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July 30th, 2007

Big Candle, not for burning

I spent some time experimenting with different strobist style lighting, but using small items as the subject.

 

Kitty and Kitten

Shot using a 1ft diameter homemade softbox.? Neither products for sale.

 

Sailboat

A couple years ago I spotted this sailboat at Big Lots.? Being a huge fan of Napoleon Dynamite, I just had to buy it.? Of course it was defective and broken just like most everything else they sell.? Not that I would actually pay full retail price for one of these anyway.? Some overseas child surely put a lot of time into knotting all the strings and hanging all the sails.? Multiply the kid’s income by 4,000 and you’ll find a retail price of $200.

 

Model Sailboad - Water Background

Add in some water colors.

 

Model Sailboat Closeup

The wood came dented in multiple places and a rescue boat was missing on the other side, as purchased.?

 

Briefcase

Contents not to be spoken of.

 

Conquistador, Semi-Himalayan Cat

This post has little theme, so why not.? Next post we’ll be returning to the conformity you know and love.

Nick Animals

  1. August 30th, 2007 at 16:20 | #1

    the cat picture is pretty good. what if your brought the flash closer to the cat and add one camera right at 1/2 the power of flash a. This may 1-make the back darker bringing focus on the subject and flash b can make a softer shadow.

    I’d like to see the set up for the boat shots, like the effect of the blue gel.

    I need to start using off camera lighting more often.

  2. August 30th, 2007 at 16:22 | #2

    oh and the samsonite briefcase reminds me of pulp fiction.

  3. Tom
    September 2nd, 2007 at 20:46 | #3

    The contents of which are still unknown to this day

  4. September 16th, 2007 at 20:26 | #4

    Gabriel: Yeah the lighting sucked on this one. I could have done cross lighting as you described but my optical trigger is crappy. I’ve ordered some Elinchrom Skyports to aid my lighting setups.

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