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Here's a shot of the setup I use lately for PR head shots. In this shot you can see the three AB800's (in alien green) and the two AB400's used for backdrop. The key light is on the left with a 47" Octabox, the hair light on the right has a snoot w/ 20 degree honeycomb, and the fill light on the right has a 30 degree honeycomb w/ barndoors. The two backdrop lights have white shovels on them to direct the light in a scoop shape.
So here is a bit of my setup --- these were actually test pics for me while I was messing around trying to get the light correct.
The view from the front of the stage (top) is at ISO 100 f8.0 and you can see the background light isn't killing the seam between the tile board and the paper. I ended up shooting at f6.7 and that added exposure was perfect. I could have boosted the flash power to the backdrop but my speedlight was already at 1/2 power and full power shots would take longer to recycle. I also could have upped the ISO and in fact I did snap a couple at ISO 200 f9.5 (which was the same exposure just more DOF).
On the bottom you can see the two tile boards on the floor. I'm pretty sure i could have gotten away with just one board. And you know what really bugs me? One board is less shinny than the other. What is up with that! They look identical in daylight, they have the same stock numbers and I pulled them at the exact same time. But for some reason in the studio lighting you can see that one reflects slightly and the other doesn't. This may sound picky but they are $55 bucks a sheet here in Canada.
Resulting shots here and here. Plus almost everything in this set.
Strobist:
1 - Style 600S camera right pointed at backdrop ~ 75 watt/sec.
1 - SB-80DX speedlight camera left pointed at backdrop - 1/2 power.
Triggered via PW's and optical triggers
Note: I wasn't firing the front strobe while I was messing around here.
Just in case anyone was interested. Black velvet background. SB-600 shot at 1/2 or so power, CTO gelled fired via CLS. Two paper plates covered with foil. Small mirror leaned against a book in the center
Hey, I’m Richard. I’m the one behind GamingSetups.com and this is my gaming setup
TV(s)/Display(s):
Samsung 46″ Class 5000 Series 1080p LED HDTV (UN46C5000)
Sound/Home Theater System(s):
Onkyo HT-S3300 – 5.1-Channel Home Theater
Console(s):
Xbox 360 4GB Console with Kinect
Entertainment Center
Nova by South Shore Furniture
Accessories:
4 LED Light Strip Kit (Cool White)
Guitar Hero World Tour Drum and Guitar controllers (missing from photos)
Two Guitar Hero Legends Guitar controller (missing from photos)
Games:
Rock Band, Rock Band 2, Rock Band 3, Green Day: Rock Band
Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Guitar Hero World Tour, Guitar Hero 5, Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock, Band Hero
Guitar Hero Van Halen, Guitar Hero Aerosmith, Guitar Hero Metallica
Skate, Skate 2, Skate 3
Fight Night Round 3, Fight Night Round 4, Fight Night Champion
Halo Wars, Halo 3
Stoked
Dirt
NHL 07
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09
NCAA Football 09
NBA Live 09
Fable II
PGR 4
Pure / LEGO Batman: The Videogame
Fantastic Pets (Kinect)
Kinectimals (Kinect)
Your Shape Fitness Evolved (Kinect)
Kinect Adventures (Kinect)
The setup for Pocahontas vs. Leia Organa was fun. The two figures are standing on a green towel. I placed objects under the towel behind them to suggest hills. I also pinched up the towel in front of Pocahontas to help hide her green base.
Behind them is a large blue matboard normally used in framing. The "sun" comes from a small black flashlight aimed at the matboard.
They are lit by several sources. The room's ambient light is diffused by a large circular diffuser above them (not shown). I typically use the desk lamp in the foreground only to prop the diffuser, but this time it's turned on, aimed upwards, and partially wrapped in dark cloth (not shown) to limit what light directly hits the two figures. Finally each figure has her own cheap battery-operated light, one of which is propped by a raisin box, because I love raisin boxes.
HGR_470ra
Lumix. Why fight the wind with an umbrella or oversized softbox/brolly if you don't have to?
Setup as of 1/19/09
24" iMac and 13" MacBook Pro
Full keyboard, and Magic Mouse
1 of 2 iPhones (his and hers)
Logitech Speakers
Shot a portrait a few days ago and I thought I'd share the setup if you were interested
Strobist: AB800 Camera right in 40 Octobox and 580exII camera left shooting through diffuser.
This is the setup photo for Beauregard "Bo" Duke vs. Jonathan "Pa" Kent.
The backdrop is made of two sheets of scrapbooking paper held in place with sticky notes. Both figures stand on their own sheet of scrapbooking paper as well. Bo has some rocks scattered around him, while Pa Kent is surrounded by some old dollhouse accessories that I've had for years. Indiana Jones fans might recognize some Nazi crates in the "store" as well.
The figures are lit with two push-lights, one on each side of the camera. Bo gets an artificial sun behind him from a couple of incandescent flashlights.
Above the scene a large circular diffuser softens the ambient light in the room. A dark strip of fabric is positioned just above the backdrop to darken it a bit.
To get a closer look at the equipment I use, check out my Gear series.
All looks pretty normal in the gloom, but that hides how tight a fit this setup was to fit on the confined space of my little coffee table. The two lamps to the side really are balanced right on the edge of the table :)
Pretty standard setup though. The bottles are stood on a sheet of acrylic with the underside painted to create the black mirror.
Behind is a cardboard box lined with silver cooking foil and the front covered with a sheet of tracing paper. Inside the box are a pair of 20watt stick type CFL lamps to provide the illumination.
To the sides are a pair of 11watt spiral CFL lamps, with a pair of A4 sized document boxes, made of a slightly opaque polythene, to act as diffusers.
Not shown here, a white 24inch/60cm circular reflector was handheld just above the camera, to bounce a bit more light onto the front of the bottles.
The result can be seen below.
The basic setup for the portraits I shared.
Drywall background, 600EX-RT with MAGMOD MagSphere gelled 1/2 blue.
Main light is another 600EX-RT gelled with a MagGel straw colour, in a 27" Elinchrom deep octa, double diffused.
The blue was later adjusted in PS, by shifting the hue for the blue.
Client wanted plain white background for this brochure photo.
Strobist Info: Two bare SB-24 at 1/4 power on backdrop. One SB-800 in Softbox camera left as key, One SB-800 in Lumiquest III camera right as rim/kicker. One SB-800 bounced into CA Sun Bounce for fill (held by VAL). Triggered via poverty wizards & optical slave (SU-4)
Revised setup using the latest WDK mounting plates, brass bodied solenoid valves and aluminium t bar extrusion.
For such a small item, there are a lot of elements in the setup and a looks a bit of a mess, I hope this description and the notes on the photo will make some sense of it.
I will start with the base the subject is sat on. The black at the bottom is a couple of pieces of foam rubber approx 50mm/2 inches thick, just to raise the subject off my low coffee table and to bring it closer to the flash which is on a mini tripod (out of sight here). On top of the black foam, is a 12mm/1/2 inch thick sheet of expanded polystyrene, topped with a sheet of paper from my printer. The coin is then attached to the top of a clear push/map pin, the spike of which is pushed through the paper into the polystyrene. This allows the base to be moved around to get the positioning right under the camera lense.
The camera is mounted as close to vertical as possible on my cheap, or should that be bargain, Hama tripod with the central column almost fully extended. This allows it to be wound up and down to adjust the focus between lense and subject.
The camera lense is fitted with two close-up lenses fitted together, a +2 and +10 doptre to give +12.. Also worth noting is the collapseable rubber lense hood, which shields the lenses from the flash, no daisy hood here, they are rubbish for tabletop work, make nice plant pot holders though:)
Where was I, Oh yeah, opposite the camera is a tracing paper diffusion panel, partially hidden by the desk lamp used to illuminate the area for focussing. The flash, a Neewer SF-1 mini slave flash is sat behind the diffusion panel, mounted on a mini tripod and radio trigger.
To the left and right of the subject are white card reflectors to bounce light back onto the subject, a third which fitted between the stem of the tripod and the camera lense has been removed to take this shot.
I think that wraps it up, take no notice of the shutter release, it wasnt plugged in for this shot, it just seem to spend it's life hanging on my tripod :)
Results of the setup can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/steveblackdog/4702794672/
This is my setup for the picture of my macro setup. The flashstands hold SB800 and SB600 speedlights. Triggering was done using CLS/AWL.
Strobist Info: This photo was taken using a Sony A700 and Carl Zeiss 24-70/2.8. Minolta 3600HS(D) set to +0.7EV, mounted on an el-cheapo tripod (via mini-stand) to the left bounced off angled ceiling and triggered from pop-up commander.
My setup. The only Machines that are usually not where they are in this shot are the MacBook, which is usually closed, and the DELL which moves with me constantly.
Strobistinfo:
Left(infront):5400HS-1/16-24mm-DIY softbox 8x31cm
Right: 6500HS(D)-1/4-24mm-DIY softbox 8x31cm
Right(of camera): LP120-1/8-85mm-DIY cardboard snoot 25cm
Left (back / rim): 5400HS-1/32-105-DIY 4.5cm grid
Background (rightside): Gn300AD-1/2 with gobo between light and the rightside of the background
Triggerd flashes 4 times for proper exposure.
This is the setup for the previous photo.
White-balanced on the background so there isn't much of a reddish cast to the photos.
Welcome to my ghetto studio.
White posterboard supported by a genuine ikea chair - very comfortable I might add.
Setup for the basic shots, that made up the vast bulk of the book content. Notes should explain everything.
That bench took me and the editor 2 hours to put together, cue much swearing and skinned knuckles as we wrestled with it and various tools.
The visi vest is there as a visual aid to prevent people banging their heads on the loose end of the boom arm. It doesn't stop people banging their heads, but it means I've got a clear conscience when they do!
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Setup shot for Lighting102 assignment.
Strobist:
Cam R, Front- Metz 45CL-4 flash in The AJ Softy. Cam L, Up - Vivitar 283 with Cokebox Snoot, Cardboard grid gobo, and green gel. Cam L - small round mirror for specular highlight on back of squeezer. See setup pic.
Setup shot for this finished shot. Behind the scenes video here.
Taken by Mr Richard Castle.
Notes should explain most things.
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Twitter: @photosmudger
Per Ringgo's request, here is a shot of my setup at my first photo exhibit on Sunday. I was one of the artists who participated in the Butchers Hill Studio portion of the School 33 Open Studio Tour, a two day citywide event in Baltimore. Behind my table is my good friend and talented photographer, Patty Clark. To the right is Maxine Taylor, a brilliant abstract impressionist painter and owner of the studio. With her is William White, a dear friend and my first exhibit customer! It's hard to see but I had my flickr slideshow running on my laptop the entire time. I have a lot to learn but am happy that I got feet wet. It was an awesome experience!