ICE FLAKES: I have to do a shoot of a person doing a ice carving with a chain saw. The ice chips need to cling to the person. A chain saw actually makes very fine chips almost like...

Swayne

I have to do a shoot of a person doing a ice carving with a chain saw. The ice chips need to cling to the person. A chain saw actually makes very fine chips almost like dust. That wont work. I need to make it look like the person has large ice chips on them. Regular ice chips will melt to fast for this shoot. I need suggestions of what I can use to look like real ice chips for this shoot.

Randolph Loc: Medway, UK

Swayne wrote:

I have to do a shoot of a person doing a ice carving with a chain saw. The ice chips need to cling to the person. A chain saw actually makes very fine chips almost like dust. That wont work. I need to make it look like the person has large ice chips on them. Regular ice chips will melt to fast for this shoot. I need suggestions of what I can use to look like real ice chips for this shoot.

broken glass

redhogbill Loc: antelope, calif

Swayne wrote:

I have to do a shoot of a person doing a ice carving with a chain saw. The ice chips need to cling to the person. A chain saw actually makes very fine chips almost like dust. That wont work. I need to make it look like the person has large ice chips on them. Regular ice chips will melt to fast for this shoot. I need suggestions of what I can use to look like real ice chips for this shoot.

maybe you can figure out something from this tutorial.

http://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-create-an-ice-text-effect-with-photoshop--psd-4961
good luck

redhogbill Loc: antelope, calif

Randolph wrote:

broken glass

:thumbup: :thumbup:

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Swayne wrote:

I have to do a shoot of a person doing a ice carving with a chain saw. The ice chips need to cling to the person. A chain saw actually makes very fine chips almost like dust. That wont work. I need to make it look like the person has large ice chips on them. Regular ice chips will melt to fast for this shoot. I need suggestions of what I can use to look like real ice chips for this shoot.

Sounds like "Mission Impossible."

Can he do this in a cold environment, wearing clothing that has gotten cold? If the clothing is cold enough, the ice should remain long enough.

Leitz Loc: Solms

Swayne wrote:

I have to do a shoot of a person doing a ice carving with a chain saw. The ice chips need to cling to the person. A chain saw actually makes very fine chips almost like dust. That wont work. I need to make it look like the person has large ice chips on them. Regular ice chips will melt to fast for this shoot. I need suggestions of what I can use to look like real ice chips for this shoot.

Do you have an objection to realism? Anyone who knows that a chainsaw produces dust and not chips will immediately recognize that the photo is a fake.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Leitz wrote:

Do you have an objection to realism? Anyone who knows that a chainsaw produces dust and not chips will immediately recognize that the photo is a fake.

Here's a good example.

Leitz Loc: Solms

jerryc41 wrote:

Here's a good example.

You make my point. No ice chips on this fellow's clothing. Excellent! :)

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Leitz wrote:

You make my point. No ice chips on this fellow's clothing. Excellent! :)

There's the real world, and then there's photography. Take your choice. :D

Leitz Loc: Solms

jerryc41 wrote:

There's the real world, and then there's photography. Take your choice. :D

:thumbup:

DTCOP Loc: Camarillo, CA

try soap chips.....I use them for "snow" scenes

SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

Leitz wrote:

Do you have an objection to realism? Anyone who knows that a chainsaw produces dust and not chips will immediately recognize that the photo is a fake.

Now wait a minute. With Ice I would agree.
But with wood, only a damned dull chainsaw makes dust. ;)

BTW, I prefer realism to manufactured imagination.

LFingar Loc: Claverack, NY

Talk to the ice carver. There are a considerable number of chain types for most saws. Some produce small chips and some, such as professional chains, produce much larger chips. A freshly sharpened chain will put out bigger chips also. When a chain starts putting out sawdust instead of nice big chips, it's time to sharpen it. Same thing probably holds true for ice carvers.

MN Mama Loc: Minnesota

Sonny E and LFingar are correct. I am simply a newbie photographer wannabe (meaning I know nothing) so any talk of lenses or cameras would be way out of my area. I am about to purchase my first point and shoot camera and am struggling to figure out Nikon or Cannon with my limited budget. I do know chain saws...lol.

Ask the carver to use a chisel cut when you are going to photograph him rather than a razor cut. This will produce more chips than snow. That way you are keeping it realistic. :)

Edited for typos. :oops:

SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

MN Mama wrote:

Sonny E and LFingar are correct. I am simply a ne... (show quote)

Hi MN Mama!
Welcome to the Hog Farm!

The best camera is the one that fits your hands, and has the controls where your fingers find them easily.

Far be it from me to request a chain change by some Artiste.
He might run my butt back to the car with a screaming chainsaw.... :shock: