Here is the setup for the product shots i was messing around with. I made this box out of a cardboard box and tissue paper. I put aluminum foil on the room and white paper on the ends. I then shot 2 430EXii on either side to create a very nice lighting look.

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The setup I used to take these pictures:

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You can see my Canon 350D sporting a Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 + contactless extension tubes (manual exposure, manual focus)

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Flash unit used for oblique lighting of a coin

The setup. Sb800 into Morris softbox 1/4 power triggered by Su800

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Setup shot for this photo.

Lighting Info

- SB600 at 24mm zoom and 1/8 +0.7 power level in a 15-inch Lastolite Ezybox. Positioned camera-right about 1 foot from subject and aimed at camera. A small piece of black foam-core was positioned between lens and light to prevent spill into the lens. (Key Light)

- SB600 at 24mm zoom and 1/4 +0.7 power level in a 43-inch Westcott [reflective] umbrella. Positioned camera-right about 3.5 feet from subject. (Fill Light)

- Cybersyncs.

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Those among you who follow my posting of Pluto Valve control blocks will soon realise this is again another setup and might also think that I am a weirdo to keep testing new arrangements of the necessary components. Unfortunately, that has been indeed true and the reason for changing has always been the lack of rigidity of the block carrying Pluto trigger and its valves due to the quality of the roller heads I used and of some of the remaining components. Also, I have been trying to minimise the size and number of total components used, while maintaining and also improving the block functionality, ease of operation, and its global stiffness. The current block is built around, in this last version, a camera rig I once used to operate a video serving GH4, but not anymore... There are still a number of areas where the current block can be further improved, but for the time being this is my most rigid and most accommodating configuration ever. I also ordered a Keiser RS1 (5510) system with an RA1 mount head as my currently use Falcon-eyes is not too rigid either.

Specification: 1.5 GHz Core Solo, 1024 MB RAM, 60 GB HD and Superdrive.

Description: My Mac mini arrived prior the weekend so I got some time to play around with it before putting anything useful on it. So I installed Windows XP. I had some trouble making the XP boot stream CD, since I don't have access to Windows equipped PC with required software for the process. The driver support was also difficult. Without tutorials and tips in the forums at onmac.net this wouldn't been worth the time and effort, so kudos to them. Regarding WOW it runs times better in Windows still. The Mac port is probably just not optimized for this kind of video hardware yet. Haven't decided if I keep the Windows partition in the future since I run out of space quickly with only 60 GB.

What a magic little box I have here. <3

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My desk cluttered with some stuff and my new setup, complete with my new Apple keyboard. Thanks guys!

Office setup in Basement

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setup for this shot.

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Setup for my attempts at photographing the partial lunar eclipse on the night of June 26. The Canon 450D body is at the prime focus of the telescope. The motor drive was going, powered from a 6v battery eliminator, but I had only approximately positioned the tripod mount on the deck aligned to the south celestial pole. With the relatively fast exposure times needed (the slowest was 1 sec) the approx tracking was acceptable.

It had been very cloudy all day with a few rain showers and I thought it was going to be a non event, but the skies cleared a bit just after sunset so I decided to set everything up just in case. I took some shots of the full moon before the eclipse to judge the top end exposure required and thought everything was going to be ok. But just after taking this photo the rain started again and I had to hurredly throw a large plastic sheet over everything and move all the gear back into the house. And that's it I thought, I may as well go watch the James Bond movie on TV.

However the rain stopped a short while after and about 20 minutes before the eclipse was to start there wasn't a single cloud in sight, so I abandoned the movie and set up again.

I got some reasonable eclipse shots, but towards the end of the session I realised that dew was forming on all the cold surfaces including the exposed lens of the telescope and this managed to destroy the definition of the later photos.

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A very important stage in the setup process.

setup for this shot.

Lighting setup over 2176 meters above sea level at Ijen Crater - Banyuwangi - East Java. You can see sulfur miners bring a basket of pure sulfur at background. The weight is about 70-85 kgs.

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This photo was taken at Minecon 2015 at the ExCeL London Exhibition and Convention Centre UK

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Basic clamshell setup for this. Read the diagram so that it would be drawn from the side perspective, not top perspective like normally.

Setup is complete and working like a charm. Now there are no excuses for not practicing...

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This is the set up shot for this, Anne is being the voice activated

light stand, and providing the abundance of ham.

Main light shooting through umbrella, fill (which is off in this) bouncing off umbrella, hair (off) above. I probably should have had the hair light back just a bit, now that I look at the pics closer

Strobist setup shot for day 253 of my project 365.

Part of the setup for some recent headshots.

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The setup for this shot.

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