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ers, or the bears. But the meerkats and prairie dogs are a source of inspiration too, as are the giraffes. Where animals are a great photography subject, I love the vibrant colors of nature too!</p><h2 id="a99e">Details, details, details</h2><p id="55b3">When photographing animals, I concentrate on details. I like to zoom in on an eye, or a nose, or some detail on the animal. This ties in with the love I have developed for macro photography. There’s something incredibly rewarding about capturing the fine detail. Sometimes, on our photography day trips, I concentrate on one flower or insect for so long, I don’t take images of anything else. Macro photography definitely is my go to.</p><p id="0100">This doesn’t mean I only take macro photos. No, I also like architecture, or desolate areas, such as old buildings or cemeteries. When I can’t take those images myself, I admire those taken by others, and it always gives me ideas for new images. Images I almost never take, but love to see, are black and white images of industrial areas. Luckily, that’s exactly my husband’s speciality when we go out on our photo trips.</p><h2 id="0613">Preferred camera and lenses</h2><p id="e7c6">Currently, I only used a Nikon D5600 for photography, and I use it with different lenses:</p><ul><li>18–105mm</li><li>18–300mm</li><li>40mm macro</li><li>20mm super macro</li><li>12, 20 and 36mm macro rings</li></ul><p id="a21f">The two lenses I use the most are the 18–300mm and the 40mm macro. The 20mm super macro and the 12, 20 and 36mm macro rings are quite difficult to work with, as even the slightest movement means the image will fail. Even working with a tripod, there can be movement when you press the shutter (which is why I use a remote) or the subject moves, such as a spider feeling threatened in its web and just as you think you want to take the picture, it moves out of the frame, or a breeze moves the flower or dandelion you wanted to capture on image.</p><p id="a1db">Ah, the life of a photographer…</p><h2 id="8254">A small collection</h2><p id="01d8">Below is a tiny collection of some of my images, just some of those that jumped out at me while browsing through my vast collection of images. You’ll never he

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Photography and Me

A bit more about my love for and experience with photography, and sharing personal images

Recently, I wrote about my cameras, how I learned more about working with a DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) camera, and a brief history of my experience with erotic photography.

Obviously, I engage not only in erotic photography. In fact, I know for a fact I take more non-erotic photos than erotic ones.

I started when I was a teen

I can’t remember exactly how old I was, but photography intrigued me from roundabout my pre-teens. My parents had a Polaroid camera, which they used for some more ‘daring’ images — I accidentally found the stack of erotically tinted photos. They also had an analog camera, and we always had photo books filled with photos of holidays.

I’ve been into photography on and off now for about 45 years (gosh, I’m old!). I say on and off, as I didn’t always own a camera, and when I did, sometimes I didn’t take that many photos.

Images I take and admire

When my children were born, they were mostly the subject of the images I took, but I also loved taking pictures of nature. Sadly, the photos never fully represented what I saw with my eyes, but it still made for nice memories.

The only images that came out really well were photos of sunsets. Oh, how I loved to take those! This was something I had inherited from my parents, as many of the images in our family albums were of beautiful sunsets back in Namibia, whether in the capital, where we lived for some years, or the holiday seaside town, Swakopmund.

The more I experimented with photography, and the more I learned about it, the more I discovered my preferences. I love going to the zoo and taking pictures of the animals, preferably lions and tigers, or the bears. But the meerkats and prairie dogs are a source of inspiration too, as are the giraffes. Where animals are a great photography subject, I love the vibrant colors of nature too!

Details, details, details

When photographing animals, I concentrate on details. I like to zoom in on an eye, or a nose, or some detail on the animal. This ties in with the love I have developed for macro photography. There’s something incredibly rewarding about capturing the fine detail. Sometimes, on our photography day trips, I concentrate on one flower or insect for so long, I don’t take images of anything else. Macro photography definitely is my go to.

This doesn’t mean I only take macro photos. No, I also like architecture, or desolate areas, such as old buildings or cemeteries. When I can’t take those images myself, I admire those taken by others, and it always gives me ideas for new images. Images I almost never take, but love to see, are black and white images of industrial areas. Luckily, that’s exactly my husband’s speciality when we go out on our photo trips.

Preferred camera and lenses

Currently, I only used a Nikon D5600 for photography, and I use it with different lenses:

18–105mm
18–300mm
40mm macro
20mm super macro
12, 20 and 36mm macro rings

The two lenses I use the most are the 18–300mm and the 40mm macro. The 20mm super macro and the 12, 20 and 36mm macro rings are quite difficult to work with, as even the slightest movement means the image will fail. Even working with a tripod, there can be movement when you press the shutter (which is why I use a remote) or the subject moves, such as a spider feeling threatened in its web and just as you think you want to take the picture, it moves out of the frame, or a breeze moves the flower or dandelion you wanted to capture on image.

Ah, the life of a photographer…

A small collection

Below is a tiny collection of some of my images, just some of those that jumped out at me while browsing through my vast collection of images. You’ll never hear me say my pictures are perfect, but I love sharing — yes, there’s more where this came from.

Enjoy!

A day in the woods. There is something special about getting close to the ground to snap image of these beauties.

I fear spiders, but they intrigue me so that I always want to get close with my camera.

A random flower on an early September walk during a trip to London

I love macro photography, and when a fly sits still for long enough, I always try to get as close as possible.

Taking close-ups of objects etched against the sky is another of my favorites.

The inside of some kind of flower, much bigger than a dandelion.

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