Bottoms Up

On 01.18.10, In photo365, photography, strobist, By Dan Perovich

Bottoms Up (by HokiePerogi)
Photo365-20100118 – Bottoms Up, originally uploaded by HokiePerogi.
1/250 sec @ f/4.0, ISO 100, 50 mm (EF50mm f/1.8 II)

To unwind from a hectic day at work today, I poured myself a small drink to enjoy while my fiancee and I watched some television together.  I brought my camera bag with me down into the basement in case any bright ideas came to me while we were relaxing (no pun intended).  I did not even get to take a sip of my drink yet when I thought of an idea to bottom light the brandy sniffer glass.  The glass coffee table top was finally going to be put to a good use rather than constantly getting dirty.

I whipped out the 430 EX II flash and set it up below the glass table top so that it fired directly up into the base of the drinking glass.  I do not remember if I was using manual mode, or if I was using ETTL with flash compensation.  More recently I have found myself using ETTL to control the power of the strobe for me.  I have found that setting the camera on manual mode and letting the ETTL system set the flash power has resulted in very satisfying images much sooner in my shoots when compared against having to set the flash powers manually.  I plan to continue working in both manual flash and ETTL flash, but I believe it is a good approach to know both methods well.

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Are You Done Yet?

On 01.15.10, In photo365, photography, strobist, By Dan Perovich

Are You Done Yet? (by HokiePerogi)
Photo365-20100115 – Are You Done Yet?, originally uploaded by HokiePerogi.
1/250 sec @ f/10, ISO 200, 50 mm (EF50mm f/1.8 II)

It has been a very busy few weeks since my last posting.  I have completed my first two official photo shoots for clients and been traveling here, there, and everywhere.  I also ran into an issue with posting to the blog from Flickr.  The issue has since been resolved and now I plan to try and get caught up with the project once again.  Do not fear, I have been taking a picture every day of the project.  I am just incredibly backlogged with editing the photos, uploading them to Flickr, and creating the posts here on the blog.  Without further a-du…

This shot was set up using a single bare bulb strobe.  I bounced the light off of the white-walled kitchen island at camera left.  I really like the details seen in the throw rug and Mela’s fur.

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Bed Jump: Attempt 1

On 01.14.10, In photo365, photography, strobist, By Dan Perovich

Bed Jump: Attempt 1 (by HokiePerogi)
Photo365-20100114 – Bed Jump: Attempt 1, originally uploaded by HokiePerogi.
1/250 sec @ f/10, ISO 800, 50 mm (EF50mm f/1.8 II)

I read a blog post several weeks ago about a fun type of photo which lends itself to being taken in hotels.  The best way to describe these types of photographs is “bed jump” pictures.  It all sounds so simple: set the camera on the timer setting and then time jump on or onto the bed to coincide with the shutter releasing.  This is exactly what I tried to do tonight.  I set the camera up on a tripod and used a bare-bulb flash bounced off of the ceiling.  After each of my first few jumps, I took the time to remake the bed as best as I could.  It did not take me long to grow tired of this routine.  I settled on just touching up the sheets between attempts going forward.  It took me about twenty-five to thirty attempts until I was certain that I had a useable shot in camera.  My 50mm f/1.8 lens limited how much of the scene I could fit into the frame.  However, I like the end result.  I named the photo “Bed Jump: Attempt 1″ because I know, for certain, this will not be the last time I attempt a bed jump type photograph.  As soon as I have a wider lens with me during an overnight hotel stay, I will be bed jumping once again.

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Go on Punk, Make My Day.

On 12.13.09, In photo365, photography, strobist, By Dan Perovich

Go on Punk, Make My Day. (by HokiePerogi)
Photo365-20091213 – Go on Punk, Make My Day., originally uploaded by HokiePerogi.
1/250 sec @ f/8.0, ISO 400, 50 mm (EF50mm f/1.8 II)

While putting together our Christmas photo cards this year, I realized that I did not have many recent photos of our dogs.  I have taken several photographs of the “girls” during the project, but none of the more recent ones demonstrated everything that I have learned over the last couple of months.  I decided to change this tonight.

I set up a reflective umbrella in the basement where my fiancee and I were watching television.  I sat right at the base of the light stand and tested for the proper flash power and exposure by shooting the back of my hand where I anticipated the dogs to be.  Once I found my proper settings, I called Mela and Leila over to play some fetch.  After a few tosses, I started to take pictures  in between throws.

This is one of my favorite shots of the night.  I cropped the photo only slightly to remove a light stand leg tip on the bottom right corner.  I then applied some sharpening to the whole image and exported to Flickr.

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