Photo session - Cleared and stained fish

Last night I hung out with Steve (expert photographer) and learned how to take awesome pictures of cleared an stained fish in the collection here. It was really interesting learning different ways to photograph still subjects and get the lighting perfect. Especially with the cleared and stained fish, lighting is super important, and can make for an AWESOME photograph if it is right. I had a lot of fun learning about how he does things and he got a lot of amazing photographs from the evening. The cartilaginous fishes turned out so cool! I am really interested in learning more about "studio" photography, especially of really cool organisms. Hopefully I will have a chance in the future to learn more about it and pick it up as a hobby.

Posted on December 8, 2012 05:43 AM by johnsr26