JANUARY 1st
JANUARY 1First day of the challenge and I want to try something different. It is New Years day, a day to celebrate the start of a new adventure. Maybe a glass of wine to celebrate? I set up a light in the kitchen pointing towards the camera, mount the camera on the tripod and tape a wine glass to an upturned jug to keep it tilted. Everything set to manual I carefully set the focus to the midpoint between the front and the back of the glass setting the aperture to give enough depth of filed without bringing the background light into focus. I test with water to get the right shutter speed which is ideal at 1/800 sec to 1/1000 sec. I test with wine but its too dark. As much as it pains me too I water down the wine! a 50/50 mix gives just the right amount of light. After a few tests i get the pouring angle right and i'm ready to shoot! with the camera set to 12 frames per second I am ready to go!This is the image I chose for January 1 to represent the celebration of the new year. It is one shot from a continuous sequence of 20 shots showing the glass fill up and the wine settle.