Tripod Shoot - Behind the Scenes
Here is the photo of how I setup these tripod photos, they were taken on my kitchen island. Click Here to see the results of this setup.
Lighting Setup: Lighting provided by two White Lighting X1600 strobes, one to camera right difused into a softbox the other difused into a beauty dish. Lights were placed at a 90 degree angle from the camera (mostly, I would move the camera a bit to the left for some shots, with the light on the left with the beauty dish then being the key light). Additional light bounced in with a 42" Westcott Silver reflector mounted to an arm and light stand (FWIW: DON'T Buy Interfit reflector arms, they break easily, spend more for a better arm), this was above for some shots and to camera right for others, depending on where I needed fill light. I also used my Lastolite Grey/White card to throw a bit of light into a few of the close up shots. Click Here to see this photo larger to give more detail...
The backdrop is simply black matte finish foam core (back and bottom) with some clear plexi to provide a reflective surface (that I didn't even end up using on these shots).
Other Stuff: Photos taken with a Canon 5D and either 24-70mm f/2.8L or 100mm f/2.8 macro lens (although this shot was taken with the Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L MkII ultrawide, since it's not a huge space). Lighting triggered by Pocket Wizard PlusII's, exposures checked with a Sekonic L-358 and I used a Lastolite Grey card to get my balance values (although I purposely toned these shots about 400 degrees cooler which I thought gave it a better look).
NOTE: This photo made it into Flickr's 'Explore" as one of the top five hundred most interesting photos on a particular day. You can see all of my photo's that have made it into the Flickr Explore pages here.
Tripod Shoot - Behind the Scenes
Here is the photo of how I setup these tripod photos, they were taken on my kitchen island. Click Here to see the results of this setup.
Lighting Setup: Lighting provided by two White Lighting X1600 strobes, one to camera right difused into a softbox the other difused into a beauty dish. Lights were placed at a 90 degree angle from the camera (mostly, I would move the camera a bit to the left for some shots, with the light on the left with the beauty dish then being the key light). Additional light bounced in with a 42" Westcott Silver reflector mounted to an arm and light stand (FWIW: DON'T Buy Interfit reflector arms, they break easily, spend more for a better arm), this was above for some shots and to camera right for others, depending on where I needed fill light. I also used my Lastolite Grey/White card to throw a bit of light into a few of the close up shots. Click Here to see this photo larger to give more detail...
The backdrop is simply black matte finish foam core (back and bottom) with some clear plexi to provide a reflective surface (that I didn't even end up using on these shots).
Other Stuff: Photos taken with a Canon 5D and either 24-70mm f/2.8L or 100mm f/2.8 macro lens (although this shot was taken with the Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L MkII ultrawide, since it's not a huge space). Lighting triggered by Pocket Wizard PlusII's, exposures checked with a Sekonic L-358 and I used a Lastolite Grey card to get my balance values (although I purposely toned these shots about 400 degrees cooler which I thought gave it a better look).
NOTE: This photo made it into Flickr's 'Explore" as one of the top five hundred most interesting photos on a particular day. You can see all of my photo's that have made it into the Flickr Explore pages here.