time of year where I do very little photography.  Although opportunity still exists for discovery of scenes and creatures, it isn't at all like the summer when such things abound.  It is for this reason that I will create some blogs on photos of the past.  I don't have a plan for what they will be, but I hope to follow inspiration and see where it leads. Yellowthroats are a type of warbler and are found throughout most of Canada south of the territories and much of the US, except where it is very dry.  I have seen them numerous times, but rarely get such a good photo.  I took this in the Creston valley of BC, a place with lots of wetlands and great opportunities for discovering wildlife.  Some of my best bird photos have come from this area. Although I have only ever seen them in fresh water wetlands, they also inhabit drier areas; in both they are fond of dense bush where they can easily hide and build a secretive nest.  They are insectivo...