Dan Perovich's Cyberfront Property

1/200 sec @ f/8.0, ISO 200, 36 mm (EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS)  I have been searching the house high and low to find interesting subjects for photos when I do not have the opportunity or the energy to shoot elsewhere.  Today, I was feely especially drained upon returning home from work.  After processing the remaining photographs from the demolition derby the night before, I decided it was time to settle on a subject.  Low and behold, not 5 feet from me was a box with a large collection of my fiancée’s handmade jewelry.

I took the box downstairs and set up the scene on the crafting table in the basement.  I hooked up my 430EXII strobe to the PocketWizards and placed it on the bar about 2 feet above and 1 foot behind the box.  I also threw on my Honl Speed Grid.  I set the flash to 1/64 power and 32mm.  To make sure the ambient light was removed from the image, I set my shutter speed at the max sync for the XSi body (1/200 sec).

It only took about 10 minutes to grab shots from every angle around the table at multiple apertures (changing the aperture affects the intensity of light generated by the strobe).  I was certain I had a shot I would like when I reviewed all the pictures on the back of the XSi.

After a small crop to fix the composition, a 1 stop increase in exposure, and some noise reduction, I was left with today’s picture.