Mary Lojkine
Mary is a keen photographer and self-confessed gadget freak with an attic full of much-loved devices dating back to the 1980s. She'll probably never use her Walkman II again, but she won't be parted from it. She also has power cables for three different countries...
Tuesday 17 April 2007, 5:33pm
Joining the one-ring-flash circus
To the disgust of my partner, I spent most of the weekend playing with my new ring flash (rather than, for example, installing water butts or planting tomatoes in grow bags). Here are some test shots, and some tulip photos taken at Kew.

Here's a small green alien and his trusty horse

Because the flash is circular, it lights the eye from all sides, producing a circular shadow

Ring flash is ideal for a shot like this, because it lights the centre of the flower evenly

And here's a bluebell

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