Steve Wampler Photography
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One of my favorite Flickr contacts is Dustin Diaz. I love his work. He's doing this awesome 365 project complete with lighting setup shots. Very cool of him, and very inspiring. I've learned a ton just looking at his work. Hope to meet him and shoot some day. Anyway, I needed some inspiration, so this is my attempt at a Dustin-Diaz-style shot. Thanks for sharing Dustin.
P.S. Even with all the inspiration, I forgot to shoot one of Dustin's setup shots. Doh!
Lighting and Setup Info: First, the glass is setting on a 3'x3' sheet of black acrylic. Gotta love that stuff. Makes for great reflections. Second, I created a makeshift 3-sided box around the glass out of three white cards (2'x3' foam boards bought at Hobby Lobby). One card to the right, one to the left, and one above the glass. The reflection of the white cards created the highlights on the the stem of the glass. Gotta love Hobby Lobby, specular highlights, and cheap white cards (roughly in that order). I placed the acrylic sheet on a ceder chest I bought for $100 at an auction 20-some odd years ago. You needed to know that. Third, I placed a bunch of Christmas "Icicles" (things you hang on a Christmas tree) in the background for that colorful bokeh effect. I bought those a WalMart after Christmas. Gotta love Christmas and WalMart (definitely in that order). Finally, I shot a SB-26 (small Nikon strobe) into the "Icicles", and I placed a Canon flash on the ground behind the glass aimed up into the white box to light glass. Both of the strobes where triggered using a Skyport transmitter/receivers.
This one made it to the Explore page (up to #11 so far ;-).
Conversation Starter (Explored)
One of my favorite Flickr contacts is Dustin Diaz. I love his work. He's doing this awesome 365 project complete with lighting setup shots. Very cool of him, and very inspiring. I've learned a ton just looking at his work. Hope to meet him and shoot some day. Anyway, I needed some inspiration, so this is my attempt at a Dustin-Diaz-style shot. Thanks for sharing Dustin.
P.S. Even with all the inspiration, I forgot to shoot one of Dustin's setup shots. Doh!
Lighting and Setup Info: First, the glass is setting on a 3'x3' sheet of black acrylic. Gotta love that stuff. Makes for great reflections. Second, I created a makeshift 3-sided box around the glass out of three white cards (2'x3' foam boards bought at Hobby Lobby). One card to the right, one to the left, and one above the glass. The reflection of the white cards created the highlights on the the stem of the glass. Gotta love Hobby Lobby, specular highlights, and cheap white cards (roughly in that order). I placed the acrylic sheet on a ceder chest I bought for $100 at an auction 20-some odd years ago. You needed to know that. Third, I placed a bunch of Christmas "Icicles" (things you hang on a Christmas tree) in the background for that colorful bokeh effect. I bought those a WalMart after Christmas. Gotta love Christmas and WalMart (definitely in that order). Finally, I shot a SB-26 (small Nikon strobe) into the "Icicles", and I placed a Canon flash on the ground behind the glass aimed up into the white box to light glass. Both of the strobes where triggered using a Skyport transmitter/receivers.
This one made it to the Explore page (up to #11 so far ;-).