I get that this is a great way to introduce everyone to the photography challenge, it still doesn’t mean I’m happy this side of the camera! 😉
Nikon D5100
35mm DX Prime Lens
ISO100
f/1.8
SS 1/4000
DoF ~ 4.5cm
Given this is supposed to be a challenge each week to improve yourself (so the only one you’re cheating using an old pic or straight off your phone is yourself) I wanted to get the most out of it and tried to get the best image I could without any photoshopping (apart from raw conversion and resize for the internet).
With that in mind I Googled the infamous “Golden Hour” I’ve heard much about, found myself a location nearby where I’d be in direct sunlight and sat looking like the ultimate narcissist snapping away at myself with my camera being remotely activated from an app on my tablet giving me a live view to check focus.
Was fun, made me think about the challenge with the light (had maybe ten minutes before it dipped behind some housing and was gone), looking forward to next week! (where hopefully I’ll be on the right side of the camera :p )
This is a bit of a ‘behind the scenes’ on how the photo was taken, I was using my tablet along with Helicon Remote control software, this is a handy little app that allows you to have a large ‘live view’ on the pads screen and zoom in to set the focus just right along with some other fancy features (it’s  bracketing system is brilliant).
Link to the original Facebook thread here.