Artsy-Fartsy Femininity
Jan 29, 2013 10:02:50 #
You guessed it... I couldn't leave well-enough alone
(and btw: the photo is straight as is the tabletop the bottles sit on... the pink/purple short bottle is defective as these are very "delicate works of glass art and no two are perfect or alike"...at least that's what the guy at the flea market told me LOL)
(and btw: the photo is straight as is the tabletop the bottles sit on... the pink/purple short bottle is defective as these are very "delicate works of glass art and no two are perfect or alike"...at least that's what the guy at the flea market told me LOL)
Jan 29, 2013 10:05:36 #
tilde531 wrote:
You guessed it... I couldn't leave well-enough alone
Lovely shots, did you make this from the ones you posted yesterday. How did you do that.
Jim Kim
Jan 29, 2013 10:08:22 #
jameskimber wrote:
Lovely shots, did you make this from the ones you posted yesterday. How did you do that.
Jim Kim
Lovely shots, did you make this from the ones you posted yesterday. How did you do that.
Jim Kim
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Yes. I don't think I posted these exact compositions but the whole self-induced exercise (shoot) took me about an hour because I always try many different variations.
The effects are done in a program called LightRoom3 which I use to edit and make small adjustments like sharpening or straightening etc. for my more serious photography. Then, as in this case... I get to play a bit more! ;)
Glad you like them :)
Jan 29, 2013 10:09:22 #
Jan 29, 2013 10:11:16 #
angler wrote:
Nice shots, you are very good with this type shot.
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:) thank you, angler... much appreciated!
I'm just dabbling really...
Jan 29, 2013 10:45:14 #
This is an intriguing image!
It must be quite difficult to produce perfectly flat and vertical artefacts from a molten liquid; which is technically still a liquid known has glass.
So on that basis using three items becomes challenging. To be fair you have made a good job of it. I would suggest using off camera defused lighting preferably shooting into an umbrella to avoid a reflection in the glass.
It must be quite difficult to produce perfectly flat and vertical artefacts from a molten liquid; which is technically still a liquid known has glass.
So on that basis using three items becomes challenging. To be fair you have made a good job of it. I would suggest using off camera defused lighting preferably shooting into an umbrella to avoid a reflection in the glass.
Jan 29, 2013 11:03:00 #
macro2009 wrote:
This is an intriguing image!
It must be quite difficult to produce perfectly flat and vertical artefacts from a molten liquid; which is technically still a liquid known has glass.
So on that basis using three items becomes challenging. To be fair you have made a good job of it. I would suggest using off camera defused lighting preferably shooting into an umbrella to avoid a reflection in the glass.
It must be quite difficult to produce perfectly flat and vertical artefacts from a molten liquid; which is technically still a liquid known has glass.
So on that basis using three items becomes challenging. To be fair you have made a good job of it. I would suggest using off camera defused lighting preferably shooting into an umbrella to avoid a reflection in the glass.
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Greetings and thank you for your comment and helpful advice, too :)
You're absolutely correct of course... I should have used the flash unit that sits on top of the camera and bounces light elsewhere. For some reason, it gave up the ghost though *grins*
But I was lazy and didn't try the old white index card trick either.... *blush*
I rather like the "sparkle" from the reflection in this case... adds a sense of 3-D ... but I understand this is the difference between a legitimate " fine art, still life" photo and my version of "artistic lattitude"
I'll be giving this a try again, as glass and the way light bends through and around it... is fascinating to me.
Your comment will be in the back of my mind as well... so I've got higher hopes for that set.
Thanks again :)
Jan 29, 2013 13:26:58 #
macro2009 wrote:
This is an intriguing image!
It must be quite difficult to produce perfectly flat and vertical artefacts from a molten liquid; which is technically still a liquid known has glass.
So on that basis using three items becomes challenging. To be fair you have made a good job of it. I would suggest using off camera defused lighting preferably shooting into an umbrella to avoid a reflection in the glass.
It must be quite difficult to produce perfectly flat and vertical artefacts from a molten liquid; which is technically still a liquid known has glass.
So on that basis using three items becomes challenging. To be fair you have made a good job of it. I would suggest using off camera defused lighting preferably shooting into an umbrella to avoid a reflection in the glass.
Good observations however if you enlarge the reflection up as far as possible you will note that the base lighting is from a soft box, the second is from the on camera op up flash to activate the soft box remotely as I forgot to leave the sync cord for Theresa. I have been attempting to photograph glass for in excess of 45 years in dedicated studios with all very sophisticated lighting systems and never been able to totally eliminate every reflection, tried hard to do so and came close by having the room painted matt black, ceilings, walls , the lot haha. Then having access to a product called "K LINE" dulling spray that was as close to hair spray as possible. However this stuff caused no end of problems cleaning it off , it also melted plasics as I found out to my cost when it melted some one off prototype plastic containers. Also on another occasion an ad agency wanted some 500 year old silver and gold platters, the stylist sparayed them and all was ok until they tried to clean the stuff off the silverware. It cost more to do that than pay for the whole studio session on 8x10 color transparencies. The stylist got fired from the team. Lessons were learned the hard way. Today with digital a master crafts person (Like Wendy2) could take out the reflection if needed but you can also destroy the delicasy from the glass.
Hope this helps anyone even attempting to undertake glass photography. Good job Theresa.
LLYLAM
Jan 29, 2013 18:02:06 #
Nice glass shots, When I first started to shoot glass I used front lighting and did not like the reflections and glare. Then a friend of mine who was very good at photographing glass told me to try just lighting the background with lots of light with NO light allowed to reach the front of the glass. Worked great and have done that with clear glass since. I shoot old canning jars and medicine bottles.
Jan 29, 2013 18:44:47 #
14kphotog wrote:
Nice glass shots, When I first started to shoot glass I used front lighting and did not like the reflections and glare. Then a friend of mine who was very good at photographing glass told me to try just lighting the background with lots of light with NO light allowed to reach the front of the glass. Worked great and have done that with clear glass since. I shoot old canning jars and medicine bottles.
Good advice 14k
Ian
Jan 29, 2013 18:46:08 #
14kphotog wrote:
Nice glass shots, When I first started to shoot glass I used front lighting and did not like the reflections and glare. Then a friend of mine who was very good at photographing glass told me to try just lighting the background with lots of light with NO light allowed to reach the front of the glass. Worked great and have done that with clear glass since. I shoot old canning jars and medicine bottles.
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This was my thought after getting the beautiful patterns/shadows in the "test shots" I did (and showed in a previous post: http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-92674-1.html ).... so I positioned a large softbox behind the subjects and placed them on a white board.
These particular shots are "duds" in the lighting department but I liked the slightly yellow tint for these only.
I had done some "practice" shots of the little pink bottle a few days ago and shared... using window light as a backlight and of course, no light or flash in the front at all... and was really tickled with the amount of detail that showed up.
But for some reason, I never got the pretty patterns or detail using the softbox as a backlight... even when set on strobe as a slave to the camera (and of course, I had to use my on board flash to trigger the strobe.)
This set has a yellowish tone because it was done with the model light activated and the strobe didn't flash even though my camera flash did. I don't know what happened there.. but do know that it was early on in the set, before I succeeded in getting the settings and lighting correct to do the shots I shared yesterday (the post titled "Night & Day" http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-93133-1.html )
All of the shots included in the links above, plus these... were done during the same session with the same setup.
For all of the shots, my aim was to eliminate or GREATLY reduce any chance of shadows (and you can see in these, I was not successful but the other mentioned shots, I was) and create something that would pass for fine art still-life.
I fell short *blush*
Thank you for your advice! :) I shall try again.
Jan 29, 2013 19:18:59 #
Jan 30, 2013 03:43:51 #
I would recommend a light tent, that way you can illuminate from the the sides or above without the risk of shadows. They work very well for jewellery also.
Jan 30, 2013 20:42:56 #
I like the composition of the second one, as well as the amber shade. Very nice.
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