http://www.amateurphotographer.co.ukEISA MAESTRO UK WINNERS
3rd
Joy Winter
‘I used my favourite camera, a Pentax
K-3, alongside Nikon and Canon DSLRs
and a range of lenses. I decided to
explore zoom burst and light painting
techniques, using a tripod as I was
sometimes shooting with exposures as
slow as five seconds. That said, some of
my images needed only a 1/4sec
exposure, or as fast as 1/500. I adjusted
the aperture as I went along, but f/7
and above gave me sharp and clear
images, even when using zoom burst
techniques. I decided to keep the ISO
around 100-200 in order to minimise
noise. A couple of images required
higher ISO values because I was using a
telephoto zoom lens, or I’d set a faster
shutter speed with a narrow aperture. A
portable LED light, along with some
experimentation with twirl effects and
Layers in Photoshop, came in very
useful with this portfolio too. Several
images were inspired by Greek, Norse
and Egyptian myths, and this informs
the colours.’