Got da blues!
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Beauty Dish….
Thoughts on the EU Referendum – in Pictures
That about sums it up!
Low level light stand
I recently bought some Elinchrom D-Lite RX Ones, which are brilliant lights for people on a budget… or you need something with a bit less power. What I did find though, was that the lowest setting for the stand was too high for having a low level light pointing upwards. I looked a getting a shorter stand, but then had a much better idea. The Joby Gorillapod. It’s awesome. Not only does it do what I want, I also now have the Gorillapod for my camera!
Flowers – Just for the light
I don’t normally take photos of flowers, but I was more interested in trying to get the right flash for product photography.
I used a basic setup of a Vivitar flash either side and above, both being fired through an umbrella. Simple but effective I think. I also had a little play in Lightroom,
Riddick
This is my take on a lesson from the excellent Phlearn website. It is based on a poster for the film ‘Riddick’. I could probably have spent more time on the eyes, but it’s come out well.
BTEC – ‘Trivial Pie’
Completed for “Games”, I had originally intended this to be black and white and then colour pop one of the counters. It never looked right though, so I left it in colour and I think it works really well. It took a while to do though as many adjustments were needed to account for the perspective. I nearly got it. I look at it now, and see some minor adjustments that could have been made.
BTEC – ‘Multi-Monopoly’
This was completed for “Games”. I wanted to get macro-shots of all the tokens in a monopoly set. As colour is an import part of the Monopoly board, I wanted to incorporate all the colours too. As part of the digital manipulation requirement I used Photoshop to build the final image.
In case you weren’t sure which version of Monopoly this is from, it is the “Stoke-on-Trent” version.
Coloured Gels
This photo started off with me testing coloured gels over my flash. This was against my grey background. I’m getting some great colours, so I think I’m going to end up with a versatile set-up.
This was the result. I then went a bit overboard in Lightroom with one of the pictures, but I kind of like the effect.
The Huss
I finally got the chance to take photos of a local band, “The Huss” during a practice evening.
I finished out with a nice portfolio of pictures, which I’m deciding what to do with, but here’s one of them for now.
