Shadow and light
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Mar 16, 2022 11:14:59 #
wolfMark wrote:
Studio glassware shot with one single source Speedlight.
Please talk about how you developed the concept and how, specifically, you lighted it. You can use a simple diagram- it does not need to be fancy- a pencils sketch is fine.
In that section, I want folks to write about light - questions, answers, ideas and plenty of images. Thumbs up and "good shot" is nice and polite but I want to know what you like about any given image have any questions.
If you just want to post an image, that's OK but that would be just another extension of the Gallery section.
Mar 16, 2022 11:24:25 #
Thanks for asking. This was really an incredibly simple shot. I laid and arranged the glasses on bright orange poster board on a flat table top. I used only one light source, a Sunpak speedlight at 1/4 power at top left. I shot this with a Nikon D7100 with a 17-55mm lens at 20mm to get in all of the objects. 1/200 sec at f/16. Hope that helps.
Mar 16, 2022 12:23:21 #
wolfMark wrote:
Thanks for asking. This was really an incredibly simple shot. I laid and arranged the glasses on bright orange poster board on a flat table top. I used only one light source, a Sunpak speedlight at 1/4 power at top left. I shot this with a Nikon D7100 with a 17-55mm lens at 20mm to get in all of the objects. 1/200 sec at f/16. Hope that helps.
Thank you- post more images soon!Mar 16, 2022 18:47:30 #
Like the image but the nit pick I have is that it looks quite "hot" in the upper left hand corner, the light source. Could a "softer" light from a different angle given you the shadows you are looking for or were you looking for a harsh look?
Don
Don
Mar 16, 2022 19:08:11 #
PAR4DCR wrote:
I Like the image but the nitpick I have is that it looks quite "hot" in the upper left-hand corner, the light source. Could a "softer" light from a different angle give you the shadows you are looking for or were you looking for a harsh look?
Don
Don
Funny! That's what liked about the image. It's a kinda helter-skelter composition- not your average product still life. the beam of light coming in from the upper-right and all the diagonal shadows give it a dynamic abstract feeling. If you cover the "hot corner" with yoor had or a piece of cardboard, the darker part loses its "glasses tumbelg in from space kinda look". That's the fun in abstract work- it gets individual impressions for differet folks. Also- "Speedlight has no modelling lamps so there can be some surprises!
Mar 17, 2022 12:28:50 #
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
Funny! That's what liked about the image. It's a k... (show quote)
Working without modeling lights is part of the challenge and the fun.
Mar 17, 2022 12:48:04 #
wolfMark wrote:
Working without modeling lights is part of the challenge and the fun.
When I started in studio work, I learned portrait lighting with continuous (hot) lights- photofloods and spots. Weh I started shooting weddings with strobe and went to multiple lighting, I knew instinctively where to place my lights, even on the fly.
In the studio, especially on commercial product shots and on portraits where I want precise lighting, I gotta have my modeling lights! The main thing is, I have no time for trial and error on many of these shoots. It's still fun, however, weh I can pull off a decent shot with a couple of little Speedllights.
Mar 17, 2022 14:23:07 #
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
When I start out in studio work, I learned portrai... (show quote)
Yes, if I was shooting professionally I would need bigger gear. As I'm retired now and doing this for fun and exploration, and just shooting small table top subjects, what I have is working just fine.
Mar 18, 2022 13:06:48 #
wolfMark wrote:
Yes, if I was shooting professionally I would need bigger gear. As I'm retired now and doing this for fun and exploration, and just shooting small tabletop subjects, what I have is working just fine.
I always encourage folks to use what they have unless they feel the need to add new gear to the present inventory. With talent, ingenuity, resourcefulness and puttg in the work, fols can come up with a lot with a little.
Obviously, equipment is important and necessary for us to do our work, however, I never over-emphasize or endorse any particular brands or models. Weh fol ask me "what is the best camera, lens light etc, my answer is "probably the ones you have and KNOW HOW TO USE"!
In my studio, I have quite a selection of lights that I have accumulated over the years. Someof it is 40-years old and still in service. Many of you whippersnapper and gearheads would consider my lights to be antiques. I tell the that if the buy decent, well made and simple gear to start with, the won't need to keep replacing it.
Apr 29, 2022 20:42:22 #
wolfMark wrote:
Studio glassware shot with one single source speedlight.
THIS IS ONLY MY OPINION, REACTION, NOT A CRITIQUE. I do not mean it to be offensive.
Have looked at this several times and it still doesn't appeal. The hot spot in the corner doesn't bother me, it is almost the subject matter of the shot.
My preference for abstracts is to have some mystery, unknown objects to puzzle with and conjure with in my mind. The glassware is quite identifiable, not used and ready to be cleaned, not polished and upright ready to be filled, just easily identified and lying in a jumbled manner.
The shadows are interesting to some degree but not powerfully contrasted, just soft and askew.
It might have more interest for me if the light were moved, to "hide" the true nature of the glassware, force the mind to seek the identity of the objects from their shadows.
Just some personal thoughts and reaction.
Wasabi
Apr 30, 2022 23:11:28 #
Wasabi wrote:
THIS IS ONLY MY OPINION, REACTION, NOT A CRITIQUE.... (show quote)
I look at this image as an abstraction rather than a product shot. Like any abstract art, different folks SEE different strokes. With images like this, it is all about lines, and graphic shapes. Folks can read their own vision.
Basically, in this section, I would like to have enough fols to experiment with light. I prefer a workshop-like environment so there is no such problem as "hijacking". I like it when more folks chime in with opinions or even do some with a similar l treatment and post their version.
Transillumntating glass is great fun- there are endless possibilities.
When creative and imaginative folks get together and swap ideas, good things come of it. There are enough competitions out there and tons of critiques out there. I would like to see more PROJECTS!
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