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Unable to take this photo outside due to the series of snow storms we've had here on the East coast, I decided to make it snow on my own kitchen table.
From the beginning I wanted something simple yet dramatic, so a brick wall seemed like a good choice.
The wall itself is constructed of 1/2 inch thick
foamcore with a sheet of vacuum formed plastic bricks taped to it. The sheet was sprayed with various colors then accented with random hand painted bricks.
As for the buildings, they are old standbys from my model collection, with one of them elevated by being set on a book to give the impression it is taller than the other one.
Not knowing what was going to show up in the final photo, I decided to make sure there were "apartment" details showing through the windows.
The "snow" of course is the ever faithful baking soda [ with some dirt mixed in it ] sifted over a slightly damp model base. This moisture allows the baking soda to clump up when I make several passes with a diecast car to create authentic looking tire tracks.
And one last item; it was important for the look of the photo to have just one source of strong light, to give the impression of a street lamp. The trusty 60 watt bulb did the trick nicely.
Here is the completed shot with the position of the cars reversed. [ it just looked better with the woodie in front ]
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Taken 2015/03/20 09:41 CET
The setup was two combined ND-Filters (ND1000 + ND64), a tripod, mirror pre-release, IR remote.
The sunspot (top, left) is called AR2303. I have looked this info up @ www.spaceweather.com
As visually complicated as the ABANDONED CADILLAC photo might appear, it really was a fairly simple setup, right on my kitchen table.
[ here's the finished photo:]
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I've had that bridge model for some time and wanted to use it in a different way.
After I placed it on the "road surface" the whole scene fell into place because the piers of the structure seemed to make a stronger statement than the iron works.
After that decision, It was a just a question of what era to represent.
When lighting the set, it was immediately clear that a dramatic over head source was the way to go. The pattern of the girders falling on the automobiles defined the story.
An interesting aspect of that lighting was it created an odd flattening of the background; there was no sense depth, even though the backdrop was over 3 feet away.
I figured for today, rather than writing all the detailed strobist info in a giant paragraph, instead I would just illustrate the entire setup.
camera info: Nikon D700 | 50mm(ƒ/1.4G) | ƒ/1.4 | ISO 200 | 1/125s
Setup shot for 214/365 Journey of Motherhood.
View 10 other different photos of this shoot with Kristen on my Facebook page!
Camera Info:
Canon 7D, Sigma DC 17-70mm 1:2.8-4 Macro HSM @17mm, ƒ/5.0, 1/60s, ISO 100
Strobist Info:
-X2 Canon 430EXII camera left, both in 40" Westcott Softbox, both at 1/2 power and 24mm zoom, being held by Voice Activated Light Stand about 8 feet away and 8 feet high
-Flashes triggered using Interfit Strobies triggers
How do I get 2 flashes in a softbox, you ask...
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setup for previous pic.
May have return my new Elinchrom D Lite 2 on the right, can't keep up with RX600 strobe. Added Quadra in foreground b/c her false eyelashes were so big and blocking light from above!
The new setup with 2 flashes. Read the notes!
See no trigger or anything!
Further info on drippy2009.blogspot.com
Update:
Now updated with a 430EX II Flash & Vivitar 283 flash behind the droplet site.
Microscope lens setup. Effectively extension tubes and a extension tube to RMS cone adapter giving approx 160mm from focal plane to objective. A USB mini LED lamp fed from a rechargeable battery block (that goes in my pocket). The disc near then of the cone is actually a twin flash mount.
Parts. Sony A6000, Sony to EOS lens adapter, EOS to M42 adapter, M42 extension tubes, M42 to RMS cone, 4X 160mm microscope lens.
I already had these but obviously the adapters depend on the camera body in use but you need to get to M42 for the RMS adapter. The most common RMS adapter is a flat disc, if you use this you will need to use more M42 extension tubes.
My current macro setup.
The winner of my macro performance test, a reversely mounted Zeiss 58/2 taped on a M42 extension tube with an M42-Nikon adapter 49>52mm step-up and reverse-adapter. Despite its age, this lens really produces quality images with a beautiful bokeh and still performes well if stopped down to F11-F16. (Read some interesting details about this lens with a quality compoarison to a Nikkor lens from 2006 here).
The focus lies currently on the box on the right, approximately 85mm in front of the lens. Focus of the lens is at minimum, this doesn't make much difference for the distance, but moves the backlens in the hull and thus creates a lens-hood.
The 12mm extension ring, formerly used as part of a cable connection for a reversely mounted lens, now contains a Dandelion chip. It allows for auto-exposure and - more important - TTL-flash. This also gives me full control over my external flash with limited manual options.
With a 12mm tube this setup results in a 1:1.2 macro lens (29mm on a 23.9mm chip). With additional 20mm tubes it is 1.14:1 (21mm) and with the additional third 36mm tube 1.7:1 (14mm).
But more handy than an external flash is the milkbox flash diffuser which guides the light of the oncamera flash to where it is required. The front diffuser can be folded and put into the rearmost part. The right piece, currently beside the camera, is used as a telescope and contains a 3W cree LED which can be used during focussing (didn't use it lately). For transportation, the whole diffuser is not much larger than what's over the lens.
Accidentially also on this picture is the mod of my Phottix battery grip: Instead of connecting the strap to the tripod thread, I installed a loop. This way the body is smaller and even.
See the comments for example shots, thanks for looking!
This is the lighting setup for this shot.
A one light setup again. Just one Nissin Di866 at full power shot into a reflective umbrella to the very hight left. Fired by Cactus V4 radio trigger.
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Details compare the textboxes in the shot ...
RESULT
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During a shoot I love creating a visual record of my setups & sharing them with you guys on my site. A couple of people have told me recently that they actually use my site as a reference for setting up shots while they are out on location. That's pretty humbling/awesome, thanks!
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Strobist:
• 580ex II camera right on 1/4th power, through a Westcott Apollo strip.
• 600ex camera right on 1/4th power bounced off the ceiling.
This is a setup shot from a photoshoot with Sarah, a very talented and beautifull model.
After about one hour in my small home studio, Sarah, assistant Ake and I went out for some location shooting on an abandoned highway. We found a nice natural light pattern under a bridge. We first tried with just the available light but there was allways a part of Sarah's face in the shadow. So I brought in an SB24 (1/4 to 1/8 I think) with a translucent umbrella on a Nano stand. The available light comming from above still created an unwanted pattern on Sarah, so Ake blocked that light with a reflector. By underexposing the background, the pattern got some more contrast.
Triggered with PW's.
Learn how to light at strobist.blogspot.com/2006/02/welcome-to-strobist.html