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DS208 The 3 R's: Decorative Purposes
Topic: Reduce, reuse, recycle. Look for an object that has been repurposed to give it new life, and make a photo.
I went through the house, and for the life of me, I could not find a single thing that I'm using for a purpose that's obviously other than intended. So, I decided to find something that I'm using for a decorative purpose, even though normally it's thrown away. Wine bottle corks. Do I reduce the waste? Do I reuse these? I'm certainly not recycling these, they're too pretty in a jar.
Shooting info: shot in manual mode; aperture selected to have the whole subject in focus (f/6.3); shutter speed selected to remove all traces of available light from the scene (1/500th of a second, these flashes can do high speed sync).
Strobist info: one SB900 behind the subject, standing in its original holder, pointing some 30deg upward. Zoomed to 200mm, manual power 1/64 (too much!). One SB800 camera left a little above the subject, zoomed to 105mm, manual power of 1/16 through a homemade snoot made from plastic straws (these are definitely used for a purpose other than originally meant, but I already made a shot of these). Both flashes triggered by the camera built-in trigger that does not contribute to the light scene.
Postprocessing: the raw file has been tweaked because of the issue with the "hair light" being too bright. I adjusted the white point considerably down, and increased the recovery to the middle of the scale. Luckily I shot raw...
Practice photography at Daily Shoot. Learn to light at Strobist.
DS208 The 3 R's: Decorative Purposes
Topic: Reduce, reuse, recycle. Look for an object that has been repurposed to give it new life, and make a photo.
I went through the house, and for the life of me, I could not find a single thing that I'm using for a purpose that's obviously other than intended. So, I decided to find something that I'm using for a decorative purpose, even though normally it's thrown away. Wine bottle corks. Do I reduce the waste? Do I reuse these? I'm certainly not recycling these, they're too pretty in a jar.
Shooting info: shot in manual mode; aperture selected to have the whole subject in focus (f/6.3); shutter speed selected to remove all traces of available light from the scene (1/500th of a second, these flashes can do high speed sync).
Strobist info: one SB900 behind the subject, standing in its original holder, pointing some 30deg upward. Zoomed to 200mm, manual power 1/64 (too much!). One SB800 camera left a little above the subject, zoomed to 105mm, manual power of 1/16 through a homemade snoot made from plastic straws (these are definitely used for a purpose other than originally meant, but I already made a shot of these). Both flashes triggered by the camera built-in trigger that does not contribute to the light scene.
Postprocessing: the raw file has been tweaked because of the issue with the "hair light" being too bright. I adjusted the white point considerably down, and increased the recovery to the middle of the scale. Luckily I shot raw...
Practice photography at Daily Shoot. Learn to light at Strobist.