SharpshooterSF
Moth Orchids_0427
I grabbed a pretty large cardboard box from our warehouse and took it home. I cut out big wall to wall windows in both sides and the top of the box. I lined these windows with a plastic shower curtain liner to diffuse my lights. I have two LED continuous lamps and two speedlites so I can actually light up both sides and the top and front if I want. I put a white poster board along the back wall and another white sheet on the floor of the box. I put the potted orchids in. I placed the two LED lights on the sides and a speedlite in the front.
I shot with an 85 mm 1.8 all manual at f/10 for some dof from a tripod and the speedlight was on a light stand off camera controlled by a hot shoe controller. I pointed up to avoid the flower pot and arranged the flowers in such a way as to not see the grey stalks that are common to orchids, just the flowers. I kept the exposure up to keep the background as true to white as I could get and get a high key look. I hoped detail and colors of the flowers could stand their own against the all whiteness and I think they did.
Moth Orchids_0427
I grabbed a pretty large cardboard box from our warehouse and took it home. I cut out big wall to wall windows in both sides and the top of the box. I lined these windows with a plastic shower curtain liner to diffuse my lights. I have two LED continuous lamps and two speedlites so I can actually light up both sides and the top and front if I want. I put a white poster board along the back wall and another white sheet on the floor of the box. I put the potted orchids in. I placed the two LED lights on the sides and a speedlite in the front.
I shot with an 85 mm 1.8 all manual at f/10 for some dof from a tripod and the speedlight was on a light stand off camera controlled by a hot shoe controller. I pointed up to avoid the flower pot and arranged the flowers in such a way as to not see the grey stalks that are common to orchids, just the flowers. I kept the exposure up to keep the background as true to white as I could get and get a high key look. I hoped detail and colors of the flowers could stand their own against the all whiteness and I think they did.