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A PVC cap covers these controls to keep rain out. Clamp (C shaped part of what used to be a PVC "T" fitting upper left of controls) just clips on the PVC tripod leg and pops off when you want to remove it. This controls pan, tilt, power level, modeling light and main on-off.
Strobe Info:
Flash placed to the left ; Flashed directly to a white sheet placed at background using Cactus V2 trigger.
Shot during Bangalore Strobist Meet at Srirangapatna (more info).
Strobist Info – Vivitar 285HV at full power shot direct from frame left.
Credits: Model: Danny; Assisted By: Manas & Sunil
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Three strobes: 2 Vivitar 285HVs 1/16 left and right w CTO gel, 1 540EZ at 1/32 from the bottom of the frame. White reflector at frame top.
Not quite happy with the DOF - the "top nut" is a little soft in the shell:-)
Test Shot for lighting set-up at camera club. The only shot I took all evening.
Lighting: Single Quantuum 300 W/S strobe @ 1/32nd power into gridded and double diffused 120x80cm Soft-Box (Speed-Box, brolly-type, similar to a Westcott Apollo), triggered by RadioPopper JRx's.
Debs & I set the lights up at at CC for the members to have a play with.
2 set-ups on the night. 2 x 600 W/S Quantuums and 2 x 300 W/S Quantuums triggered by either RF-602's or RadioPopper JRx's. Some of us even ventured outside to shoot some flash/ambient mixed shots.
Ripply droplet.
I got my new Snap Shot II strobe light the other day. It's a great big thing, made for DJ's light systems. It makes a pretty good photo strobe, though. Nice and short but very intense flashes, up to 15 a second, and it can be controlled by my MAKE: Magazine strobe controller.
Okay! NOW I am ready for some serious studio work. I just unpacked - and took a few test shots with - my brand spankin' new Flashpoint 620, a 300 watt-second studio strobe. I can't wait for the next studio subject!!
For the 'real-life' class that inspired CWD assignment, Lines and Curves.
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If you are familiar with the Take a Class with Dave and Dave group, then you know how it started. Well, as one of my Christmas presents, Dave signed me up for that same class! Sadly the other Dave is not teaching it, but I'll take hanging out socially over that anyday - he and his lady are fun!
Anyway, this is one for my week 1 assignments - yep, all 4 assignments are exactly the same as Dave had in HIS week 1, ONE YEAR AGO next week! I have to admit, I am not SUPER thrilled with my results - I took 3 of the 4 tonight because I was a slacker and kept forgetting! The 4th is a 365 extra, and I was not planning on using it, but I think it fits the assignment well.
I bought this winter cap in NYC - Wall St. It was cold and this was cute.
I love it so much that when I see a little bit cold I use it =0)
Fun at the Studio, where our students learn how to shot a variety of styles, from Fashion to Products.
If you give a mouse a cookie, he is going to ask for a glass of milk . . . . .
if you give the assistant an SB-900, he is going to light himself . . . . . .
Fun at the Studio, where our students learn how to shot a variety of styles, from Fashion to Products.
After being DP for Tim's directing project (his scene was from Se7en), I don't think I wanna deal with lighting setups for a whiiiile. Rigging up lights all over the set (even up on the batons, which is like, 50 feet high. boy that was terrifying) just pooped me out.
I'm just glad I can come home to a nice, handheld strobe waiting patiently for me in my bag. No gloves or sweating required!
I'll still upload some stuff from today. Got plenty of nice pics from the shoot.
Strobist: 430EX II in frame, pointed at reflective umbrella directly behind camera
Papa Flash, aka Harold "Doc" Edgerton, was a professor at MIT and is credited with bringing the strobe flash to the masses. In the foreground is the introduction to his book "Flash! Seeing the Unseen by Ultra High-Speed Photography" and beneath it lies "Electronic Flash, Strobe".
This photo is for my most recent student blog post Finding Focus, which is directed at MBA students and applicants but with a slant towards my photographic endeavors. I was searching for the photo and ran into a hall lined with photos from Doc Edgerton, a name that is familiar to the MIT community due to the dorm bearing his name. His legacy in imaging continues at MIT's Edgerton Center.
Ironically, no flash fired while capturing this image :)
Strobist: ... but it was that super-duper powerful fireball that's free to all on any given sunny day. I've had a lot of people interested in the photos I took of my Canon G10 Waterfield Design camera case, but once they learn that I used 3 strobes, they lost interest in trying it themselves. So I finally took a break from my studies and set up my DIY ultra-cheap soft box for lighting exclusively with the sun to show everyone how easy it is to take these photos. Soft box setup photo is here, construction details are in this post. I've left myself and the white foam core board in the photo so you can see how I was lighting from the front; Strobists know where to look. :-)
Thanks to DH & the Strobist Community for teaching all of us how to better illuminate our photos, no matter what the light source is. Kudos to mingthein for the tips, tricks, and inspiration on fine watch photography.
This watch is a knock off purchased last year in Beijing. It's too gaudy for my tastes, but I'm such a sucker for skeleton watches and the workmanship on this watch is very impressive. I'm sure there are glaring defects in it for someone who is a watch connoisseur, but it's good enough for me. The prices for real Vacheron Constantin watches that I've seen start around new Mini Cooper prices and go up to luxurious house in the hills prices. Needless to say, I will not ever be purchasing an original at those prices!
Watch is resting on glass tiles that I found at a discount store for $1.50/ea which is on a square foot tile of frosted white plastic from Tap Plastic.