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Photo of the day : October 2013
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^^ great photo ipos
seeing as its haloween this month, this old inn is supposed to have two ghosts!
Spooky House by Shaun Wilkinson Photography, on Flickr
seeing as its haloween this month, this old inn is supposed to have two ghosts!
Spooky House by Shaun Wilkinson Photography, on Flickr
That is part of the fun of this class. The instructor had a successful studio doing commercial photography for some big clients. Propping is a large part of that and using unique lighting techniques can give your work quite an edge over the competition. I'm not looking to do commercial work myself but I have always enjoyed experimenting with lighting.
As for the light source in question there are several ways you can go about it. Take this shot for example:
I placed several $1.50 flashlights in the hills and colored them with some theater gels. The gels look like color cellophane and you often see them in the the lights at stage productions and concerts. They can withstand the intense heat of the lights and come in hundreds of colors. The most common brands are Rosco and Lee. I prefer Rosco but that is more akin to the debate of Nikon or Canon.
More and more you are seeing LED technology replace the traditional gels. I have been fascinated by the LED lights and wish I had something similar back when I was doing theater. The Protomachine is just such a beast. It is a flashlight that allows you to set the color. You can set the color by RGB value or by hue and saturation.
It is an amazing light but you won't find me doing the above shot with it unless it is done as a composite. The light sold for $500 without batteries. It uses a Makita battery and a new battery and charger will run another $150. At first glance it seems outrageously expensive but really is in line with a good speedlight.
The light I have is no longer produced but the guy that makes them is working on version two. Troy Paiva has seen the prototype and says it is much improved over the first generation.
As for working with light you don't have to spend a lot of cash. Take the label off of a bottle of water and shine a light through that. You will get some interesting light refraction. Now add a few drops of food coloring to the water and you have a wonderful light modifier.
The picture of the gloves can be done at home. I placed the mat on a box to get some elevation then lowered the light below the edge and raised it up until it started to pick up the texture of the mat. Another effect of edge lighting is that often items will take on a bit of a glow. This will intensify as the light gets brighter or the exposure gets greater (longer shutter, higher ISO, wider aperture). In all it took up about ten square feet to shoot.
The great thing about the digital age is that you can experiment and immediately see the results. No waiting to develop film just to see if your idea worked. Not to mention the cost of all those blown shots.
Fascinating stuff here. Thanks for the explanation! I may be inspired to play around with colored lights now.
I posted something I did a few days ago in my backyard, with a solar lantern. But that was more about texture (The light is plain). Maybe it's time to take that up another notch!
Night Shoot-1 by Puckman2012, on Flickr
I posted something I did a few days ago in my backyard, with a solar lantern. But that was more about texture (The light is plain). Maybe it's time to take that up another notch!
Night Shoot-1 by Puckman2012, on Flickr
That is part of the fun of this class. The instructor had a successful studio doing commercial photography for some big clients. Propping is a large part of that and using unique lighting techniques can give your work quite an edge over the competition. I'm not looking to do commercial work myself but I have always enjoyed experimenting with lighting.
As for the light source in question there are several ways you can go about it. Take this shot for example:
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I placed several $1.50 flashlights in the hills and colored them with some theater gels. The gels look like color cellophane and you often see them in the the lights at stage productions and concerts. They can withstand the intense heat of the lights and come in hundreds of colors. The most common brands are Rosco and Lee. I prefer Rosco but that is more akin to the debate of Nikon or Canon.
More and more you are seeing LED technology replace the traditional gels. I have been fascinated by the LED lights and wish I had something similar back when I was doing theater. The Protomachine is just such a beast. It is a flashlight that allows you to set the color. You can set the color by RGB value or by hue and saturation.
It is an amazing light but you won't find me doing the above shot with it unless it is done as a composite. The light sold for $500 without batteries. It uses a Makita battery and a new battery and charger will run another $150. At first glance it seems outrageously expensive but really is in line with a good speedlight.
The light I have is no longer produced but the guy that makes them is working on version two. Troy Paiva has seen the prototype and says it is much improved over the first generation.
As for working with light you don't have to spend a lot of cash. Take the label off of a bottle of water and shine a light through that. You will get some interesting light refraction. Now add a few drops of food coloring to the water and you have a wonderful light modifier.
The picture of the gloves can be done at home. I placed the mat on a box to get some elevation then lowered the light below the edge and raised it up until it started to pick up the texture of the mat. Another effect of edge lighting is that often items will take on a bit of a glow. This will intensify as the light gets brighter or the exposure gets greater (longer shutter, higher ISO, wider aperture). In all it took up about ten square feet to shoot.
The great thing about the digital age is that you can experiment and immediately see the results. No waiting to develop film just to see if your idea worked. Not to mention the cost of all those blown shots.
I'm sometimes envious of you guys who can "Walk around" and come across interesting stuff like that.
There's not much interesting where I live. Strip malls, suburban landscape. Certainly nothing with character...
Two words: Salton Sea
There's tons of cool stuff in southern California. Finding it is half the fun.
Two words: Salton Sea
There's tons of cool stuff in southern California. Finding it is half the fun.
Oh, California, I know. I meant local to me! When you guys say "walk around", I imagine getting out of the house and going for a walk in the neighborhood.
Pretty sure we do live in different places. Still, would you have expected the beauty there? (Yellow thing to the right) I believe there are interesting things to find in any place.
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When you live near the countryside like in that photo, sure. There are natual colors right there, without even trying. Haha.
But I agree, there are interesting things to find in any place. Some places just have more of it than others.
There probably is , you just haven't found it yet . I live in an area surrounded by malls , highways , 'garden' apartment complexes , and a giant area of industrial/post-industrial/landfill/sports arena wasteland . Most of my pix are of areas within an hour , or at most 2 hours drive of where I live.( Except for my recent posts of the last few months ... been travelling some ). Have you tried Googling S. California photo locations to see what comes up? Or checking out local parks? Sometimes you've got to work at it a bit , but there's got to be places around you.
You never know what you will find close to home. I noticed this leaf in my driveway several years ago--random glance down as I was walking inside. I came back out with a camera to capture it. Some places may be inherently more photogenic than others, but almost anywhere can offer photographic opportunities if you take the time to look
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You never know what you will find close to home. I noticed this leaf in my driveway several years ago--random glance down as I was walking inside. I came back out with a camera to capture it. Some places may be inherently more photogenic than others, but almost anywhere can offer photographic opportunities if you take the time to look
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Simple. Good spot. Looking forward to my first autum with a camera.
You never know what you will find close to home. I noticed this leaf in my driveway several years ago--random glance down as I was walking inside. I came back out with a camera to capture it. Some places may be inherently more photogenic than others, but almost anywhere can offer photographic opportunities if you take the time to look
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Absolutely agree. And great capture.
I was simply stated that I get a bit envious seeing some of the scenery some of you get to stroll by (not the one's requiring travel mind you, that's different).
I think when I retire from my day job, I'd like to live where Doylem lives...I never get tired of those places he seems to wander around in.
Same spot as yesterday , but this time digital and color ....
5D2 , 24-105@32 , f11@1/60 , ISO 100 , tripod
5D2 , 24-105@32 , f11@1/60 , ISO 100 , tripod
Slightly tighter angle and colour version of the church from a few days back. Personally I prefer the other one, but welcome others opinion.
