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I never realized how many interesting buildings and views there are in the town I live in until I seriously started to scout around for backgrounds.
The one thing I have to do is wait until the shops close so there aren't any cars or trucks mixing in with the Elgin Park vibe.
Usually early in the morning or on the weekends is the best time.
The Holidays, though, are great because everyone leaves town so the streets tend to be empty.
When I was young, I would purposely take walks by way of short cuts and back alleys to avoid seeing people. It gave me the impression that I was the only person around.
But I must add here, I liked the fact that I could walk by an open window and hear a radio or a muted conversation, or off in the distance I could hear a train rolling by.
How interesting that decades later I would be photographing such scenes.
I know, I know, perhaps I should see a therapist. Actually I did but there were no inroads made on this particular subject.
Just think, if there were, Elgin Park might not exist!
Now that's a scary thought.
Here is the completed image:
Setup from a shoot I did awhile back.
Nikon D90, Sigma 18-50 F/2.8 - f/6.3 at 1/100 sec
1X AB800, Socked right
1X AB800 with trace paper over the standard reflector, left
Both AB's at 1/2 to 3/4 power
AB's powered with the Vagabond Mini
One SB-900 to the back, slide out diffuser.
Triggered with Ebay Triggers
Setup for portrait (in the comments)
Elinchrom ELC1000 above through scrim. 21cm dish with grid on background rear. 90cm stripbox front aimed down for fill. Gridded stripbox rear for rim/hair. Triggered with Skyport. D800E / Nikkor 85mm 1.4G.
Here is our new setup for Astrophotography. Ian's camera is attached to his Mizar 80mm telescope. and then All this is then attached to our Astro-tracker.
These young photographers were in an quite lengthy discussion on how to setup their shot :)
Taken in Chinatown, near Buddha Tooth Relic Temple
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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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, Æ’/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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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(Æ’/1.4G) | Æ’/1.4 | ISO 200 | 1/125s
Setup for the first try at this concept, yes I have more ideas to try :)
The key element is only just in view, which is a Pringles tube mounted on the cameras lens and can be seen at the base of the pic.
The rest is fairly simple too.
A piece of blue paper folded accordion like to create the background and provide the colour. The Pringles tube is just to help keep it upright, useful things, LOL.
Behind that a Yongnuo LED video light for the illumination.
The small 3inch high figure is stood on a plastic box to raise him to the right level.
Thats about all there is to it, quick and easy to set up for something a little different.
The result can be seen below.
Setup shot. In case you're wondering, my 'photo studio' right is just the top of a gloss white set of draws against a white wall. I was surprised how well it worked especially as the gloss finish can give me a little floor reflection sometimes which looks nice.
Setup shot for this:
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It's not as dark outside as it looks..its about 5:30PM
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.