Jan 4, 2010
In order to improve my skills at photography, I've decided that I need to spend more time shooting pictures and less time reading about and looking at other people's great pictures. Many people do a picture a day for 365 days which is amazing. I am taking a slightly easier route, but with the same number of total shots.
Picture #1.jpg)
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My daughter loves helping with lighting tests and will hold the gray card for her Dad. Sometimes it even points towards the camera.
Lighting info for this shot is as follows;
AB800 with medium soft box camera left
AB800 with beauty dish and sock camera right
AB400 with 30 degree grid camera right pointing at background
Picture #2
Natural light coming through a window at camera right.
Shot with Canon 70-200mm lens with a 2.8 aperture.
Picture #3
Lighting info for this is as follows;
AB800 camera left in Octabox.
AB400 camera right in beauty dish with sock.
AB400 with 30degree grid camera left pointed at background.
Picture #4
The next photograph is the son of family friends. This is taken with window light coming in from camera right. It was shot with a 24-105mm at 100mm at f4.0.
Picture #5
This is picture of Carson the dog. It is shot at 150mm f8.0. Large Octabox camera left and beauty dish with no sock camera right. Octabox is key light.
Picture #6
Carson the dog again. This time shot at 200mm f8.0 same lighting as number 5.
Picture #7
Asia the cat was bribed in to modelling for a shot through the use of cat toys. Main light is AB400 with no sock just right of camera. Octabox with AB800 for fill to camera left.
It looks like taking 7 pics per week is going to be a good challenge. I am trying to post good quality pictures that have some variety. Hopefully this can be achieved. It definitely has me thinking of other pictures to take since my pets will probably tire of me chasing after them with my camera.
Testing
ReplyDeleteWow! Nice professional pictures. Will you do some nude shots of me? (me, not you)
ReplyDeleteYou sure have come a long way since your yoot. Remember your classic picture of "Goat eating vegetation"? It was kinda blurry, you had both eyes closed, and you were listing very heavily to the side. I also think you had the f-stop setting wrong or the subject was too hairy and did not reflect the artificial light correctly. Maybe we can stage a reshoot in your studio with all your fancy/schmancy equipment...
I'd also like to see what you could do with a shirtless Brennan and a naked baby. Only 358 pics to go...
For this week, my favourite (goat withstanding) is #1.
Yeah... what Ken said!
ReplyDeleteThe "goat" shot was taken with my camera - of course I had already left a couple of hours earlier. I recognized the goat, and the hairy ass holding the flower, but the blurry, leaning cameraman had always been a mystery. Solved!
Can you get your pets to do the same thing? Or maybe the neighbourhood kids? No wait, that's just gross. I like the first dog photo best. In the images with the big grey sheet background and lights, is there no natural light (windows) at all? Or do the lights overcome this?
Great project Wade. I can't wait to post more annoying comments with Ken on a regular basis.
cheers,
Miles.
Good job Wade.
ReplyDeleteGreat pix.
I promise I won't harass you until you miss a deadline.
Gord
p.s. Dianne says "I before E except after C" about Nieces.
Wade,
ReplyDeleteThese are outstanding shots - I am already looking forward to the next 7.
Terri
Excellent work Wade! I am still keeping a close watch on your activities.
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