The sixth challenge was artistic impression and the subject candy. Macro photography was mentioned. This is a familiar subject - I could eat candy for hours. Although right now I've had to scale back a bit because it is the season for the first potato chip pause of the year, so I can't swing wildly between sweet and salty saturation points.
Eräs tyyppi sanoi minulle haastattelussa, että mainostoimistoissa "keskitytään enemmän yhteen tosi hyvään kuvaan". Edessä oli jälleen mahdollisuus harjoitella valaisua ja lisäksi kokeilla jonkinlaisen mainoskuvan rakentamista. Päävaloksi orjuutin Elinchromen D-Lite RX One -studiosalaman ja taustaa elävöittämään käytin Canonin salamaa, jonka laukaisin radiolähettimellä ja jonka välähdys puolestaan laukaisi päävalon. Taustalle asetin foliota.
A guy once told me in an interview that advertising agencies concentrate more on one really excellent photo instead on several good ones. So, here was another chance to practise lighting as well as create some kind of a product image. I enslaved an Elinchrome D-Lite RX One studio strobe for main light and used the Canon speedlite to light the background. The speedlite was triggered remotely and the flash in turn triggered the D-Lite. I placed some tin foil in the background.
LG Nexus 5X - HDR+ |
Balancing the lights was difficult. The main light looked good at 2, which was probably the default setting. The background light was causing problems since it was too bright even at the lowest 1/64 setting. I ended up boosting the main light to 2,5, which helped the balance. The next puzzle was adjusting the background blur to a pleasant level. I would have preferred more solid or pointy bokeh balls, but I would have needed to stop the aperture down to f/16 or even smaller, which would have meant boosting the lighting more. I could also have moved the background foil closer to the subject, but it would have been very laborious. I also noticed that when I raised the D-Lite's power from 2 to 2,5, Lorelai's flash sync speed dropped from the factory-specified 1/200 s to somewhere around 1/160 s. This might have been caused by the complicated radio-slave flash triggering.
Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Sigma 150 mm f/2,8 APO Macro DG - f/11, 1/100 s, ISO 100 |
Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Sigma 150 mm f/2,8 APO Macro DG - f/11, 1/100 s, ISO 100 |
The Alien ring was a good candy holder. I sweetened the second version with extra candy.
Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Sigma 150 mm f/2,8 APO Macro DG - f/13, 1/100 s, ISO 100 |
Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Sigma 150 mm f/2,8 APO Macro DG - f/13, 1/100 s, ISO 100 |
Canon EOS 5D Mark III - Sigma 150 mm f/2,8 APO Macro DG - f/13, 1/100 s, ISO 100 |
I lost the Alien head ring during my walk through the city after a crhistmas party, but my old ring worked almost as well. F/13 brings slightly more definition to the bokeh balls but in future setups I will test smaller apertures and background distances.
Käyttämäni varusteet / the gear I used:
Lorelai
Sigma 150 mm f/2,8 APO Macro DG
Elinchrom D-Lite RX One studiosalama / studio strobe
Valkoinen läpiammuttava sateenvarjo / white shoot through umbrella
Canon speedlite
Yongnuo salamalaukaisin / flash trigger
Manfrotto 290 -jalusta / tripod
Parempilaatuiset, isot kuvat voi käydä katsomassa Flickrissä.
You can see high resolution photos at Flickr.
Ensi viikolla on taas muotokuvaviikko, joten kasvottomat tai kasvonsa kääntävät mallit voivat ottaa yhteyttä!
P.S: vuoden alkupuoliskon ruokavaliohaasteet ovat muodostuneet seuraavanlaisiksi: perunalastulakkoa uudestavuodesta Oscar-gaalaan asti. Täysi ruokavalio gaalasta maaliskuun 9. asti, josta rajoitus vappuun asti. Vapun jälkeen lievennetty rajoitus juhannukseen asti. Juhannuksesta eteenpäin vapaa täysi ruokavalio.
P.S: the dietary restrictions for the first two quarters of the year are following: potato chips are suspended from the new year to the Academy Awards. Free diet from the Oscars to about March 9th and restrictions after until May Day. After May Day a reduced potato chip suspension until Juhannus. Free full diet from Juhannus until the end of the year.
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