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shot with nikon d600 + nikkor 50mm 1.4 lens + godox ving v850 on 1/32 power + magbeam + "window" gobo to camera right
Here's my how to : Creating Custom Silhouettes
Setup info : DIY photography backdrops for silhouettes
Featured in the DIYPhotography.net blog Having Fun @ The Pool #2. Thanks!
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shot with nikon d600 + lomo achromat 64 lens + godox ving v850 on 1/4 power + magbeam + "rain" gobo to camera right + silver reflector to camera left
This is my daughter's guinea pig, Piglet. He enjoys having his picture taken so I decided to plan some more Piglet pics. I went shopping for a guinea pig hat, and was delighted to find this one! Hope it put a smile on your face and I hope you all have a great holiday day!
[setup]
- Vivitar 285HV at 1/16 of power through translucent umbrella on the subject right;
- Nikon SB800 speedlight at 1/64 of power pointed at my DIY navy blue muslin backdrop.
It's been a couple of weeks since I uploaded to flickr, but for good reason. It's a chair. I created a little project for myself yet again which was to find a chair that I could use as a portraiture chair, but I didn't want to spend a lot of money. I checked at Goodwill, eBay, Craigslist, even local garage sales but didn't have any luck. Sure there were several unique and fantastic-looking chairs, but all were labeled 'antiques' which only means $$$. My wife and I visited Joe's Collectibles in Omaha and found an interesting wooded dining room chair; a 'cross' cut into the top rail and wicker back. It was dusty, slightly broken, the cushion was worn and needed to be replaced but at $5…the price was perfect!
It took me a couple of weeks of sanding through the layers of polyurethane and stain before I added by own oak stain and polyurethane :) I also disassembled the cushion, washed the funk out of it, then glued the foam onto the wooden seat when it dried. We decided to go with red as our primary color and I let my wife pick out the material pattern at Walmat. After reviewing 'How to Upholster a Seat Chair' on YouTube, I grabbed my scissors and staple gun and went to work. When all was said and done, it was time to set up the shot and shoot.
I used my Nikon D300S with the 85mm f/1.4D on a tripod, SB-900 (triggered by CLS) on a stand shooting through an umbrella (left), octagonal softbox (right), DIY blue backdrop. Now it was time to center the chair and add the pedestal & faux plant. I took a few shots but chose this one; ISO was set to 200, exposure at 1/60th of a second at f/6.7 in aperture priority mode. I used Lightroom 3 for post processing to tweak the clarity, luminance, and sharpness. So there you have it.
Here's my how to : Creating Custom Silhouettes
Setup info : DIY photography backdrops for silhouettes
Thank you Ghostbones for the wall texture
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I just finished my second DIY backdrop today. Since my first DIY backdrop was brown, I thought that blue would be then next color of choice. I picked up a canvas drop cloth from Menards, then acrylic paints (cream, black, gray, light blue, dark blue) from Michael's and went to work. I painted the black base first then went with the dark blue, light blue, and finally a few highlights with gray and cream. I'm quite happy with the results :)
Now it was time to shoot something…what to shoot…what to shoot. Since I already had a ceramic pillar and the faux Birds of Paradise arrangement in the house, it would be the subject for today's shoot. I shot with my Nikon D300S with the Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF on a tripod (WB set to flash, exposure set to 1/30th of a second, aperture at f/2.8 and ISO at 200). I lit the subject with a octagonal softbox and a silver reflector for the shadow side of the plant.
Finally, I used Lightroom 3 for post processing which included a little tweak to the temp, increased sharpness and luminance, followed by a little vignette.
Today I decided to create a quick self-portrait using onOne's DSLR Camera Remote software. I launched the server on my Macbook Pro, connected it to my Nikon D300S with the 85mm f/1.4D IF lens on a tripod and then fired up the app on my iPhone 4 to trigger the shutter.
The ambient lighting came through the kitchen patio window (blinds closed) and I pulled out a fluorescent desk lamp to provide the key light. All I had to do was sit in a chair against my DIY self-painted backdrop and try to strike a pose. I took about 30 shots before I found one I liked.
I used Lightroom 3 for post processing which included applying a Color Creative preset followed by boosting the contrast, luminance, and finishing it off with a vignette.
Muslin - $25
Painter poles - $16
PVC 10' - $2
Plungers - $2
Short Swivel Tee - $8
Dye - $5
Total about $50
I already had the vice grips
Here is the plan that got me started. I didn't like it though, I just kinda pulled it apart and dyed it. I used the large tub I keep all my equipment in to hold the dye. I used about eight to ten gallons of water plus the salt and dye. I left it in the dye for about 10 minutes. Pulled it out and put it in the washer to rinse it. I dried it after that to set the dye in. Set the stand up and Viola! Not to shabby if I may say so myself.
This spider hung around my back porch for what seemed like weeks. We became friends for a bit. I taped a piece of blue construction paper to the window behind him/her and it provided for a great backdrop I think. I have no idea what kind of spider this is though.
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I purchased my first studio light yesterday which is the SystemPro CoolLight 3-in-1 Octagonal Softbox. But of course I had to buy the stand and bulbs, but I also wanted to get something for my Speedlight. I picked up a small stand, a clamp for a hot shoe flash as well as a 45" shoot through umbrella. So now I'm set with something for indoors as well as a portable setup for outdoors.
Anyhow, Shari was nice enough to let me shoot her for a few before I had break down the studio and put her dining room back to normal. I shot her with an 85mm f/1.4D on my Nikon D300S on a tripod. My camera settings were ISO 200, 1/60th of a second at f/4.
I used Lightroom 3 for post processing which included adjusting the clarity and luminance, whitening/sharpening the eyes and softening her skin. I think I also added just a little vignette to finish the set. So there you have it :)
My brother needed a headshot for his two auditions tomorrow. Naturally, this was mentioned to my dad only a couple hours before they came over. I have no experience with this, but think it turned out ok.
Strobist info: 7D, 1/250 @ f/5.6 ISO 200. 70-200 f4L IS @ 116mm Single strobe (430ex ii) camera left in a 43" shoot-thru umbrella shooting from about 7ft up, pointed down. Home-made silver reflector camera right, just out of frame.
DIY backdrop, PVC, $9 shower curtain and Sunny the Wonder Dog.
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Well,I moved my so called DIY backdrop and all the lighting stuffs to my master bedroom.A change from the living room where you get tons of stuffs down there.
PVC plastic backdrop should be handle with care,if not, you're going to break them.
High Key
Ocatabox Brolly with sb800 1/4
Vivitar on the backdrop 1/1
I hate shooting myself with a trippod
I finished creating a 3rd DIY backdrop yesterday so now I have a brown, blue, and red (my latest). I added a few highlights but was a little disappointed with my painting skills so I knew that I'd have to compensate the shot with a red gel.
I bought a bouquet of flowers at Baker's for this shoot because I wanted something with more colors. I shot with my Nikon D300S and the 85mm f/1.4D lens with the aperture set to 1/350th of a second at f/1.7, ISO 200, and then I dialed down the exposure compensation in camera to -1.0EV. I placed my octagonal softbox at a 45-degree angle to the left of the flowers and a used a silver reflector to push some light back into the shadows. Since I wasn't happy with the painted backdrop, I used my SB-900 speedlight triggered by Nikon's CLS along with a red gel (took the red gel from a pair of 3D glasses) to splash some light onto backdrop and then took a few hand held shots.
I used Lightroom 3 for post processing to increase the clarity, luminance, and sharpness plus added a vignette before calling it a day. I think the red gel on the backdrop really brightened up the shot.
Day 195 of 365
" Portrait of a Fungus"
I stumbled upon today's subject in the garden last night. Whilst I was a little apprehensive to touch it, I knew it might make for a portrait. But how to light a fungus? In the end I went with my third or fourth lighting setup. I first shot against a white backdrop, but it seemed a bit sterile. I then shot against a black backdrop, but it still lacked interest. Finally I brought out my new hand-painted canvas backdrop I made last week. I knew the warmth of the canvas would contrast nicely with some cooler light. So, with a pin in this fun guy's posterior, I propped him up in an A-clamp. The clamp has a blue rubber tip on it, and that will be relevant shortly. I set up a strobe with a standard reflector, and positioned it to work as a hairlight on our lovely model. It provides the rim around the edges on top of the little mushroom. I then shot a snooted speedlight into my new canvas. Because we were shooting at an f/2.8, the background is completely blurry, providing no evidence of the painstaking painting involved in making the backdrop. Poor me. Lastly, while shooting at about a half-second, I waved a tiny flashlight into the face of our your hero. I focused on such a small area that even the "beard" of the fungi is left in the dark. Very lastly, remember the blue clamp that held our subject in place? Well, it is picking up a bit of the light from the hairlight, and is bouncing back into the stem. Because I thought it kept my eye moving about the frame, I left it in. As is typical with any shoot, there were countless ways to approach this subject, and I just went with the third one. Hope you had a fung time stopping by!!
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My first attempt at off camera lighting. One sb600 shot into umbrella camera right 1/2 power. DIY backdrop: Navy dye on muslin.
I just finished painting my own DIY backdrop using Liquitex acrylic paints (Burnt Umber, Raw Sienna & Unbleached Titanium) when I asked my wife to pose for me. As you can tell ... she doesn't like to smile often, but she does have that iPhone glued to her ear on a daily basis ... chatting it up with her mother :P
Since I don't have any studio lights or shoot through umbrellas, I jury-rigged my SB-600 on a tripod to shoot through a Westcott 30" Illuminator providing the key light, and then I used my SB-900 to illuminate the backdrop. I mounted my Nikon D300S with the Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF lens on a monopod and snapped off a few shots then tweaked them in Lightroom 3. So there you have it :)