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White Crane Spreads Its Wings
Day 262 of 365
"White Crane Spreads Its Wings"
Yes, I stol.......borrowed this "Avatar" toy from my kid's school today. I actually asked her teacher, and she did not want to know why I wanted to borrow it. Once I saw the figure's stance, I immediately reflected back to my tàijíquán days. I practiced Yang style for about 16 years. Now that I have two small children, I believe I need it more than ever. With that being said.......the lighting. I initially tried lighting our Na'vi friend with small lights, but quickly realized that because of his translucence, there were too many specular highlights. So, I moved in with a small softbox at camera-left. I am using just the back edge of the light so the light will "wrap" around our little friend. I used a large piece of foamcore at camera-right to bounce some of the light on to his left side. Lastly, I loaded a slide of the Earth and another of an orange swirly thing into my Light Blaster, and projected them on to the white background. I still don't understand how they lit these guys on another planet, but my friend, Mark, was the still photographer on the film. Check out Mark's work (markfellmanphotography.com), and his Instagram account. Thanks for stopping in!
#avatar #navi #earth #taiji #martialarts #whitecranespeadsitswings #taichi #scifi #canon5dmarkIII #canon100macro #lightblaster #yangstyle #yang #paulcbuffinc #paulcbuffeinstein
White Crane Spreads Its Wings
Day 262 of 365
"White Crane Spreads Its Wings"
Yes, I stol.......borrowed this "Avatar" toy from my kid's school today. I actually asked her teacher, and she did not want to know why I wanted to borrow it. Once I saw the figure's stance, I immediately reflected back to my tàijíquán days. I practiced Yang style for about 16 years. Now that I have two small children, I believe I need it more than ever. With that being said.......the lighting. I initially tried lighting our Na'vi friend with small lights, but quickly realized that because of his translucence, there were too many specular highlights. So, I moved in with a small softbox at camera-left. I am using just the back edge of the light so the light will "wrap" around our little friend. I used a large piece of foamcore at camera-right to bounce some of the light on to his left side. Lastly, I loaded a slide of the Earth and another of an orange swirly thing into my Light Blaster, and projected them on to the white background. I still don't understand how they lit these guys on another planet, but my friend, Mark, was the still photographer on the film. Check out Mark's work (markfellmanphotography.com), and his Instagram account. Thanks for stopping in!
#avatar #navi #earth #taiji #martialarts #whitecranespeadsitswings #taichi #scifi #canon5dmarkIII #canon100macro #lightblaster #yangstyle #yang #paulcbuffinc #paulcbuffeinstein