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Setup for Calla 27545
White foam board v-flats left & right of subject; a white foam board "roof" on top of the v-flats for top fill & a white foam board base for bottom fill. Two SB-800s Left (1/8 power) & Right (1/8 power) bounced into v-flats;
I got my wiedfeld setup finished. My old first mount, the eq3, equipped with cheap motors from eBay. I also soldered a ST4 port to the box, so I am able to hook up the guide scope if needed.
Finally a light setup for camera only shots with a focal range from 14mm to about 200mm. And no need to carry the EQ6 out in the field anymore. What a delight. :-)
And the Power pack, which was only used as a flashlight, comes back to life thanks to the 6 Volt output.
The setup shot for the Wine Glass photo.
This is my take on the Strobist DIY $10 Macro Studio. It's made from A3 foamboard and some bits of plasticard and plastic chanelling/angle from a local model shop. The top and sides have the centre cut out to form a 1" wide frame and are covered with tissue paper. The cut-outs can be refitted if the diffusion panels aren't required. It's done this was rather than from a cardboard box because it fits neatly into a portfolio case together with a selection of white and coloured backgrounds.
Making picture in the garden of the dew on th spiderweb. Three flashes for adding colour to the reflections. One gelled violet and one gelled blue
since some of you asked for it:
Here's my setup.
20" iMac (early 2009)
22 " Hyundai TFT
21 " Techwood Flatscreen TV
Apple Keyboard, Magic Mouse
Wacom Intuos 4 M
13 " MacBook (early 2010)
HP Photosmart C4680 Printer
iPhone 3GS 16GB
Blackberry Curve 8300
Toshiba 1TB External HDD
t.bone SC 400 Microphone
TS-H120
Swivel Holder K
CL-TX/FT-16
Cactus V6
YN-622c TX
YN-622c
Godox RT-16
Having this on a stand next to me while shooting, I can control any flash trigger. If I want HSS i put the yn-622tx on my camera and plug the yn-622 into the sync jack and fire any of the other triggers. If I just want a dumb trigger set up pictures above I can fire all the other triggers.
This setup allows me to use any of my crap triggers and better triggers to work all together without having to buy all the same or extras of just one kind.
This here is the setup i use to get macro images of insects I've been posting on Flickr to date.
The body is a Canon 550D
The lens is a 50mm Mark 2 Prime lens.
This lens is reversed on a set of macro extension tubes with a 52mm thread reverse ring.
I made the extension tubes longer with a toilet roll and some duct tape.
The flash is connected to the camera body via a flash chord and the flash has a diffuser attached - Home made and one built in.
Any questions, feel free to ask me. Thanks.
Setup for "scrunch" and "portrait of the artist on red".
Strobist info:
2 Nikon SB-600s at 1/8 power with red gels right blasting the back wall.
Vivitar 285HV at 1/16 power with Honl 1/8 Speed Grid to light my face.
Laundry hamper as placeholder for where I stood.
Triggered via Pocket Wizards.
Setup shot for the whole Jungle series. For another angle try here.
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It's a setup shot, of Fi Ironing, but it doesn't actually show much, mainly because our hallway is so narrow there was nowhere else for Pierre to go. I've added notes in a vain attempt to fill in the blanks.
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Setup for this shot for Macro Mondays.
The paper cover on the flashlight has a hole in it so that only 1 of the 8 LEDs can shine through. Without that I was getting a weird multi-shadow.
Hum, yes, the title is kind of oxymoron...
This is the setup used to make that shot.
Whatever, here is how I proceeded:
- dismantle microwave door to keep only the metallic grid (my door was with a tainted glass)
- remove turning plate
- put glass filled with water: it serves as support and water helps not running the microwave empty
- place CD against the glass
- I had to put a little paper strip on the floor to avoid the CD ripping on the floor
- hide microwave lamp, I used the plastic recipient that comes with the microwave for steam cleaning
- camera on a tripod
- proceed in dark room
- use torch to be able to focus manually on the CD ( use live preview with zoom helps focusing)
- I used a large aperture (2.8) because of the metallic grid of the door
- 1s pauses, in rafale mode (so we can keep shooting)
- we cannot sacrify aperture or exposure time so if you find the result too bright, you may try with a neutral density filter.
- cable shutter to avoid shaking the camera
- after all, make sure to clean the microwave because reflective layer gets spilled out of the CDs
Starplex controller that we had setup with Star Castle Arcade (since the original arcade game did not use a joystick).
Setup shot showing a bit more clearly how I shot the "shot within a shot" image. It's very easy to do this sort of thing without any photoshopping, simply get the balance right between the flash exposure on the main subject, and the light falling on the camera you're shooting, then make sure you dial in enough ambient light to let the image on the LCD screen show.
The flashgun and brolly are used to dab just a little bit of light onto the D700 body, as otherwise it's silhouetted by the light from the set.
Notes should explain all.
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For what it's worth, here's a setup shot for Snow White vs. Snowtrooper.
Snow White is standing on red posterboard with green posterboard behind her. She is surrounded by crushed tortilla chips that hide the red stand beneath her. A blue LED (not seen here) was shining on the green posterboard behind her to create an "aura."
The snowtrooper is standing on white quilt batting on top of white foam core, with white foam core behind him.
Above them (not seen here) is an Opteka translucent reflector that I frequently use to diffuse the ambient light in the room. On top of that, positioned directly above these two, are a couple of cheap, battery-operated light sources.
A quick look at the setup - This is my usual shooting space - now overrun with laundry and a sister-in-law's Wedding Dress. So what was once a limited space is now a *very* limited space.
Strobist info:
Canon 430 EXII - 1/16th - Softbox - Camera Left and high
Nikon SB-900 - 64th - Umbrella - Camera left and low.
This is a different setup for me than normal - I'd like to get a second softbox and try it out with that rather than the umbrella.
Second lighting setup used on my play with golden syrup and a spoon, first can be found here
www.flickr.com/photos/steveblackdog/4377879524/
This time as will be seen, just a single flash with a baby wipes box used as a diffuser, the rest of the light is bounced off the white paper backdrop.
The backdrop is from an old roll of Fax paper (non shiny side), cut a piece to length, use it, then throw it away, made the clean up from this nice and easy.
Not so easy to see in this shot, there is a piece of black foamcore on the left to stop spurious reflections from that side and help intensify the contrast.
For those that like the lighting specs, Yongnuo YN460, set at 1/2 power, with diffuser cap fitted and inserted into the baby wipes box. Positioned approx 50cm/20 inches above the subject.
The results can be seen below.
the setup of these shots:
www.flickr.com/photos/yurokaleksandrovich/5142813782
www.flickr.com/photos/yurokaleksandrovich/6141074892/
typical clamshell lighting: softbox from above, reflector from below.
and I hate square reflections of softboxes in the sunglasses, so I made it rounded :)
Softbox with DIY rounded corners:
Here is my camera setup for the following macro frog photos (see below). Using the 100-400mm is impossible for macro photography unless you get the extension tubes that allow you to focus at a shorter distance. The minimum focus distance of the 100-400 is around 6 feet, so in order to get the lens this close to the frog (about 1-2 feet away) i used kenko extension tubes.
Also, to make it easier to actually take the photo, i recently purchased the L bending optical viewer so that i could view from the top. This helped so much, i am so happy i made the purchase.
I also had a polraoid battery grip to raise the camera a little while keeping the tripod mount on the camera lens so i could have the camera sitting on the ground when i took the photos to prevent camera shake.
Playing with the 5D II and 100-400mm L with the kenko extension tube set to try out some macro photography. View more in the set.